Weather Records on 24 February 1990

1,969 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 1990. Highest significance: Frankfort 2NE, US.

Key Facts for 24 February 1990

On 24 February 1990, 1,969 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,357 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 235 monthly and 1,734 daily.
Frankfort 2NE set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 24 February 1990.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 552 records.

Record Map

1,969 stations

1,969 station records on 24 February 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 February 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dolisie	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wanarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Haikou	China	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coronel Murta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz Das Palmeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.3 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Loongana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Venice	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Xai Xai	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	139.6 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caloundra Signal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montville "Craglands"	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goomboorian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,969 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 834, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 523, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 378, Heaviest daily snowfall 119, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 24 February 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	834
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	523
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	378
Heaviest daily snowfall	119
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 24 February 1990 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 235, daily 1,734.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,818 broken records

Margins by which the 1,818 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 1990

Top 20 records on 24 February 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 1990	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1990	Vastervik, SE	daily high max	15.5 C (59.9 F)	7.0 C (12.6 F)	98 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1990	Cooroy Composite, AU	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	83 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1990	Dolisie, CG	daily rain	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1990	Wanarie, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1990	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily high max	16.4 C (61.5 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	89 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1990	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1990	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	104 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1990	Halmstad, SE	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	107 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1990	Haikou, CN	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1990	Kiev, UA	daily high max	15.8 C (60.4 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	87 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1990	Coronel Murta, BR	daily rain	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1990	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1990	Santa Cruz Das Palmeiras, BR	daily rain	92.3 mm (3.6 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1990	Szombathely, HU	monthly high max	21.0 C (69.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	87 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1990	Vastervik, SE	daily high min	8.0 C (46.4 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	102 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1990	Stockholm, SE	daily high max	12.1 C (53.8 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1990	Iliamna AP, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1990	Dalton Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 1990	Greifswald, DE	daily high max	15.3 C (59.5 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	89 years	47 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

1794 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1990. 1990 had 1,969 records.

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

Records on 02-24 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1813	1
1814	4
1836	1
1846	2
1858	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	2
1879	4
1881	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	7
1889	6
1891	3
1892	2
1894	2
1896	1
1897	4
1898	10
1899	4
1900	14
1901	4
1902	7
1903	5
1904	5
1905	13
1906	33
1907	16
1908	14
1909	73
1910	25
1911	16
1912	58
1913	6
1914	26
1915	46
1916	24
1917	52
1918	50
1919	39
1920	15
1921	82
1922	54
1923	63
1924	73
1925	110
1926	166
1927	402
1928	139
1929	141
1930	1,185
1931	164
1932	226
1933	331
1934	887
1935	251
1936	514
1937	148
1938	202
1939	385
1940	279
1941	490
1942	287
1943	375
1944	463
1945	212
1946	440
1947	779
1948	299
1949	420
1950	712
1951	423
1952	535
1953	423
1954	720
1955	1,120
1956	627
1957	649
1958	866
1959	217
1960	1,145
1961	520
1962	1,412
1963	593
1964	447
1965	993
1966	637
1967	1,134
1968	734
1969	874
1970	354
1971	377
1972	753
1973	235
1974	365
1975	1,570
1976	999
1977	1,307
1978	1,061
1979	1,473
1980	466
1981	1,177
1982	898
1983	533
1984	652
1985	1,412
1986	1,309
1987	952
1988	373
1989	1,776
1990	1,969
1991	641
1992	922
1993	1,730
1994	1,070
1995	1,081
1996	1,209
1997	1,537
1998	1,459
1999	752
2000	2,155
2001	1,407
2002	883
2003	1,735
2004	980
2005	742
2006	487
2007	1,095
2008	1,060
2009	852
2010	1,527
2011	1,291
2012	838
2013	705
2014	623
2015	1,963
2016	818
2017	1,612
2018	1,356
2019	1,302
2020	697
2021	860
2022	1,808
2023	1,793
2024	417
2025	966
2026	1,107

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Data for records on 1990-02-24: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	1,707
20 to 40	69
40 to 60	21
60 to 80	11
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	3
140 to 160	1