Weather Records on 23 December 1990

3,241 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1990. Highest significance: Cairns Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 23 December 1990

On 23 December 1990, 3,241 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,028 were record highs and 1,594 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 159 were all-time records, 303 monthly and 2,779 daily.
Cairns Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 180.1 mm (7.1 in) on 23 December 1990.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 528 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 23 December 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Tivjaku	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Haleyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
W Liberty 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Carbon Hill 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Taos	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Onor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Crawford 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	186.9 mm (7.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pedernal 9 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Monteagle	United States	Record daily precipitation	194.6 mm (7.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Porterville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mojave	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tibbee	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quartzsite	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Frenchburg 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sandia Park	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pineville	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beowawe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle FAA AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Mina 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cedaredge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Doyle	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Trona	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

3,241 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 527, Lowest daily maximum 801, Highest daily minimum 501, Lowest daily minimum 793, Heaviest daily rainfall 430, Heaviest daily snowfall 85, Deepest snow cover 104.

Records on 23 December 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	527
Lowest daily maximum	801
Highest daily minimum	501
Lowest daily minimum	793
Heaviest daily rainfall	430
Heaviest daily snowfall	85
Deepest snow cover	104

Records on 23 December 1990 by timescale: all-time 159, monthly 303, daily 2,779.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

2,719 broken records

Margins by which the 2,719 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1990

Top 20 records on 23 December 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1990	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	87 years	72 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1990	Scottsboro, US	all-time rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1990	Tivjaku, RU	monthly rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	39 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1990	Haleyville, US	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1990	W Liberty 3NW, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1990	Carbon Hill 4SE, US	monthly rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1990	Taos, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	65 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1990	Monterey, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 December 1990	Onor, RU	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1990	Crawford 5 W, US	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1990	Cleveland, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1990	Sparta Wwtp, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1990	Fayette, US	monthly rain	186.9 mm (7.4 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1990	McGill, US	daily low min	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	12.8 C (23.0 F)	91 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1990	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1990	Bridgeport 5 NW, US	monthly rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1990	Kingston, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1990	Saint Bernard, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1990	Golden, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1990	Pedernal 9 E, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 years	55 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 3,241 records.

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

Records on 12-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1825	1
1829	1
1840	1
1852	1
1855	1
1860	3
1864	1
1868	1
1870	6
1871	2
1875	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	3
1893	2
1894	5
1896	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	6
1901	2
1903	5
1904	11
1905	3
1906	16
1907	35
1908	8
1909	59
1910	41
1911	29
1912	36
1913	87
1914	57
1915	59
1916	34
1917	26
1918	51
1919	39
1920	33
1921	219
1922	28
1923	146
1924	257
1925	205
1926	146
1927	100
1928	137
1929	393
1930	141
1931	987
1932	329
1933	734
1934	92
1935	360
1936	370
1937	232
1938	183
1939	264
1940	365
1941	750
1942	534
1943	745
1944	484
1945	752
1946	234
1947	517
1948	528
1949	618
1950	521
1951	405
1952	242
1953	605
1954	348
1955	1,162
1956	496
1957	485
1958	209
1959	352
1960	1,442
1961	320
1962	439
1963	1,391
1964	1,457
1965	653
1966	436
1967	885
1968	891
1969	852
1970	940
1971	695
1972	376
1973	479
1974	611
1975	628
1976	514
1977	663
1978	351
1979	813
1980	516
1981	1,127
1982	1,140
1983	4,533
1984	668
1985	629
1986	571
1987	804
1988	878
1989	3,791
1990	3,241
1991	1,196
1992	504
1993	991
1994	1,091
1995	1,212
1996	1,184
1997	1,016
1998	688
1999	936
2000	746
2001	663
2002	778
2003	766
2004	1,231
2005	903
2006	1,194
2007	873
2008	771
2009	1,073
2010	1,298
2011	735
2012	817
2013	1,235
2014	1,070
2015	1,972
2016	432
2017	621
2018	373
2019	699
2020	916
2021	702
2022	1,426
2023	856
2024	637
2025	1,678

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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 100	2,704
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1