Weather Records on 7 December 1990

744 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 1990. Highest significance: Akkuduk, KZ.

Key Facts for 7 December 1990

On 7 December 1990, 744 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
350 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 714 daily.
Akkuduk set a monthly record daily precipitation of 31.5 mm (1.2 in) on 7 December 1990.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

744 stations

744 station records on 7 December 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Akkuduk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda N.S.Aparecida	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koongawa (Retawon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Curtinye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Litang	China	Record low maximum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna (Maltee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hiltaba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eddington Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uplo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Ninamanima)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Fatima	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aratuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Narandiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baingoin	China	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Terowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ibirarema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blackleaf	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tularosa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Paraiso Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton Co-Op	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canberra Forestry	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Chantebled	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ribeira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Podor	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sheboygan	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stoughton Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tianshui	China	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Litang	China	Record low minimum temperature	-25.3 C (-13.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Logrono-Agoncillo	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Taquari-Vai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

744 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 208, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 142, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 232, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 7 December 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	208
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	142
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	232
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 7 December 1990 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 29, daily 714.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

645 broken records

Margins by which the 645 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 December 1990

Top 20 records on 7 December 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 1990	Akkuduk, KZ	monthly rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1990	Darwin Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	97 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1990	Fazenda N.S.Aparecida, BR	daily rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1990	Koongawa (Retawon), AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1990	Kimba (Curtinye), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1990	Hull, GB	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1990	Ungarra, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1990	Williamstown, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1990	Wirrulla, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1990	Hull, GB	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1990	Litang, CN	daily low max	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1990	Ceduna (Maltee), AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1990	Hiltaba, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1990	Lock, AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1990	Port Lincoln (Woolga), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	77 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1990	Eddington Station, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1990	Boras, SE	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1990	Uplo, SE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1990	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily high min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	95 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1990	Lock (Ninamanima), AU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	38 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

1801 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1990. 1990 had 744 records.

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

Records on 12-07 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1805	1
1812	2
1815	1
1825	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	4
1848	3
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1866	1
1868	5
1871	5
1875	6
1879	5
1881	1
1884	2
1885	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	1
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	8
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	16
1903	9
1904	7
1905	3
1906	21
1907	4
1908	24
1909	21
1910	26
1911	7
1912	21
1913	19
1914	32
1915	53
1916	36
1917	52
1918	30
1919	38
1920	81
1921	39
1922	272
1923	128
1924	374
1925	119
1926	372
1927	404
1928	105
1929	146
1930	534
1931	180
1932	555
1933	130
1934	274
1935	270
1936	602
1937	890
1938	279
1939	780
1940	145
1941	139
1942	526
1943	199
1944	357
1945	240
1946	855
1947	240
1948	320
1949	187
1950	1,472
1951	1,751
1952	447
1953	673
1954	445
1955	195
1956	1,358
1957	589
1958	831
1959	539
1960	561
1961	206
1962	642
1963	436
1964	467
1965	476
1966	1,047
1967	386
1968	461
1969	952
1970	724
1971	854
1972	2,239
1973	448
1974	508
1975	404
1976	1,037
1977	1,369
1978	1,882
1979	827
1980	1,314
1981	896
1982	542
1983	957
1984	957
1985	922
1986	1,126
1987	866
1988	582
1989	675
1990	744
1991	698
1992	906
1993	544
1994	1,772
1995	912
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	2,384
1999	674
2000	1,085
2001	743
2002	917
2003	1,184
2004	1,096
2005	1,433
2006	1,246
2007	1,402
2008	833
2009	972
2010	1,405
2011	1,507
2012	643
2013	2,119
2014	479
2015	1,079
2016	389
2017	508
2018	558
2019	447
2020	597
2021	547
2022	579
2023	952
2024	712
2025	665

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Data for records on 1990-12-07: 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	601
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1