Weather Records on 20 January 1989

955 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 1989. Highest significance: Mishima, JP.

Key Facts for 20 January 1989

On 20 January 1989, 955 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
630 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 906 daily.
Mishima set a monthly record daily precipitation of 126.5 mm (5.0 in) on 20 January 1989.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

955 stations

955 station records on 20 January 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mishima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Iida	Japan	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Irako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jeddo 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Morioka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kawaguchiko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Schulenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wakayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Garruchos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tokyo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kobe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yokohama	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Passo Major Zeferino	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gagnoa	Cote D'Ivoire	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nara	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uwajima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tsurugisan	Japan	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Isla Aguada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huahuaxtla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Giddings 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gonzales 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kutaisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Takayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shionomisaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Las Minas (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Dam	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nagano	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yokohama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kyoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yokosuka	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chichibu	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ajiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tsuyama	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kansai Internationa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yautepec	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carazinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara Do Ingai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Utsunomiya	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gifu	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nagano	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mito	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nagoya	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

955 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 325, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 305, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 210, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 51.

Records on 20 January 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	325
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	305
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	51

Records on 20 January 1989 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 47, daily 906.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

829 broken records

Margins by which the 829 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 1989

Top 20 records on 20 January 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 1989	Mishima, JP	monthly rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 January 1989	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1989	Iida, JP	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1989	Irako, JP	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1989	Jeddo 3S, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1989	Morioka, JP	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1989	Kawaguchiko, JP	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1989	Schulenburg, US	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1989	Wakayama, JP	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1989	La Grange, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1989	Garruchos, BR	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1989	Tokyo, JP	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1989	Kobe, JP	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1989	Velikie Luki, RU	daily high max	3.7 C (38.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	106 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1989	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	6.0 C (42.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	122 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1989	Flatonia 4SE, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1989	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily high min	4.8 C (40.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	90 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1989	Yokohama, JP	daily high min	12.1 C (53.8 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1989	Houma, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1989	Runge, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	39 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 955 records.

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

Records on 01-20 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1804	2
1820	1
1844	1
1850	1
1858	2
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	2
1867	1
1872	1
1874	4
1875	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	5
1881	4
1885	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	12
1900	15
1901	11
1902	5
1903	4
1904	14
1905	2
1906	25
1907	26
1908	9
1909	30
1910	11
1911	3
1912	7
1913	44
1914	57
1915	153
1916	34
1917	123
1918	71
1919	28
1920	103
1921	45
1922	86
1923	41
1924	298
1925	181
1926	110
1927	381
1928	383
1929	203
1930	540
1931	90
1932	139
1933	441
1934	118
1935	904
1936	602
1937	1,041
1938	219
1939	238
1940	1,147
1941	214
1942	979
1943	1,002
1944	568
1945	302
1946	487
1947	534
1948	422
1949	429
1950	653
1951	958
1952	386
1953	476
1954	791
1955	278
1956	906
1957	349
1958	494
1959	603
1960	329
1961	641
1962	1,162
1963	921
1964	567
1965	283
1966	634
1967	556
1968	1,096
1969	859
1970	1,301
1971	936
1972	823
1973	450
1974	978
1975	688
1976	848
1977	997
1978	1,669
1979	1,158
1980	423
1981	823
1982	958
1983	847
1984	1,957
1985	2,188
1986	1,327
1987	1,063
1988	1,637
1989	955
1990	1,257
1991	562
1992	493
1993	1,327
1994	2,035
1995	1,136
1996	851
1997	658
1998	576
1999	1,368
2000	1,132
2001	667
2002	666
2003	732
2004	451
2005	1,335
2006	1,395
2007	2,143
2008	1,366
2009	738
2010	986
2011	731
2012	848
2013	432
2014	480
2015	413
2016	726
2017	1,370
2018	634
2019	722
2020	498
2021	375
2022	346
2023	778
2024	841
2025	1,599
2026	193

Download the Data

Data for records on 1989-01-20: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	795
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1