Weather Records on 19 December 1990

1,463 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1990. Highest significance: Greensboro Lock 7, US.

Key Facts for 19 December 1990

On 19 December 1990, 1,463 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
439 were record highs and 325 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 1,426 daily.
Greensboro Lock 7 set a daily record precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 19 December 1990.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

1,463 stations

1,463 station records on 19 December 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Heidelberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Beowawe	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Courtenay 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lybrook	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Charleroi Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteface Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Middlebourne 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
McGrath AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bruceton 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwillard Dashields L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Natrona Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mercer	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Branchland 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muddy Gap	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barnesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Piketon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tianshui	China	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tarifa	Spain	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grayson 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Braddock Lock 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clendenin	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,463 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 202, Lowest daily maximum 162, Highest daily minimum 237, Lowest daily minimum 163, Heaviest daily rainfall 452, Heaviest daily snowfall 178, Deepest snow cover 69.

Records on 19 December 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	202
Lowest daily maximum	162
Highest daily minimum	237
Lowest daily minimum	163
Heaviest daily rainfall	452
Heaviest daily snowfall	178
Deepest snow cover	69

Records on 19 December 1990 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 35, daily 1,426.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,244 broken records

Margins by which the 1,244 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 1990

Top 20 records on 19 December 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1990	Greensboro Lock 7, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	90 years	71 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1990	Acmetonia Lock 3, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1990	Heidelberg, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1990	Uniontown 1 NE, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	90 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1990	Beowawe, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	94 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1990	Beaver Falls 1 NE, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1990	Greenville 2 NE, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1990	Courtenay 1 NW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1990	Donegal 2 NW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1990	Glenville, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1990	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1990	Lybrook, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1990	Derry 4 SW, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1990	Franklin, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	91 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1990	Creston, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1990	Whitewater, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1990	Charleroi Lock 4, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1990	Whiteface Rsvr, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1990	Madison, US	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1990	Louisa 2 S, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 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

1793 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1990. 1990 had 1,463 records.

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

Records on 12-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1795	1
1805	1
1835	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	3
1855	3
1859	3
1860	1
1861	2
1869	2
1870	1
1875	2
1877	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	16
1903	2
1904	19
1905	5
1906	9
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	22
1911	17
1912	41
1913	50
1914	23
1915	31
1916	38
1917	36
1918	24
1919	53
1920	30
1921	60
1922	155
1923	180
1924	492
1925	79
1926	152
1927	222
1928	45
1929	386
1930	76
1931	650
1932	239
1933	459
1934	455
1935	110
1936	689
1937	211
1938	237
1939	390
1940	392
1941	588
1942	654
1943	364
1944	241
1945	700
1946	182
1947	283
1948	397
1949	632
1950	545
1951	622
1952	469
1953	517
1954	443
1955	906
1956	287
1957	984
1958	386
1959	249
1960	432
1961	595
1962	670
1963	966
1964	753
1965	392
1966	851
1967	1,063
1968	900
1969	381
1970	485
1971	288
1972	325
1973	1,014
1974	252
1975	843
1976	398
1977	569
1978	1,191
1979	829
1980	456
1981	1,515
1982	768
1983	2,804
1984	1,066
1985	1,179
1986	609
1987	1,095
1988	1,001
1989	1,740
1990	1,463
1991	1,236
1992	1,176
1993	1,153
1994	692
1995	1,459
1996	2,108
1997	830
1998	855
1999	609
2000	1,154
2001	627
2002	1,467
2003	996
2004	664
2005	697
2006	1,061
2007	689
2008	1,545
2009	1,937
2010	1,610
2011	832
2012	774
2013	636
2014	537
2015	1,109
2016	1,080
2017	783
2018	397
2019	541
2020	327
2021	603
2022	494
2023	1,224
2024	864
2025	1,542

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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	1,163
50 to 100	59
100 to 150	15
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	2