Weather Records on 6 December 1990

800 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1990. Highest significance: Elliston, AU.

Key Facts for 6 December 1990

On 6 December 1990, 800 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
318 were record highs and 143 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 751 daily.
Elliston set a daily record precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 6 December 1990.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

800 stations

800 station records on 6 December 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln (White Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Smoky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna (Goode)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nonning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Penong (Penalumba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Pineside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Koppio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Butler (Anona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Parndana (Turkey Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minnipa Agricultural Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minnipa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Neill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Terre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Curtinye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Ninamanima)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
North Shields (Port Lincoln Ae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Kenny (Yandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Ermidao (Faz.Harmonia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arthurton (Lowandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yaninee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mnt Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Cortlinye Rocks STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Darke Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Mangalo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rudall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Butler Tanks (North Parnda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wudinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parndana (Allandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brooker)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alpharetta 4 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

800 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 167, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 151, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 296, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 40.

Records on 6 December 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	167
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	151
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	296
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	40

Records on 6 December 1990 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 46, daily 751.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

687 broken records

Margins by which the 687 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1990

Top 20 records on 6 December 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1990	Elliston, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	78 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1990	Port Lincoln (White Flat), AU	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1990	Sheringa (Lake Hamilton), AU	monthly rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1990	Smoky Bay, AU	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1990	Mtunzini, ZA	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1990	Maitland, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1990	Ceduna (Goode), AU	monthly rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1990	Maitland (Weetulta), AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1990	Yardea, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1990	Streaky Bay, AU	monthly rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	79 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1990	Nonning, AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1990	Penong (Penalumba), AU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1990	Cleve (Pineside), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1990	Coulta, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1990	Port Lincoln, AU	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1990	Ketchikan AP, US	daily rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1990	Koppio, AU	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1990	Tumby Bay (Hillview), AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1990	Tumby Bay, AU	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1990	Ungarra, AU	daily rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	7 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

1804 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1990. 1990 had 800 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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Data for records on 1990-12-06: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	600
20 to 40	52
40 to 60	24
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1