Weather Records on 3 February 1989

3,626 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 1989. Highest significance: Fallon Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 3 February 1989

On 3 February 1989, 3,626 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,169 were record highs and 1,781 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 168 were all-time records, 451 monthly and 3,007 daily.
Fallon Exp STN set an all-time record daily snowfall of 26.7 cm (10.5 in) on 3 February 1989.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 535 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 3 February 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 February 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Klamath	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Waipahu 750	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Syferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Lovelock Derby Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Brookings	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Newburgh L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Buhta Providenja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Anacortes	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waialua 847	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alum Fk	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newhalem	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Laramie AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alsea Fh (Fall Creek)	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Werk-Met-Lus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Caneyville 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Merriman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colony	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

3,626 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 643, Lowest daily maximum 1,041, Highest daily minimum 526, Lowest daily minimum 740, Heaviest daily rainfall 465, Heaviest daily snowfall 145, Deepest snow cover 66.

Records on 3 February 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	643
Lowest daily maximum	1,041
Highest daily minimum	526
Lowest daily minimum	740
Heaviest daily rainfall	465
Heaviest daily snowfall	145
Deepest snow cover	66

Records on 3 February 1989 by timescale: all-time 168, monthly 451, daily 3,007.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

3,107 broken records

Margins by which the 3,107 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 1989

Top 20 records on 3 February 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 1989	Fallon Exp STN, US	all-time snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	79 years	70 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1989	Klamath, US	all-time snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	18 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1989	Waipahu 750, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1989	Syferfontein, ZA	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	77 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1989	Lovelock Derby Fld AP, US	monthly snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1989	Brookings, US	all-time snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	68 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1989	Ewa Plantation 741, US	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1989	Spanish Fk Pwr House, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	73 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1989	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1989	Taylorsville 2SW, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1989	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1989	Newburgh L&D, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1989	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	all-time low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1989	Samburg Wr, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1989	Des Arc, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1989	Mtn Home 1 NNW, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1989	Ft Collins, US	all-time low max	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	89 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1989	Lima, US	all-time low max	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	73 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1989	Red Lodge, US	all-time low min	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	89 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1989	Estes Park, US	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	70 years	55 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 3,626 records.

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

Records on 02-03 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1809	1
1812	1
1830	2
1839	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1862	3
1866	2
1869	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	3
1897	5
1898	5
1899	2
1900	2
1901	7
1902	6
1903	11
1904	5
1905	13
1906	5
1907	19
1908	9
1909	28
1910	13
1911	44
1912	69
1913	13
1914	77
1915	28
1916	57
1917	113
1918	29
1919	126
1920	51
1921	81
1922	68
1923	148
1924	343
1925	171
1926	147
1927	650
1928	250
1929	132
1930	174
1931	317
1932	438
1933	148
1934	553
1935	308
1936	446
1937	176
1938	349
1939	708
1940	492
1941	315
1942	260
1943	469
1944	352
1945	340
1946	435
1947	227
1948	379
1949	434
1950	974
1951	727
1952	540
1953	766
1954	767
1955	633
1956	1,026
1957	326
1958	294
1959	515
1960	584
1961	701
1962	1,104
1963	1,073
1964	270
1965	369
1966	562
1967	637
1968	750
1969	382
1970	1,260
1971	749
1972	777
1973	1,038
1974	586
1975	516
1976	759
1977	450
1978	652
1979	1,362
1980	617
1981	732
1982	1,574
1983	1,667
1984	521
1985	1,918
1986	1,557
1987	684
1988	1,033
1989	3,626
1990	1,839
1991	1,432
1992	1,313
1993	765
1994	679
1995	1,138
1996	3,705
1997	775
1998	1,175
1999	893
2000	634
2001	1,031
2002	1,447
2003	1,166
2004	1,663
2005	1,711
2006	949
2007	1,159
2008	760
2009	524
2010	1,720
2011	2,215
2012	1,638
2013	457
2014	801
2015	852
2016	1,698
2017	500
2018	1,001
2019	1,018
2020	1,595
2021	896
2022	951
2023	330
2024	837
2025	1,667
2026	509

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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	3,014
50 to 100	58
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	12
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1