Weather Records on 12 December 1990

676 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 1990. Highest significance: Karlsruhe, DE.

Key Facts for 12 December 1990

On 12 December 1990, 676 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
371 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 660 daily.
Karlsruhe set a daily record snow depth of 18.0 cm (7.1 in) on 12 December 1990.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

676 stations

676 station records on 12 December 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Angermunde	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laranja da Terra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indaial	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wagoner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Keats Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.6 mm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Durango	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Xigaze	China	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Neudenau	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heilbronn	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Merklingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Bergzabern	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willeroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pforzheim-Eutingen	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Loup City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dengqen	China	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Natitingou	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saarbrucken/Ensheim	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalumburu Mission	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mataranka Homestead Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weinbiet	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pretoria-Waterkloof-Cntry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Surigao	Philippines	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rutland Plains Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Childs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Victorville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gregory	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Torrington Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tongde	China	Record high minimum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stiege	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Trang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

676 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 217, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 154, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 150, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 66.

Records on 12 December 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	217
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	154
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	66

Records on 12 December 1990 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 660.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

511 broken records

Margins by which the 511 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

12 December 1990

Top 20 records on 12 December 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 1990	Karlsruhe, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	88 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 December 1990	Angermunde, DE	daily snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1990	Potsdam, DE	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1990	Laranja da Terra, BR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1990	Hebron, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	93 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1990	Indaial, BR	daily rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1990	Basel Binningen, CH	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1990	Hawthorne AP, US	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1990	Wagoner, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	93 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1990	Port Keats Police, AU	monthly rain	203.6 mm (8.0 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1990	Machadodorp, ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1990	Durango, US	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	92 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1990	Middle Point, AU	daily rain	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1990	Xigaze, CN	all-time low max	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1990	Neudenau, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1990	Springview 2NW, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	77 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1990	Tenosique (Smn), MX	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	65 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1990	Hay Springs, US	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	68 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1990	Heilbronn, DE	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 December 1990	Merklingen, DE	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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

1796 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1990. 1990 had 676 records.

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

Records on 12-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1846	1
1855	2
1861	1
1863	3
1870	2
1871	5
1873	2
1879	2
1882	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	8
1894	3
1895	1
1896	4
1897	3
1898	20
1899	11
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	18
1904	20
1905	10
1906	14
1907	8
1908	25
1909	20
1910	39
1911	104
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	46
1916	115
1917	246
1918	33
1919	23
1920	41
1921	63
1922	61
1923	91
1924	130
1925	75
1926	143
1927	335
1928	234
1929	405
1930	45
1931	522
1932	813
1933	358
1934	430
1935	266
1936	142
1937	468
1938	103
1939	418
1940	621
1941	260
1942	257
1943	165
1944	688
1945	212
1946	761
1947	295
1948	282
1949	789
1950	364
1951	175
1952	501
1953	288
1954	696
1955	381
1956	441
1957	1,118
1958	884
1959	464
1960	710
1961	1,481
1962	1,495
1963	439
1964	459
1965	1,045
1966	369
1967	565
1968	727
1969	499
1970	366
1971	585
1972	1,669
1973	397
1974	191
1975	492
1976	319
1977	907
1978	382
1979	1,016
1980	583
1981	734
1982	867
1983	816
1984	808
1985	1,384
1986	408
1987	468
1988	1,030
1989	930
1990	676
1991	1,980
1992	818
1993	887
1994	1,172
1995	2,030
1996	1,391
1997	869
1998	1,103
1999	952
2000	2,510
2001	700
2002	683
2003	537
2004	727
2005	769
2006	886
2007	1,315
2008	1,424
2009	818
2010	1,501
2011	621
2012	684
2013	646
2014	1,040
2015	1,496
2016	530
2017	808
2018	256
2019	418
2020	507
2021	441
2022	767
2023	544
2024	328
2025	1,485

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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 20	441
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	6
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	3
140 to 160	4