Weather Records on 13 January 1989

769 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 1989. Highest significance: Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US.

Key Facts for 13 January 1989

On 13 January 1989, 769 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
220 were record highs and 129 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 735 daily.
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS) set a daily record snow depth of 101.6 cm (40.0 in) on 13 January 1989.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

769 stations

769 station records on 13 January 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kasempa	Zambia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Litchville 2NW	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Abercrombie	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wydgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Duartina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moroni	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vaiden 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kelly Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shaoguan	China	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tweefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winnfield 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coffeeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mahnomen	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mojave	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tibbee	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Max	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Westbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Caiua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hickory Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tiete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Da-Qaidam	China	Record low minimum temperature	-34.2 C (-29.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yongan	China	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

769 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 290, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 106.

Records on 13 January 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	290
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	106

Records on 13 January 1989 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 27, daily 735.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

625 broken records

Margins by which the 625 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 1989

Top 20 records on 13 January 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 1989	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1989	Natchitoches, US	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	42 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1989	Calhoun 2 N, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1989	Mc Leod 3 E, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1989	Kasempa, ZM	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1989	University, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1989	Waynesboro, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1989	Litchville 2NW, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1989	Grand Forks Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1989	Abercrombie, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1989	Charleston, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1989	Columbus, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1989	Wichita Falls Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	91 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1989	Wydgee, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1989	Duartina, BR	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1989	Moroni, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	77 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1989	Brakfontein, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	77 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1989	State UNIV, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1989	Bluff Lake, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1989	New Albany, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	41 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

1794 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1989. 1989 had 769 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	753
2023	740
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,151

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 100	584
100 to 200	23
200 to 300	11
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	1