Weather Records on 25 August 1990

817 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 August 1990. Highest significance: Independence #1, US.

Key Facts for 25 August 1990

On 25 August 1990, 817 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
329 were record highs and 180 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 798 daily.
Independence #1 set a daily record precipitation of 95.0 mm (3.7 in) on 25 August 1990.
Across 168 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

817 stations

817 station records on 25 August 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 August 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Surin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	271.0 mm (10.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Twin Peaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Vardoe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Vinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Enka	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ora Banda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Bergzabern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Celo 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jourerdine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Holland 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ahmadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Concord ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aparri	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Turi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenicia	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Menangina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zilair	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lille-Lesquin	France	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Toxaway 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roth Bei Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wialki North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McGrath AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Siegen (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
South Weymouth NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ignacio Lopez Rayon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cuetzalan del Progreso	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

817 records

Records set or tied on 25 August 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 193, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 308.

Records on 25 August 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	193
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	308
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 August 1990 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 16, daily 798.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

634 broken records

Margins by which the 634 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 August 1990

Top 20 records on 25 August 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 August 1990	Independence #1, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	105 years	78 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1990	Two Harbors, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1990	Surin, TH	all-time rain	271.0 mm (10.7 in)	127.6 mm (5.0 in)	13 years	68 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1990	Twin Peaks, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1990	Superior, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1990	Haverhill, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1990	Vardoe, NO	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1990	Vinton, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	88 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1990	Elkader 6 SSW, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1990	Enka, US	monthly rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1990	Ora Banda, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1990	Bad Bergzabern, DE	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1990	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1990	Celo 2 S, US	daily rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1990	Jourerdine, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1990	Beria, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1990	Cresco 1 NE, US	daily rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1990	Holland 1 E, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1990	Ahmadabad, IN	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1990	Iowa Falls, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	84 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

1796 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1990. 1990 had 817 records.

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

Records on 08-25 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1816	1
1818	2
1837	1
1838	2
1839	1
1848	1
1852	1
1855	2
1859	1
1861	2
1864	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	2
1875	1
1876	5
1877	3
1879	3
1880	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1892	4
1893	8
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	2
1899	5
1900	13
1901	11
1902	6
1903	13
1904	11
1905	12
1906	29
1907	15
1908	13
1909	22
1910	32
1911	32
1912	32
1913	31
1914	30
1915	94
1916	18
1917	65
1918	37
1919	172
1920	174
1921	50
1922	70
1923	117
1924	402
1925	145
1926	224
1927	356
1928	167
1929	174
1930	247
1931	251
1932	270
1933	307
1934	457
1935	317
1936	859
1937	333
1938	620
1939	366
1940	658
1941	474
1942	514
1943	496
1944	589
1945	462
1946	305
1947	627
1948	876
1949	281
1950	327
1951	352
1952	585
1953	461
1954	520
1955	711
1956	273
1957	479
1958	958
1959	576
1960	585
1961	487
1962	398
1963	510
1964	557
1965	401
1966	715
1967	439
1968	596
1969	631
1970	721
1971	628
1972	596
1973	537
1974	466
1975	650
1976	459
1977	731
1978	702
1979	828
1980	750
1981	671
1982	907
1983	1,277
1984	694
1985	1,048
1986	778
1987	1,533
1988	815
1989	918
1990	817
1991	688
1992	1,680
1993	1,137
1994	617
1995	1,206
1996	1,058
1997	1,553
1998	1,138
1999	895
2000	790
2001	1,021
2002	1,073
2003	872
2004	947
2005	874
2006	1,020
2007	1,345
2008	1,026
2009	824
2010	1,321
2011	1,332
2012	709
2013	619
2014	853
2015	1,157
2016	887
2017	432
2018	438
2019	708
2020	931
2021	597
2022	672
2023	1,565
2024	909
2025	1,071
2026	886

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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 20	585
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1