Weather Records on 16 January 1989

835 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 January 1989. Highest significance: Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US.

Key Facts for 16 January 1989

On 16 January 1989, 835 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
540 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 83 monthly and 750 daily.
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS) set a daily record snow depth of 91.4 cm (36.0 in) on 16 January 1989.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

835 stations

835 station records on 16 January 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 January 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Litchville 2NW	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hustadvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ochoco Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Azueta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Headquarters	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Catemaco (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Abercrombie	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Catemaco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Faro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hitra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vigra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amersfoort (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elk City 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elandshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Falls - Kifi	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moroni	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Gertrudis	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

835 records

Records set or tied on 16 January 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 233, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 307, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 78.

Records on 16 January 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	233
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	307
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	78

Records on 16 January 1989 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 83, daily 750.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

691 broken records

Margins by which the 691 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

16 January 1989

Top 20 records on 16 January 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 January 1989	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	43.1 cm (17.0 in)	69 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 January 1989	Litchville 2NW, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1989	Hustadvatn, NO	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1989	Mc Leod 3 E, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1989	Ochoco Rs, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1989	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	25.2 C (77.4 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	107 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1989	Azueta, MX	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1989	Boras, SE	monthly high min	6.6 C (43.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	89 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1989	Ulricehamn, SE	monthly high max	8.4 C (47.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1989	Karlshamn, SE	monthly high max	11.6 C (52.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	77 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1989	Headquarters, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1989	Putbus, DE	daily high min	7.3 C (45.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	115 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1989	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	98 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1989	Fargo Hector Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1989	Catemaco (Cfe), MX	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1989	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high min	9.1 C (48.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	106 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1989	Vestervig, DK	daily high min	6.5 C (43.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	90 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1989	Galway, IE	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1989	Uman, UA	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 January 1989	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily high min	8.1 C (46.6 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	82 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

1795 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1989. 1989 had 835 records.

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

Records on 01-16 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1799	1
1804	1
1818	1
1820	2
1826	2
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1845	3
1847	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	2
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1875	3
1877	1
1878	2
1881	4
1886	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	8
1895	5
1896	4
1897	2
1898	2
1899	17
1900	1
1901	1
1902	5
1904	6
1905	22
1906	26
1907	17
1908	14
1909	19
1910	21
1911	15
1912	38
1913	52
1914	16
1915	29
1916	28
1917	30
1918	89
1919	50
1920	249
1921	36
1922	29
1923	47
1924	277
1925	237
1926	69
1927	250
1928	327
1929	130
1930	680
1931	160
1932	605
1933	343
1934	99
1935	426
1936	349
1937	186
1938	549
1939	539
1940	284
1941	601
1942	585
1943	628
1944	252
1945	434
1946	430
1947	597
1948	299
1949	933
1950	855
1951	679
1952	614
1953	1,040
1954	882
1955	318
1956	519
1957	795
1958	459
1959	462
1960	349
1961	864
1962	387
1963	996
1964	577
1965	910
1966	464
1967	516
1968	536
1969	630
1970	729
1971	628
1972	1,724
1973	1,134
1974	1,957
1975	717
1976	593
1977	1,430
1978	1,399
1979	1,043
1980	965
1981	815
1982	1,121
1983	759
1984	1,376
1985	846
1986	785
1987	1,465
1988	597
1989	835
1990	1,692
1991	897
1992	1,150
1993	1,351
1994	2,003
1995	1,381
1996	995
1997	1,016
1998	884
1999	816
2000	1,073
2001	753
2002	605
2003	691
2004	1,446
2005	654
2006	746
2007	1,962
2008	777
2009	1,328
2010	739
2011	996
2012	569
2013	990
2014	534
2015	424
2016	453
2017	1,104
2018	1,045
2019	512
2020	1,098
2021	544
2022	576
2023	646
2024	2,401
2025	684
2026	506

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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 100	660
100 to 200	21
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1