Weather Records on 16 April 1989

676 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 April 1989. Highest significance: Peddie (Mag), ZA.

Key Facts for 16 April 1989

On 16 April 1989, 676 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
327 were record highs and 130 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 671 daily.
Peddie (Mag) set a daily record precipitation of 80.0 mm (3.1 in) on 16 April 1989.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

676 stations

676 station records on 16 April 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 April 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Tonti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tabankulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nququ (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Emgcewe (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pueblo Nuevo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Motul	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Molepolole	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Matjiesrivier (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bizana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atengo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose da Bela Vista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond-Natal (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Riacho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-de-Marsan	France	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sortland-Kleiva	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hayden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hana AP 355	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gaoua	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Utsunomiya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Donkerhoek (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Skrova Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lowman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Desterro Do Melo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buctzotz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Klimpfjall	Sweden	Record snow depth	170.0 cm (66.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Menangina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Skrova Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Verkhneuralsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quartzsite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

676 records

Records set or tied on 16 April 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 238, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 208, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 16 April 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	238
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 16 April 1989 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 671.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

554 broken records

Margins by which the 554 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 April 1989

Top 20 records on 16 April 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 April 1989	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	107 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 April 1989	Tonti (Bos), ZA	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 April 1989	Tabankulu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 April 1989	Insizwa (Bos), ZA	daily rain	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 April 1989	Nququ (Bos), ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1989	Izeleni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1989	Emgcewe (Bos), ZA	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1989	Pueblo Nuevo, MX	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1989	Motul, MX	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1989	Molepolole, BW	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1989	Matjiesrivier (Skl), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1989	Fayetteville (Pwc), US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	109 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1989	Forest Grove, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	91 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1989	Bizana (Bos), ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1989	Atengo (Smn), MX	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1989	Sao Jose da Bela Vista, BR	daily rain	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1989	Chuuk WSO AP, FM	daily rain	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1989	Richmond-Natal (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1989	Palmerville, AU	daily high min	23.5 C (74.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 April 1989	Vajda-Guba, RU	daily high min	2.3 C (36.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	91 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

1794 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1989. 1989 had 676 records.

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

Records on 04-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1796	1
1801	2
1809	1
1816	1
1823	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	1
1842	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	2
1852	2
1853	2
1855	1
1858	2
1862	2
1865	4
1866	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1880	5
1883	1
1884	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	4
1890	7
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	3
1896	4
1897	1
1898	1
1899	14
1900	7
1901	4
1902	5
1903	6
1904	48
1905	15
1906	12
1907	25
1908	31
1909	6
1910	31
1911	11
1912	24
1913	35
1914	43
1915	16
1916	17
1917	50
1918	36
1919	53
1920	88
1921	73
1922	75
1923	72
1924	131
1925	141
1926	325
1927	245
1928	506
1929	269
1930	229
1931	322
1932	344
1933	379
1934	385
1935	608
1936	272
1937	252
1938	573
1939	499
1940	243
1941	438
1942	645
1943	716
1944	322
1945	732
1946	378
1947	877
1948	386
1949	346
1950	492
1951	542
1952	323
1953	681
1954	488
1955	377
1956	515
1957	335
1958	730
1959	360
1960	478
1961	938
1962	737
1963	827
1964	679
1965	575
1966	425
1967	1,027
1968	448
1969	1,171
1970	511
1971	779
1972	850
1973	974
1974	291
1975	559
1976	2,099
1977	831
1978	669
1979	573
1980	596
1981	779
1982	934
1983	1,174
1984	712
1985	642
1986	1,041
1987	735
1988	1,077
1989	676
1990	964
1991	448
1992	898
1993	1,067
1994	928
1995	937
1996	924
1997	699
1998	2,069
1999	1,330
2000	1,052
2001	741
2002	2,494
2003	1,166
2004	609
2005	504
2006	1,423
2007	1,788
2008	889
2009	854
2010	634
2011	1,279
2012	1,015
2013	1,372
2014	1,436
2015	574
2016	742
2017	441
2018	2,238
2019	413
2020	867
2021	580
2022	994
2023	708
2024	746
2025	802
2026	1,065

Download the Data

Data for records on 1989-04-16: 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 50	545
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1