Weather Records on 27 July 1990

846 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 1990. Highest significance: Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad), AU.

Key Facts for 27 July 1990

On 27 July 1990, 846 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
186 were record highs and 283 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 828 daily.
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad) set a daily record precipitation of 60.6 mm (2.4 in) on 27 July 1990.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

846 stations

846 station records on 27 July 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 July 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Thargomindah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Weilmoringle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Saratow	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ragland 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tioga 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Magadan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tripoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Talon	Russia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ola	Russia	Record daily precipitation	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kamysin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thurulgoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Slavgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bellata (Aberfeldie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Dunumbral)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Agadir	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Mihi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norcatur 3WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weilmoringle (Caringle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Willawillingbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oelwein 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Vasileva	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lightning Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bijie	China	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

846 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 99, Lowest daily maximum 146, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 137, Heaviest daily rainfall 377.

Records on 27 July 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	99
Lowest daily maximum	146
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	137
Heaviest daily rainfall	377
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 1990 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 16, daily 828.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

699 broken records

Margins by which the 699 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 1990

Top 20 records on 27 July 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 1990	Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad), AU	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	114 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 July 1990	Urjupinsk, RU	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	103 years	73 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1990	Mason City, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1990	Guyra Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1990	Thargomindah Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1990	Weilmoringle, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1990	Enngonia (Shearer Street), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1990	Lebanon 2W, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1990	Beechal, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1990	Dumont, US	daily rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1990	Saratow, RU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1990	Uralla (Dumaresq St), AU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1990	Ragland 3 SSW, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1990	Kalihi Rsch Site 777, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1990	Tioga 1E, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1990	Hillgrove (Hillview), AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1990	Nuuanu Rsch 4 783, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1990	Ebor (Wongwibinda), AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1990	Magadan, RU	monthly rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1990	Tripoli, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	49 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

1805 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1990. 1990 had 846 records.

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

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	591
2015	744
2016	564
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,170

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Data for records on 1990-07-27: 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	628
20 to 40	55
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1