Weather Records on 17 November 1990

980 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1990. Highest significance: Aschersleben, DE.

Key Facts for 17 November 1990

On 17 November 1990, 980 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
591 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 958 daily.
Aschersleben set a daily record precipitation of 28.8 mm (1.1 in) on 17 November 1990.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

980 stations

980 station records on 17 November 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aschersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bad Lippspringe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Salzuflen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Niu Ridge 1035	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Friedrichsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Harzgerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Melle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wernigerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gernrode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ludinghausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Seesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fladungen-Heufurt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mauth-Finsterau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tirschenreuth-Lodermuhl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mehringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quedlinburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hildesheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vatterode-Grafenstuhl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beckum-Unterberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stiege	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg/Oberfranken-Huttst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hameln	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wahlsburg-Lippoldsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Annaturm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gutersloh	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Braunschweig-Gliesmarode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Koloko Rsvr 1137	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue WSO AP 1020.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Herrnhut	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Osnabruck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stammbach-Querenbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Herzberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weismain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Herford	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Borken In Westfalen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wunstorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Braunlage	Germany	Record daily precipitation	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yangjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alpharetta 4 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Witzenhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville Rch 1117	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

980 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 321, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 270, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 340, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 17 November 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	321
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	270
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	340
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 17 November 1990 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 958.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

841 broken records

Margins by which the 841 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1990

Top 20 records on 17 November 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1990	Aschersleben, DE	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	75 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1990	Halle, DE	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1990	Brocken, DE	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1990	Bad Lippspringe, DE	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1990	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1990	Bad Salzuflen, DE	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1990	Leipzig-Schkeuditz, DE	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1990	Niu Ridge 1035, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1990	Friedrichsbrunn, DE	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1990	Harzgerode, DE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1990	Melle, DE	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1990	Wernigerode, DE	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1990	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1990	Gernrode, DE	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1990	Ludinghausen, DE	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1990	Seesen, DE	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1990	Fladungen-Heufurt, DE	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1990	Mauth-Finsterau, DE	daily rain	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1990	Tirschenreuth-Lodermuhl, DE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1990	Kilauea 1134, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1990. 1990 had 980 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1816	1
1828	1
1835	1
1840	2
1841	1
1845	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	2
1885	3
1887	6
1888	5
1889	1
1890	2
1893	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	4
1897	7
1898	2
1899	7
1900	8
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	13
1906	14
1907	9
1908	15
1909	18
1910	6
1911	42
1912	58
1913	20
1914	121
1915	15
1916	79
1917	46
1918	81
1919	106
1920	193
1921	43
1922	22
1923	129
1924	178
1925	79
1926	214
1927	477
1928	547
1929	224
1930	407
1931	966
1932	462
1933	569
1934	384
1935	172
1936	279
1937	410
1938	245
1939	372
1940	203
1941	647
1942	362
1943	475
1944	339
1945	345
1946	427
1947	352
1948	424
1949	346
1950	521
1951	681
1952	1,076
1953	715
1954	304
1955	1,596
1956	262
1957	593
1958	1,811
1959	1,710
1960	236
1961	795
1962	317
1963	552
1964	639
1965	697
1966	408
1967	567
1968	368
1969	421
1970	426
1971	630
1972	505
1973	294
1974	485
1975	512
1976	904
1977	538
1978	970
1979	479
1980	1,575
1981	945
1982	497
1983	1,132
1984	413
1985	906
1986	860
1987	1,008
1988	805
1989	1,098
1990	980
1991	745
1992	570
1993	1,120
1994	1,016
1995	1,535
1996	1,583
1997	1,596
1998	638
1999	1,018
2000	1,255
2001	1,252
2002	1,083
2003	607
2004	745
2005	894
2006	1,389
2007	699
2008	901
2009	986
2010	880
2011	782
2012	392
2013	724
2014	2,110
2015	1,333
2016	1,064
2017	751
2018	744
2019	611
2020	832
2021	294
2022	959
2023	558
2024	522
2025	693

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	829
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1