Weather Records on 15 December 1990

846 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 1990. Highest significance: Guerrero (Smn), MX.

Key Facts for 15 December 1990

On 15 December 1990, 846 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
218 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 826 daily.
Guerrero (Smn) set a daily record precipitation of 27.4 mm (1.1 in) on 15 December 1990.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

846 stations

846 station records on 15 December 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hamilton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Martenshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Namiquipa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Soroca	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sahuaripa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zatis'e	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rapid City 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Conceicao Do Rio Verde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Briceni	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Collinsville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winner	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rustplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sonoita	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kwajalein	Marshall Islands	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zaaiplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ceylon (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rosemount Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salem 5 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rietvallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Albright	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Schopfheim-Eichen	Germany	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quiriego (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Patuxent River NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Destivale	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chaska	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amery	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tianshui	China	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Loreto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

846 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 295, Heaviest daily snowfall 158, Deepest snow cover 76.

Records on 15 December 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	295
Heaviest daily snowfall	158
Deepest snow cover	76

Records on 15 December 1990 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 826.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

723 broken records

Margins by which the 723 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 December 1990

Top 20 records on 15 December 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 1990	Guerrero (Smn), MX	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 December 1990	Nikolaev, UA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	84 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1990	Wood, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1990	Atkinson 3SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	84 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1990	Mt Hamilton, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1990	Creighton, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	96 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1990	Springview 2NW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	96 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1990	Madera, MX	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1990	Martenshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1990	White Lake, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1990	Karlsruhe, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	88 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1990	Newport, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	88 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1990	Namiquipa, MX	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1990	Kodiak AP, US	daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1990	Soroca, MD	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1990	Oelrichs, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1990	River Falls, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1990	Kennebec, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1990	Cottonwood 2 E, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	73 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1990	Sahuaripa (Cfe), MX	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	45 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 846 records.

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

Records on 12-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1810	1
1814	3
1815	1
1825	1
1831	1
1840	2
1844	2
1846	3
1847	1
1854	3
1859	2
1863	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	2
1899	12
1900	5
1901	21
1902	3
1903	7
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	5
1909	5
1910	4
1911	23
1912	42
1913	13
1914	239
1915	180
1916	40
1917	40
1918	54
1919	28
1920	35
1921	26
1922	65
1923	132
1924	358
1925	187
1926	226
1927	235
1928	388
1929	500
1930	160
1931	284
1932	385
1933	796
1934	199
1935	140
1936	286
1937	310
1938	100
1939	637
1940	464
1941	373
1942	385
1943	486
1944	281
1945	420
1946	521
1947	634
1948	1,239
1949	135
1950	292
1951	962
1952	367
1953	270
1954	413
1955	371
1956	531
1957	304
1958	531
1959	560
1960	313
1961	883
1962	979
1963	670
1964	371
1965	759
1966	275
1967	948
1968	510
1969	352
1970	215
1971	1,739
1972	1,159
1973	615
1974	511
1975	1,230
1976	349
1977	963
1978	499
1979	560
1980	1,085
1981	1,243
1982	831
1983	1,229
1984	1,397
1985	1,077
1986	502
1987	1,740
1988	519
1989	2,753
1990	846
1991	636
1992	1,263
1993	734
1994	676
1995	848
1996	727
1997	1,521
1998	1,216
1999	621
2000	1,154
2001	1,026
2002	831
2003	846
2004	795
2005	953
2006	1,491
2007	973
2008	1,789
2009	930
2010	1,705
2011	780
2012	1,058
2013	701
2014	1,045
2015	1,398
2016	1,024
2017	332
2018	539
2019	547
2020	400
2021	1,182
2022	1,057
2023	794
2024	369
2025	2,115

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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	616
50 to 100	85
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2