Weather Records on 1 October 1990

612 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1990. Highest significance: Zuara, LY.

Key Facts for 1 October 1990

On 1 October 1990, 612 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
217 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 563 daily.
Zuara set an all-time record daily precipitation of 199.9 mm (7.9 in) on 1 October 1990.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

612 stations

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

Weather records on 1 October 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zuara	Libya	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Martuni	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mallersdorf/Niederbayern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Presidente Prudente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingen/Donau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Masrik	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Van Horn	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cabo San Lucas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chambarak	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Candelaria	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coroados	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eichstatt-Landershofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Bergzabern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dedopliskaro	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Obersulm-Willsbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Casas Grandes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nuevo Casas Grandes (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Merced	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Geygel'-Kurort	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nacori Chico (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crailsheim-Alexandersreut	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell Caverns	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose del Cabo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Batopilas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Simon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haleakala Exp Farm 434	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rastatt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Junta	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paakea 350	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de Alejandria	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Im. Poliny Osipenko	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pearce - Sunsites	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sacaton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Randsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pedrinhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso de Iritu	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chiautla de Tapia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ripogenus Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

612 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 129, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 309.

Records on 1 October 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	129
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	309
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 1990 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 48, daily 563.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

516 broken records

Margins by which the 516 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1990

Top 20 records on 1 October 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1990	Zuara, LY	all-time rain	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	93.9 mm (3.7 in)	59 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
1 October 1990	Martuni, AM	daily rain	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1990	Gavar, AM	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1990	Ballina (Crowley Village), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	91 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1990	Salzburg, AT	monthly high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	89 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1990	Mallersdorf/Niederbayern, DE	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1990	Liepaja, LV	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1990	Whitehill, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1990	Presidente Prudente, BR	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1990	Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1990	Dillingen/Donau, DE	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1990	Masrik, AM	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1990	Van Horn, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1990	Hawi 168, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1990	Cabo San Lucas, MX	monthly rain	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1990	Chambarak, AM	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1990	Freiburg, DE	daily high min	15.5 C (59.9 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1990	Candelaria, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1990	Coroados, BR	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1990	Eichstatt-Landershofen, DE	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	38 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

1813 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1990. 1990 had 612 records.

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

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	384
2026	553

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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	489
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1