Weather Records on 5 April 1989

945 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1989. Highest significance: Moray Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 5 April 1989

On 5 April 1989, 945 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
502 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 86 monthly and 858 daily.
Moray Downs set a monthly record daily precipitation of 151.0 mm (5.9 in) on 5 April 1989.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

945 stations

945 station records on 5 April 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moray Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	298.0 mm (11.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Caledonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Talbot (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Honolua Fld 49 494	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Gumlu Days Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bulliwallah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wailuku 386	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	340.0 mm (13.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mount Jukes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	255.0 mm (10.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wandoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Calen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	294.0 mm (11.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Clare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ninyeunook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ulcanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.8 mm (7.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kalaupapa 563	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	285.0 mm (11.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.2 mm (6.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lindeman Island Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Barnganal Blue Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	360.0 mm (14.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jubilee Pocket	Australia	Record daily precipitation	202.8 mm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lethebrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crediton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	477.4 mm (18.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Arno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kahului AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ponta Grossa-Vila Velha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	109.6 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kihei 311	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mahinahina 466	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paia 406	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lebanon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.6 mm (6.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spreckelsville 400	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gargett Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carmila Beach Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroonook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pohakea Brg 307.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Puunene 396	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Xicotepec de Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koumala Hatfields Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leipikvattnet	Sweden	Record snow depth	238.0 cm (93.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Spencer 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen 20NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

945 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 252, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 250, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 335, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 5 April 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	252
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	250
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	335
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 5 April 1989 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 86, daily 858.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

806 broken records

Margins by which the 806 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 910.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1989

Top 20 records on 5 April 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1989	Moray Downs, AU	monthly rain	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	68 years	77 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1989	Kalamia Estate, AU	monthly rain	298.0 mm (11.7 in)	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	48 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1989	Caledonia, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	91 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1989	Talbot (Post Office), AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	71 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1989	Honolua Fld 49 494, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	76 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1989	Gumlu Days Road, AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	76 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1989	Bulliwallah, AU	monthly rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1989	Landsburg, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1989	Wailuku 386, US	monthly rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1989	Finch Hatton Cook St, AU	daily rain	340.0 mm (13.4 in)	191.4 mm (7.5 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1989	Mount Jukes, AU	monthly rain	255.0 mm (10.0 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1989	Kanalohuluhulu 1075, US	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1989	Wandoo, AU	monthly rain	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	0 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1989	Calen Post Office, AU	monthly rain	294.0 mm (11.6 in)	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	31 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1989	Clare, AU	monthly rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1989	Ninyeunook, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1989	Ulcanbah, AU	monthly rain	185.8 mm (7.3 in)	105.8 mm (4.2 in)	5 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1989	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1989	Kalaupapa 563, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1989	South Comongin, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	97 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

1809 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1989. 1989 had 945 records.

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

Records on 04-05 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1815	2
1828	1
1848	2
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1870	1
1874	2
1876	2
1879	2
1881	4
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	15
1904	3
1905	30
1906	4
1907	15
1908	12
1909	33
1910	74
1911	82
1912	44
1913	11
1914	31
1915	36
1916	38
1917	43
1918	66
1919	36
1920	94
1921	158
1922	126
1923	107
1924	46
1925	111
1926	394
1927	149
1928	382
1929	1,124
1930	155
1931	162
1932	254
1933	379
1934	302
1935	416
1936	576
1937	427
1938	215
1939	356
1940	214
1941	401
1942	448
1943	344
1944	831
1945	460
1946	290
1947	649
1948	262
1949	379
1950	593
1951	305
1952	517
1953	249
1954	605
1955	364
1956	304
1957	795
1958	479
1959	559
1960	770
1961	523
1962	324
1963	546
1964	675
1965	456
1966	518
1967	745
1968	590
1969	498
1970	499
1971	481
1972	685
1973	680
1974	652
1975	1,581
1976	335
1977	880
1978	486
1979	886
1980	486
1981	927
1982	1,964
1983	1,909
1984	703
1985	922
1986	800
1987	1,687
1988	1,054
1989	945
1990	868
1991	1,595
1992	827
1993	627
1994	734
1995	1,500
1996	827
1997	2,108
1998	808
1999	1,658
2000	1,194
2001	1,097
2002	790
2003	1,120
2004	756
2005	856
2006	1,070
2007	1,144
2008	685
2009	1,096
2010	926
2011	974
2012	745
2013	987
2014	444
2015	433
2016	828
2017	518
2018	906
2019	373
2020	483
2021	1,030
2022	758
2023	2,543
2024	1,289
2025	1,320
2026	782

Download the Data

Data for records on 1989-04-05: 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 200	802
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	2
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1