Weather Records on 27 March 1989

1,839 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 March 1989. Highest significance: Wingham (Lanark Close), AU.

Key Facts for 27 March 1989

On 27 March 1989, 1,839 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,245 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 84 monthly and 1,753 daily.
Wingham (Lanark Close) set a daily record precipitation of 128.0 mm (5.0 in) on 27 March 1989.
Across 160 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

1,839 stations

1,839 station records on 27 March 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 March 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.6 mm (4.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wellingrove (Wangalea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sacaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Belah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Daybreak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Karawatha Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes (Mt Mitchell Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hereward	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Linsalea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Condamine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mizpah 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rewan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beau Maison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ourigilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wylie Creek (Aloomba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kindon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bonalbo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burbank	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bengalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Strathalbyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bulby Brush (Blue Look-Out)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Coopernook State For	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nelia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.4 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Broadacres	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Plains (Croye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tosari	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quintana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barnett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Westfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jeogla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nowendoc (Beaufort)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bowenville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rtiscevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mormon Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warahgai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,839 records

Records set or tied on 27 March 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 721, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 524, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 468, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 27 March 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	721
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	524
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	468
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 27 March 1989 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 84, daily 1,753.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,535 broken records

Margins by which the 1,535 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 420.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 March 1989

Top 20 records on 27 March 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 March 1989	Wingham (Lanark Close), AU	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	98 years	77 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1989	Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU	daily rain	123.6 mm (4.9 in)	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	98 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1989	Wellingrove (Wangalea), AU	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	92 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1989	Sacaton, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1989	Texas Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	78 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1989	Delungra (Craigmore), AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1989	Belah Park, AU	daily rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1989	Pooncarie (Moorara), AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	103 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1989	Crescent Head, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1989	Daybreak, AU	all-time rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1989	Marquette, US	monthly high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	111 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1989	Karawatha Park, AU	daily rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1989	Glen Innes (Mt Mitchell Forest, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1989	Hereward, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1989	Linsalea, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1989	Condamine, AU	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1989	Anderson Dam, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1989	Mizpah 4 NNW, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1989	Rewan Station, AU	daily rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	75 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1989	Beau Maison, AU	daily rain	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	6 years	48 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

1805 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1989. 1989 had 1,839 records.

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

Records on 03-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1807	1
1808	2
1822	1
1830	1
1837	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	4
1865	1
1867	2
1870	2
1873	2
1877	1
1879	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	5
1888	3
1890	7
1891	1
1892	4
1894	4
1895	2
1896	5
1897	7
1898	9
1899	1
1901	7
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	29
1906	27
1907	36
1908	19
1909	9
1910	28
1911	12
1912	32
1913	87
1914	45
1915	24
1916	40
1917	35
1918	50
1919	26
1920	34
1921	113
1922	40
1923	129
1924	244
1925	74
1926	196
1927	81
1928	287
1929	186
1930	227
1931	434
1932	480
1933	127
1934	328
1935	236
1936	246
1937	660
1938	306
1939	356
1940	491
1941	263
1942	478
1943	323
1944	859
1945	771
1946	762
1947	777
1948	442
1949	530
1950	513
1951	378
1952	285
1953	375
1954	265
1955	1,780
1956	585
1957	193
1958	306
1959	359
1960	630
1961	595
1962	469
1963	615
1964	495
1965	701
1966	522
1967	531
1968	559
1969	519
1970	402
1971	1,009
1972	542
1973	507
1974	485
1975	1,873
1976	540
1977	1,058
1978	907
1979	613
1980	416
1981	609
1982	883
1983	1,192
1984	714
1985	992
1986	1,131
1987	727
1988	809
1989	1,839
1990	1,080
1991	1,862
1992	884
1993	1,186
1994	1,122
1995	1,048
1996	1,220
1997	957
1998	1,479
1999	763
2000	618
2001	1,350
2002	1,257
2003	706
2004	1,357
2005	931
2006	1,056
2007	1,752
2008	944
2009	1,001
2010	542
2011	973
2012	909
2013	1,382
2014	1,135
2015	1,070
2016	701
2017	463
2018	621
2019	512
2020	860
2021	433
2022	1,302
2023	1,426
2024	565
2025	1,338
2026	1,464

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Data for records on 1989-03-27: 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 100	1,528
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1