Weather Records on 13 April 1989

1,671 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 1989. Highest significance: Nqamakwe (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 13 April 1989

On 13 April 1989, 1,671 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
714 were record highs and 263 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 66 monthly and 1,605 daily.
Nqamakwe (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 67.5 mm (2.7 in) on 13 April 1989.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

1,671 stations

1,671 station records on 13 April 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Binnaway (Wattle St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Curlewis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Coolah (Binnia St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Weetaliba (Weetalabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Maribyrnong Explosives Factory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nakhon Si Thammarat	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Garah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Parraweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kahmoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Fairy (Merigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Welbedagt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Borenore Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Molka (Lowana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie Mail Agency	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tuppal (Warragoon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Buckalow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bellata (Aberfeldie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa Ag. Res. STN.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Quirindi (Boxwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ubachsberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri (Mollee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tambar Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Werris Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baradine Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Kanownda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Denman (Palace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paling Yards (Ulabri)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cypherfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton (Girraweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Running Stream (Brooklyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Matong (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Merton Weir Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valkenburg (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Purlewaugh (Byfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Berrigan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,671 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 297, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 417, Lowest daily minimum 178, Heaviest daily rainfall 662, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 13 April 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	297
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	417
Lowest daily minimum	178
Heaviest daily rainfall	662
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 13 April 1989 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 66, daily 1,605.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,500 broken records

Margins by which the 1,500 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 680.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 1989

Top 20 records on 13 April 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 1989	Nqamakwe (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1989	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	102 years	75 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1989	Binnaway (Wattle St), AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1989	Barraba Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	84 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1989	Quirindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	102 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1989	Curlewis Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1989	Coolah (Binnia St), AU	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	102 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1989	Weetaliba (Weetalabah), AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1989	Maribyrnong Explosives Factory, AU	daily rain	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1989	Nakhon Si Thammarat, TH	monthly rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1989	Garah Post Office, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1989	Willow Tree (Parraweena), AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1989	Ulan Water, AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1989	Kahmoo, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	103 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1989	Mount Fairy (Merigan), AU	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1989	Welbedagt, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1989	Rylstone (Ilford Rd), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	102 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1989	Borenore Store, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1989	Molka (Lowana), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1989	Colesberg (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	54 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

1798 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1989. 1989 had 1,671 records.

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

Records on 04-13 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1806	1
1809	2
1812	1
1817	1
1830	1
1831	1
1834	1
1836	1
1837	1
1839	2
1849	1
1852	1
1854	1
1856	2
1862	1
1864	1
1865	3
1869	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1885	1
1886	3
1889	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	1
1902	3
1903	11
1904	15
1905	9
1906	23
1907	16
1908	6
1909	37
1910	13
1911	32
1912	41
1913	62
1914	58
1915	17
1916	47
1917	36
1918	35
1919	26
1920	258
1921	59
1922	74
1923	125
1924	96
1925	137
1926	232
1927	167
1928	139
1929	117
1930	477
1931	339
1932	392
1933	489
1934	674
1935	480
1936	435
1937	185
1938	268
1939	857
1940	1,562
1941	1,085
1942	137
1943	745
1944	212
1945	978
1946	391
1947	532
1948	595
1949	302
1950	1,352
1951	715
1952	738
1953	609
1954	504
1955	665
1956	294
1957	714
1958	465
1959	515
1960	286
1961	669
1962	603
1963	353
1964	408
1965	656
1966	563
1967	665
1968	739
1969	324
1970	624
1971	390
1972	1,411
1973	701
1974	729
1975	675
1976	807
1977	1,066
1978	448
1979	715
1980	734
1981	872
1982	710
1983	1,394
1984	397
1985	746
1986	1,509
1987	768
1988	1,145
1989	1,671
1990	800
1991	1,326
1992	1,189
1993	574
1994	1,104
1995	789
1996	913
1997	2,451
1998	1,710
1999	631
2000	956
2001	1,013
2002	916
2003	1,245
2004	1,091
2005	425
2006	1,023
2007	1,271
2008	1,021
2009	760
2010	1,028
2011	761
2012	609
2013	759
2014	868
2015	607
2016	510
2017	454
2018	914
2019	736
2020	2,051
2021	465
2022	2,173
2023	1,433
2024	1,172
2025	952
2026	849

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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 100	1,496
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1