Weather Records on 17 December 1990

866 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 December 1990. Highest significance: Feodosiia, UA.

Key Facts for 17 December 1990

On 17 December 1990, 866 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
365 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 850 daily.
Feodosiia set a monthly record daily precipitation of 72.6 mm (2.9 in) on 17 December 1990.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

866 stations

866 station records on 17 December 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 December 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Dunmor	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kerch	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dekalb	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sortland-Kleiva	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Etchojoa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tianshui	China	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Kazantip (Lh)	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Schopfheim-Eichen	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Surigao	Philippines	Record high minimum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wilburton 9 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Navojoa (Ffcc)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nowata	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wausau ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo Intl AP 87	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Noire	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Middle Dam	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waco 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nyzhniohirsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pilot Point Isl du Boi	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Westby 3ENE	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgeboom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Betatakin	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Naponee	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mullheim	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montemorelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Keystone Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hebbronville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

866 records

Records set or tied on 17 December 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 188, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 177, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 333, Heaviest daily snowfall 64, Deepest snow cover 51.

Records on 17 December 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	188
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	177
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	333
Heaviest daily snowfall	64
Deepest snow cover	51

Records on 17 December 1990 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 850.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

698 broken records

Margins by which the 698 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 December 1990

Top 20 records on 17 December 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 December 1990	Feodosiia, UA	monthly rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	79 of 100 (Major)
17 December 1990	Dunmor, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1990	Atlatlahuacan, MX	monthly low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1990	Winona, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1990	Cerro, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1990	Cerro, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1990	Kerch, UA	monthly rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1990	Dekalb, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1990	Sortland-Kleiva, NO	daily rain	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1990	Etchojoa, MX	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1990	Wisconsin Rapids, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	81 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1990	La Crosse Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1990	Tianshui, CN	daily high max	21.6 C (70.9 F)	12.1 C (21.8 F)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1990	Seligman, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	85 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1990	Rockwell City, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1990	Cape Kazantip (Lh), UA	monthly rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1990	Ohringen, DE	daily snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1990	Grand Coteau, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	81 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1990	Schopfheim-Eichen, DE	daily snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 December 1990	Bones I Bardu, NO	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	36 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 866 records.

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

Records on 12-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1796	1
1806	2
1808	2
1814	1
1815	1
1839	1
1845	1
1846	4
1847	1
1848	1
1859	3
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	2
1876	3
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	2
1885	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	4
1892	4
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	6
1901	5
1902	47
1903	2
1904	14
1905	2
1906	17
1907	9
1908	13
1909	5
1910	37
1911	12
1912	15
1913	21
1914	17
1915	31
1916	21
1917	21
1918	21
1919	109
1920	97
1921	94
1922	120
1923	170
1924	505
1925	79
1926	172
1927	143
1928	359
1929	221
1930	362
1931	217
1932	684
1933	710
1934	200
1935	87
1936	504
1937	379
1938	118
1939	1,126
1940	248
1941	261
1942	507
1943	444
1944	189
1945	621
1946	207
1947	258
1948	316
1949	296
1950	294
1951	773
1952	277
1953	283
1954	409
1955	419
1956	448
1957	686
1958	540
1959	548
1960	492
1961	911
1962	676
1963	531
1964	1,239
1965	482
1966	516
1967	1,121
1968	338
1969	238
1970	820
1971	781
1972	601
1973	1,016
1974	390
1975	474
1976	507
1977	1,024
1978	710
1979	951
1980	1,116
1981	1,354
1982	569
1983	1,264
1984	1,618
1985	1,210
1986	743
1987	1,191
1988	481
1989	2,905
1990	866
1991	577
1992	1,461
1993	761
1994	685
1995	956
1996	1,212
1997	1,279
1998	695
1999	901
2000	1,566
2001	1,262
2002	858
2003	751
2004	554
2005	806
2006	1,307
2007	1,100
2008	1,354
2009	926
2010	1,405
2011	430
2012	942
2013	718
2014	370
2015	1,378
2016	1,521
2017	408
2018	498
2019	917
2020	768
2021	908
2022	595
2023	931
2024	560
2025	1,198

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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	650
50 to 100	39
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1