Weather Records on 16 December 1990

753 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 December 1990. Highest significance: Bhubaneswar, IN.

Key Facts for 16 December 1990

On 16 December 1990, 753 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
267 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 742 daily.
Bhubaneswar set an all-time record daily precipitation of 361.9 mm (14.2 in) on 16 December 1990.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

753 stations

753 station records on 16 December 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 December 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	361.9 mm (14.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Northport	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nkobongo (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Namiquipa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sihota	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Durbanville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Otis	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Adolfo Ruiz Cortinez (C	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dengqen	China	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blyde (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chinipas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Una (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ghost Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tianshui	China	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond-Natal (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Organ Pipe Cactus Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Schopfheim-Eichen	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Creel (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chaco Canyon Natl Mon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wolf Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ra-Iz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sledge	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Progresso	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Fatima	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Motte (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Navojoa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Presa la Angostura	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kriel (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tierra Amarilla 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flat Top	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo Intl AP 87	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tianshui	China	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Navojoa (Ffcc)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laersdrift (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tesia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kubusie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

753 records

Records set or tied on 16 December 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 119, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 148, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 287, Heaviest daily snowfall 50, Deepest snow cover 61.

Records on 16 December 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	119
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	148
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	287
Heaviest daily snowfall	50
Deepest snow cover	61

Records on 16 December 1990 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 742.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

629 broken records

Margins by which the 629 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 December 1990

Top 20 records on 16 December 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 December 1990	Bhubaneswar, IN	all-time rain	361.9 mm (14.2 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1990	Northport, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 December 1990	Nkobongo (Agr), ZA	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1990	Namiquipa, MX	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1990	Sihota, ZA	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1990	Durbanville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1990	Nebo, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1990	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	107 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1990	Casa Grande Nm, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1990	Otis, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1990	Presa Adolfo Ruiz Cortinez (C, MX	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1990	Grootfontein, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1990	Dulce, US	daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1990	Dengqen, CN	daily high min	4.8 C (40.6 F)	11.6 C (20.9 F)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1990	Blyde (Bos), ZA	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1990	Chinipas (Smn), MX	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1990	Manassa, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	93 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1990	Una (Agr), ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1990	Ghost Rch, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 December 1990	Vrugbaar, ZA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	39 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 753 records.

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

Records on 12-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	2
1808	1
1810	1
1814	2
1815	2
1835	1
1839	1
1840	1
1846	3
1852	1
1853	1
1859	3
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1885	2
1886	2
1888	2
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	7
1897	4
1898	1
1899	2
1900	2
1901	4
1902	17
1903	6
1904	8
1905	4
1906	5
1907	30
1908	11
1909	5
1910	38
1911	26
1912	31
1913	12
1914	26
1915	55
1916	31
1917	60
1918	33
1919	52
1920	61
1921	35
1922	62
1923	205
1924	347
1925	93
1926	130
1927	218
1928	338
1929	383
1930	398
1931	168
1932	880
1933	716
1934	163
1935	71
1936	429
1937	351
1938	142
1939	1,014
1940	633
1941	348
1942	550
1943	491
1944	189
1945	478
1946	357
1947	506
1948	775
1949	132
1950	272
1951	987
1952	349
1953	265
1954	305
1955	325
1956	650
1957	478
1958	497
1959	605
1960	393
1961	858
1962	859
1963	484
1964	639
1965	576
1966	417
1967	886
1968	557
1969	205
1970	726
1971	1,540
1972	1,020
1973	823
1974	546
1975	493
1976	526
1977	950
1978	532
1979	528
1980	1,322
1981	1,498
1982	1,208
1983	1,156
1984	1,944
1985	983
1986	485
1987	1,377
1988	605
1989	3,181
1990	753
1991	659
1992	1,408
1993	676
1994	698
1995	714
1996	797
1997	1,260
1998	698
1999	821
2000	1,160
2001	1,197
2002	990
2003	679
2004	510
2005	1,073
2006	1,020
2007	1,301
2008	2,049
2009	1,032
2010	1,585
2011	777
2012	912
2013	762
2014	465
2015	925
2016	1,588
2017	349
2018	624
2019	786
2020	415
2021	1,485
2022	836
2023	841
2024	755
2025	1,820

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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 25	539
25 to 50	39
50 to 75	32
75 to 100	8
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1