Weather Records on 7 March 1990

1,399 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 March 1990. Highest significance: Blanca 4 NW, US.

Key Facts for 7 March 1990

On 7 March 1990, 1,399 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
482 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 1,357 daily.
Blanca 4 NW set a monthly record snow depth of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 7 March 1990.
Across 171 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

1,399 stations

1,399 station records on 7 March 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 March 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
E Lawai 934	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kukuiula 935	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Linden	United States	Record daily precipitation	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Torrington Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winner	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Glenrock 5 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Esbon 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Red Feather Lakes 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elmo 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eleele 927	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wahiawa 930	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gresham 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg 12WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
W Lawai 931	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,399 records

Records set or tied on 7 March 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 177, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 305, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 691, Heaviest daily snowfall 85, Deepest snow cover 47.

Records on 7 March 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	177
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	305
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	691
Heaviest daily snowfall	85
Deepest snow cover	47

Records on 7 March 1990 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 40, daily 1,357.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,239 broken records

Margins by which the 1,239 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 March 1990

Top 20 records on 7 March 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 March 1990	Blanca 4 NW, US	monthly snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	79 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
7 March 1990	Abilene, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	79 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 March 1990	Wheatland 4N, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	77 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 March 1990	N Loup, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	96 years	68 of 100 (Major)
7 March 1990	Koloa 936, US	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
7 March 1990	E Lawai 934, US	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 March 1990	Kukuiula 935, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	83 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 March 1990	Enterprise, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 March 1990	Audubon, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 March 1990	Red Cloud, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 March 1990	Longmont 2 ESE, US	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1990	Linden, US	daily rain	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1990	Burr Oak 4S, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1990	Ionia, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1990	Lebanon, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1990	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1990	Wakefield 4 W, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1990	Loup City, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1990	Mason City, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1990	Graham, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 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

1796 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1990. 1990 had 1,399 records.

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

Records on 03-07 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	1
1808	1
1813	1
1818	1
1822	1
1830	1
1834	1
1838	1
1840	1
1845	2
1849	2
1850	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	3
1865	1
1868	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1891	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	5
1895	4
1896	4
1897	3
1898	6
1899	5
1900	2
1901	6
1902	2
1903	4
1904	16
1905	5
1906	27
1907	7
1908	13
1909	57
1910	95
1911	26
1912	16
1913	101
1914	20
1915	22
1916	82
1917	54
1918	28
1919	39
1920	273
1921	86
1922	77
1923	91
1924	86
1925	273
1926	175
1927	155
1928	69
1929	103
1930	161
1931	384
1932	737
1933	152
1934	302
1935	274
1936	122
1937	258
1938	72
1939	255
1940	273
1941	333
1942	398
1943	1,024
1944	508
1945	318
1946	643
1947	448
1948	335
1949	452
1950	558
1951	1,098
1952	277
1953	351
1954	330
1955	462
1956	1,169
1957	428
1958	947
1959	238
1960	1,388
1961	614
1962	608
1963	363
1964	837
1965	300
1966	367
1967	998
1968	1,085
1969	650
1970	690
1971	664
1972	949
1973	1,258
1974	1,771
1975	560
1976	355
1977	674
1978	959
1979	837
1980	356
1981	883
1982	727
1983	1,646
1984	669
1985	549
1986	918
1987	2,048
1988	796
1989	2,215
1990	1,399
1991	859
1992	1,063
1993	563
1994	700
1995	2,011
1996	1,912
1997	716
1998	1,535
1999	960
2000	1,880
2001	766
2002	1,201
2003	886
2004	827
2005	1,043
2006	833
2007	1,031
2008	1,204
2009	1,015
2010	1,103
2011	808
2012	743
2013	655
2014	788
2015	1,090
2016	961
2017	773
2018	377
2019	1,245
2020	639
2021	270
2022	1,388
2023	1,130
2024	414
2025	1,046
2026	1,456

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Data for records on 1990-03-07: 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 100	1,196
100 to 200	34
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1