Weather Records on 18 January 1989

679 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 January 1989. Highest significance: Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US.

Key Facts for 18 January 1989

On 18 January 1989, 679 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
416 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 655 daily.
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS) set a daily record snow depth of 91.4 cm (36.0 in) on 18 January 1989.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

679 stations

679 station records on 18 January 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 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)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Altamirano (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Olifantshoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hustadvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Talisman I	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eide Pa Nordmore	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orskog	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Froyset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mombasa	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lavik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maddock	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kutaisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Breadalbane (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Litledal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gullbra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Galveston	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Litchville 2NW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Etne	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hatlestrand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rorvikvatn Ved Vadheim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bom Jesus Do Galho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Izucar de Matamoros (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rosendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eksingedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Abercrombie	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atoyac	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fana - Stend	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hitra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zugdidi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

679 records

Records set or tied on 18 January 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 225, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 191, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 62.

Records on 18 January 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	225
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	191
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	62

Records on 18 January 1989 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 22, daily 655.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

541 broken records

Margins by which the 541 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

18 January 1989

Top 20 records on 18 January 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 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)
18 January 1989	Mokpo, KR	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1989	Altamirano (Smn), MX	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1989	Freeport 2 NW, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1989	Olifantshoek (Pol), ZA	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1989	Hustadvatn, NO	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1989	Talisman I, MX	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1989	Eide Pa Nordmore, NO	daily rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1989	Orskog, NO	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1989	Namdalseid, NO	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	90 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1989	Froyset, NO	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1989	Botnen I Forde, NO	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1989	Mombasa, KE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1989	Hornindal, NO	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	80 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1989	Lavik, NO	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1989	Maddock, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1989	Kutaisi, GE	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1989	Breadalbane (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	68 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1989	Litledal, NO	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 January 1989	Mc Henry 3W, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 years	37 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 679 records.

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

Records on 01-18 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1804	2
1809	1
1828	2
1834	2
1838	2
1841	1
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1858	2
1863	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1879	1
1883	1
1886	2
1887	2
1889	4
1890	1
1891	2
1893	5
1894	8
1895	3
1896	7
1897	6
1898	1
1899	5
1900	7
1901	4
1902	1
1903	2
1904	21
1905	16
1906	30
1907	8
1908	15
1909	5
1910	50
1911	101
1912	5
1913	58
1914	30
1915	57
1916	53
1917	53
1918	65
1919	38
1920	109
1921	72
1922	28
1923	166
1924	62
1925	188
1926	233
1927	233
1928	451
1929	588
1930	951
1931	235
1932	221
1933	343
1934	136
1935	400
1936	385
1937	475
1938	194
1939	285
1940	1,364
1941	277
1942	617
1943	1,380
1944	589
1945	363
1946	1,142
1947	290
1948	717
1949	664
1950	1,184
1951	748
1952	440
1953	444
1954	347
1955	487
1956	387
1957	830
1958	345
1959	613
1960	561
1961	287
1962	652
1963	478
1964	302
1965	537
1966	369
1967	523
1968	508
1969	616
1970	796
1971	953
1972	729
1973	1,334
1974	1,077
1975	822
1976	835
1977	2,053
1978	1,365
1979	997
1980	517
1981	1,072
1982	1,267
1983	581
1984	1,630
1985	536
1986	1,359
1987	1,419
1988	825
1989	679
1990	1,536
1991	612
1992	718
1993	1,383
1994	2,673
1995	907
1996	2,155
1997	1,026
1998	887
1999	909
2000	1,141
2001	639
2002	554
2003	826
2004	662
2005	807
2006	1,229
2007	2,059
2008	947
2009	682
2010	720
2011	755
2012	914
2013	709
2014	442
2015	526
2016	599
2017	799
2018	1,032
2019	490
2020	932
2021	371
2022	423
2023	941
2024	1,075
2025	988
2026	351

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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	515
100 to 200	19
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1