Weather Records on 11 March 1990

2,496 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 March 1990. Highest significance: Guthrie 5S, US.

Key Facts for 11 March 1990

On 11 March 1990, 2,496 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,805 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 2,436 daily.
Guthrie 5S set a monthly record daily precipitation of 124.5 mm (4.9 in) on 11 March 1990.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 11 March 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 March 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Minersville	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lafayette 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chaska	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winsted	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lookeba 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ndola	Zambia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Anson	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone L/D 18	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hitra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cresson	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,496 records

Records set or tied on 11 March 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 839, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 966, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 556, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 11 March 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	839
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	966
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	556
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 11 March 1990 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 58, daily 2,436.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

2,146 broken records

Margins by which the 2,146 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 March 1990

Top 20 records on 11 March 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 March 1990	Guthrie 5S, US	monthly rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	88 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
11 March 1990	Mason City, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	90 years	76 of 100 (Major)
11 March 1990	Hoopeston, US	monthly rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	50 years	73 of 100 (Major)
11 March 1990	Minersville, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	91 years	68 of 100 (Major)
11 March 1990	Rantoul, US	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	91 years	67 of 100 (Major)
11 March 1990	Snyder, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 March 1990	W Lafayette 6 NW, US	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 March 1990	Lafayette 8 S, US	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 March 1990	Monticello, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1990	Stillwater 2 W, US	monthly rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1990	Chaska, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1990	Winsted, US	monthly rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1990	Hornindal, NO	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1990	Lookeba 1 N, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1990	Dillon AP, US	daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1990	Ndola, ZM	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1990	Geilo, NO	daily rain	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1990	Ostrov Sosnovez, RU	daily rain	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	90 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1990	Cut Bank AP, US	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	68 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1990	Unskij Majak, RU	monthly rain	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 2,496 records.

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

Records on 03-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1810	3
1814	1
1822	1
1844	1
1845	2
1847	3
1849	1
1850	2
1854	3
1855	1
1858	3
1859	1
1860	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	8
1903	12
1904	7
1905	6
1906	38
1907	7
1908	10
1909	26
1910	19
1911	19
1912	19
1913	22
1914	25
1915	18
1916	29
1917	49
1918	58
1919	39
1920	15
1921	66
1922	42
1923	78
1924	265
1925	264
1926	134
1927	277
1928	119
1929	210
1930	105
1931	273
1932	1,123
1933	300
1934	764
1935	520
1936	356
1937	188
1938	120
1939	569
1940	417
1941	265
1942	225
1943	251
1944	304
1945	262
1946	461
1947	234
1948	2,148
1949	329
1950	671
1951	677
1952	804
1953	330
1954	489
1955	1,103
1956	964
1957	521
1958	441
1959	189
1960	1,115
1961	353
1962	674
1963	440
1964	296
1965	386
1966	539
1967	1,272
1968	519
1969	1,093
1970	389
1971	552
1972	1,320
1973	1,406
1974	956
1975	592
1976	375
1977	1,690
1978	579
1979	891
1980	472
1981	1,539
1982	807
1983	943
1984	743
1985	829
1986	747
1987	596
1988	1,176
1989	1,894
1990	2,496
1991	532
1992	1,083
1993	561
1994	689
1995	1,138
1996	1,339
1997	1,152
1998	2,609
1999	533
2000	1,199
2001	802
2002	736
2003	935
2004	826
2005	988
2006	1,590
2007	830
2008	816
2009	1,195
2010	966
2011	734
2012	868
2013	949
2014	556
2015	897
2016	1,249
2017	483
2018	479
2019	767
2020	605
2021	980
2022	1,203
2023	984
2024	424
2025	699
2026	1,580

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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	2,120
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	3