Weather Records on 25 January 1989

895 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 January 1989. Highest significance: Vardoe, NO.

Key Facts for 25 January 1989

On 25 January 1989, 895 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
349 were record highs and 130 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 871 daily.
Vardoe set a daily record precipitation of 29.4 mm (1.2 in) on 25 January 1989.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

895 stations

895 station records on 25 January 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 January 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vardoe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Quinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Smith Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ankenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sandakan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	255.0 mm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Do Piagui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Russell Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kelly Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Drake Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weltevrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rantoul	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Illalangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caucaia Do Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sattahip	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Guaianas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atengo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Prague 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Unalakleet Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-47.2 C (-53.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Gertrudis	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Escarcega (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alsvag I Versteralen II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Storsteinnes I Balsfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-37.7 C (-35.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lerwick	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

895 records

Records set or tied on 25 January 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 160, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 189, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 335, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 25 January 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	160
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	189
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	335
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 25 January 1989 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 18, daily 871.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

764 broken records

Margins by which the 764 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 January 1989

Top 20 records on 25 January 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 January 1989	Vardoe, NO	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	73 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1989	Quinton, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1989	Ft Smith Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1989	McAlester Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1989	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1989	Ankenes, NO	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1989	Eureka, US	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	99 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1989	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily high min	4.5 C (40.1 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	106 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1989	Manassa, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	94 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1989	Sandakan, MY	monthly rain	255.0 mm (10.0 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1989	Atlanta, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1989	Karlshamn, SE	daily high max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	106 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1989	Orebro, SE	daily high min	5.1 C (41.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	106 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1989	Stanley, US	daily low max	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1989	Guthrie 5S, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1989	Colonia Do Piagui, BR	daily rain	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1989	Vale, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	67 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1989	Tiskilwa 2 SE, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	80 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1989	Russell Springs, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	74 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1989	Cheboygan, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	82 years	36 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 895 records.

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

Records on 01-25 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1813	1
1823	3
1834	2
1845	1
1846	2
1849	2
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	3
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1887	2
1890	8
1891	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	12
1904	17
1905	19
1906	7
1907	19
1908	7
1909	43
1910	21
1911	16
1912	20
1913	28
1914	60
1915	65
1916	89
1917	42
1918	53
1919	36
1920	61
1921	34
1922	75
1923	218
1924	118
1925	54
1926	80
1927	88
1928	179
1929	323
1930	317
1931	521
1932	219
1933	513
1934	457
1935	631
1936	429
1937	1,110
1938	665
1939	189
1940	1,215
1941	1,246
1942	683
1943	640
1944	1,344
1945	296
1946	320
1947	796
1948	708
1949	1,337
1950	2,290
1951	557
1952	569
1953	548
1954	373
1955	404
1956	311
1957	493
1958	457
1959	399
1960	263
1961	673
1962	492
1963	990
1964	533
1965	246
1966	541
1967	836
1968	592
1969	953
1970	510
1971	679
1972	737
1973	621
1974	685
1975	888
1976	713
1977	773
1978	1,209
1979	1,356
1980	704
1981	1,042
1982	975
1983	627
1984	758
1985	811
1986	406
1987	833
1988	926
1989	895
1990	1,476
1991	1,018
1992	1,077
1993	851
1994	911
1995	845
1996	1,292
1997	913
1998	488
1999	1,457
2000	1,332
2001	603
2002	1,074
2003	1,242
2004	1,174
2005	929
2006	1,112
2007	1,135
2008	823
2009	849
2010	1,222
2011	664
2012	864
2013	839
2014	1,094
2015	685
2016	974
2017	1,008
2018	613
2019	469
2020	459
2021	1,094
2022	281
2023	941
2024	931
2025	958
2026	2,391

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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	736
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2