Weather Records on 29 December 1990

1,861 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1990. Highest significance: Te Kowai Exp STN, AU.

Key Facts for 29 December 1990

On 29 December 1990, 1,861 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
390 were record highs and 864 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 15 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 1,799 daily.
Te Kowai Exp STN set a daily record precipitation of 239.6 mm (9.4 in) on 29 December 1990.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

1,861 stations

1,861 station records on 29 December 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	239.6 mm (9.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	231.6 mm (9.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.0 mm (6.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pacific Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Walterhall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	240.8 mm (9.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	248.0 mm (9.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Melmoth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	60 of 100 (Major)
Strathmuir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.6 mm (6.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kalapa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	224.0 mm (8.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wowan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	211.8 mm (8.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Biloela Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	237.0 mm (9.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	212.0 mm (8.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gracemere Russell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	270.0 mm (10.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.2 mm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dululu Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	222.6 mm (8.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rockley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Callemondah Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moonmera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	274.2 mm (10.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rockhampton Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	191.6 mm (7.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Table Tops	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ubachsberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	232.6 mm (9.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carinya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elsdorf/Erftkreis	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valkenburg (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barnganal Blue Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.0 mm (6.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Kroombit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belvedere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.4 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canisteo 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tierawoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	251.0 mm (9.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Noorbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Star Lake	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Madras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,861 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 170, Lowest daily maximum 404, Highest daily minimum 220, Lowest daily minimum 460, Heaviest daily rainfall 486, Heaviest daily snowfall 68, Deepest snow cover 53.

Records on 29 December 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	170
Lowest daily maximum	404
Highest daily minimum	220
Lowest daily minimum	460
Heaviest daily rainfall	486
Heaviest daily snowfall	68
Deepest snow cover	53

Records on 29 December 1990 by timescale: all-time 15, monthly 47, daily 1,799.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,596 broken records

Margins by which the 1,596 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 243.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1990

Top 20 records on 29 December 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1990	Te Kowai Exp STN, AU	daily rain	239.6 mm (9.4 in)	160.9 mm (6.3 in)	73 years	72 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1990	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	231.6 mm (9.1 in)	189.9 mm (7.5 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1990	Rushville, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1990	Marlborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	171.0 mm (6.7 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	68 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1990	Anderson 1 N, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	75 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1990	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1990	Pacific Heights, AU	daily rain	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	75 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1990	Walterhall, AU	daily rain	240.8 mm (9.5 in)	182.6 mm (7.2 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1990	The Valley, AU	daily rain	248.0 mm (9.8 in)	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1990	Melmoth, AU	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	100.9 mm (4.0 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1990	Shelbyville Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1990	Warsaw, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	41 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1990	Coldwater St School, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1990	Saint Ignatius, US	all-time low max	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	91 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 December 1990	Strathmuir, AU	daily rain	158.6 mm (6.2 in)	108.8 mm (4.3 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1990	Kalapa, AU	daily rain	224.0 mm (8.8 in)	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1990	Wowan Post Office, AU	all-time rain	211.8 mm (8.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1990	Watseka Public Works, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	81 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1990	Wheatfield, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1990	Biloela Dpi, AU	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	58 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

1799 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1990. 1990 had 1,861 records.

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

Records on 12-29 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1810	1
1824	1
1829	1
1839	2
1853	2
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1880	6
1881	4
1882	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	7
1891	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	1
1897	8
1898	7
1899	4
1900	1
1901	18
1902	8
1903	10
1904	16
1905	19
1906	14
1907	10
1908	21
1909	18
1910	7
1911	6
1912	52
1913	12
1914	46
1915	47
1916	69
1917	145
1918	33
1919	157
1920	68
1921	60
1922	42
1923	126
1924	119
1925	209
1926	117
1927	350
1928	93
1929	262
1930	96
1931	363
1932	192
1933	479
1934	406
1935	392
1936	552
1937	280
1938	178
1939	272
1940	648
1941	110
1942	458
1943	232
1944	226
1945	497
1946	1,122
1947	310
1948	711
1949	217
1950	286
1951	571
1952	156
1953	205
1954	955
1955	373
1956	563
1957	527
1958	442
1959	251
1960	404
1961	525
1962	754
1963	285
1964	533
1965	634
1966	719
1967	867
1968	1,028
1969	964
1970	694
1971	660
1972	1,001
1973	674
1974	719
1975	646
1976	748
1977	656
1978	1,349
1979	830
1980	959
1981	713
1982	1,565
1983	2,576
1984	2,687
1985	551
1986	752
1987	1,484
1988	1,082
1989	633
1990	1,861
1991	630
1992	1,099
1993	905
1994	965
1995	1,202
1996	2,213
1997	1,114
1998	783
1999	1,207
2000	1,677
2001	599
2002	959
2003	951
2004	909
2005	858
2006	1,219
2007	1,046
2008	753
2009	1,027
2010	1,308
2011	748
2012	805
2013	714
2014	506
2015	1,440
2016	620
2017	1,559
2018	440
2019	1,471
2020	504
2021	1,098
2022	516
2023	900
2024	931
2025	637

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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	1,522
50 to 100	49
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	9
200 to 250	2