Weather Records on 4 May 1989

743 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 1989. Highest significance: Placerville, US.

Key Facts for 4 May 1989

On 4 May 1989, 743 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
411 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 732 daily.
Placerville set a daily record high minimum temperature of 17.2 C (63.0 F) on 4 May 1989.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

743 stations

743 station records on 4 May 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Placerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mtwara	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New Roads 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Palo Pinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mandera	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Doornhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ituporanga (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ottosdal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laanecoorie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brakpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ibirama (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Los Banos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Slurry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Surin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nova Bremen	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orlandia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsrus (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tidewater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Childress Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Creightons Creek (Baronga (Cre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sitio Esplanada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Taquari-Vai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo (Kylmorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Olney	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Apiuna -Regua Nova (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Creel (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madera	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Downieville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

743 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 192, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 219, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 237, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 May 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	192
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	219
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 May 1989 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 732.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

598 broken records

Margins by which the 598 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 1989

Top 20 records on 4 May 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 1989	Placerville, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	88 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1989	Mtwara, TZ	daily rain	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1989	New Roads 5 NE, US	daily rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	141.8 mm (5.6 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1989	Palo Pinto, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1989	Monroe Rgnl AP, US	monthly rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1989	Mandera, KE	daily rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1989	Doornhoek, ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1989	Sallisaw 2 NW, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1989	Baton Rouge Metro AP, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1989	Jacksboro, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1989	Alexandra (Post Office), AU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1989	Ituporanga (Pcd), BR	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1989	Healdsburg, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1989	Ottosdal, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1989	Gavle, SE	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1989	Pitea, SE	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1989	Vacaville, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	75 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1989	Laanecoorie Weir, AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	67 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1989	Brakpan, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1989	Paso Robles, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	38 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 743 records.

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

Records on 05-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1820	1
1836	2
1840	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	2
1852	1
1856	3
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	1
1864	3
1865	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1902	5
1903	8
1904	8
1905	19
1906	5
1907	37
1908	18
1909	13
1910	14
1911	37
1912	12
1913	63
1914	21
1915	75
1916	57
1917	60
1918	30
1919	69
1920	43
1921	62
1922	283
1923	82
1924	88
1925	80
1926	230
1927	112
1928	205
1929	177
1930	269
1931	169
1932	104
1933	274
1934	456
1935	518
1936	313
1937	230
1938	445
1939	295
1940	602
1941	436
1942	820
1943	358
1944	872
1945	654
1946	463
1947	649
1948	578
1949	1,130
1950	953
1951	292
1952	698
1953	389
1954	1,045
1955	471
1956	433
1957	433
1958	414
1959	613
1960	443
1961	466
1962	265
1963	313
1964	570
1965	433
1966	1,113
1967	928
1968	304
1969	377
1970	454
1971	810
1972	364
1973	313
1974	367
1975	683
1976	554
1977	736
1978	1,016
1979	1,529
1980	511
1981	667
1982	591
1983	539
1984	885
1985	821
1986	1,128
1987	1,004
1988	591
1989	743
1990	1,461
1991	1,088
1992	933
1993	791
1994	821
1995	974
1996	1,298
1997	962
1998	898
1999	1,167
2000	1,398
2001	1,345
2002	1,343
2003	1,158
2004	1,341
2005	1,152
2006	650
2007	699
2008	624
2009	727
2010	999
2011	1,023
2012	1,343
2013	1,447
2014	602
2015	622
2016	463
2017	669
2018	972
2019	574
2020	504
2021	616
2022	470
2023	681
2024	885
2025	456
2026	554

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Data for records on 1989-05-04: 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	593
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1