Weather Records on 5 May 1989

941 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 1989. Highest significance: Ruston la Tech, US.

Key Facts for 5 May 1989

On 5 May 1989, 941 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
455 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 912 daily.
Ruston la Tech set an all-time record daily precipitation of 300.7 mm (11.8 in) on 5 May 1989.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

941 stations

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

Weather records on 5 May 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	300.7 mm (11.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Sterlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	256.5 mm (10.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	266.7 mm (10.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Conasauga 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pennington Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ottosdal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adin Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Holtwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jeddo 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg Capital City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wise 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Onward	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.6 mm (7.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lynchburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Butner Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore-Washington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Estacao Experimental	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	40.9 C (105.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oaknolia 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tapoco	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

941 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 230, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 225, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 345, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 5 May 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	230
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	225
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	345
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 5 May 1989 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 25, daily 912.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

791 broken records

Margins by which the 791 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

5 May 1989

Top 20 records on 5 May 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 1989	Ruston la Tech, US	all-time rain	300.7 mm (11.8 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1989	Sterlington, US	all-time rain	256.5 mm (10.1 in)	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	13 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1989	Calhoun 2 N, US	all-time rain	266.7 mm (10.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1989	Lake Providence, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1989	Tell City, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1989	Monticello Muni AP, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1989	College Park, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1989	Conasauga 2N, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1989	Pennington Gap, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1989	Homer 1N, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1989	Plain Dealing, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1989	St Peter, US	monthly low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1989	Marion 7 SE, US	daily rain	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1989	Beckley Va Hospital, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1989	Paso Robles, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	93 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1989	Rockville 1 NE, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1989	Independence, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	86 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1989	Hartwell, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1989	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1989	Ottosdal, ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	44 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 941 records.

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

Records on 05-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1836	1
1837	1
1840	1
1850	4
1852	1
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1861	5
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1875	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1888	3
1889	5
1890	2
1891	3
1892	5
1894	3
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	3
1901	2
1902	5
1903	9
1904	14
1905	17
1906	4
1907	16
1908	14
1909	17
1910	19
1911	17
1912	17
1913	46
1914	39
1915	73
1916	98
1917	70
1918	24
1919	77
1920	41
1921	63
1922	98
1923	139
1924	132
1925	143
1926	220
1927	115
1928	149
1929	256
1930	469
1931	250
1932	166
1933	339
1934	448
1935	417
1936	377
1937	159
1938	362
1939	222
1940	446
1941	415
1942	529
1943	427
1944	1,237
1945	355
1946	306
1947	528
1948	671
1949	1,099
1950	893
1951	174
1952	723
1953	659
1954	607
1955	382
1956	363
1957	561
1958	404
1959	587
1960	773
1961	644
1962	261
1963	249
1964	643
1965	724
1966	1,413
1967	613
1968	434
1969	530
1970	386
1971	444
1972	292
1973	542
1974	716
1975	711
1976	402
1977	708
1978	1,033
1979	1,534
1980	562
1981	524
1982	659
1983	475
1984	767
1985	463
1986	968
1987	895
1988	820
1989	941
1990	1,511
1991	1,176
1992	1,004
1993	725
1994	743
1995	888
1996	1,368
1997	1,220
1998	1,707
1999	1,301
2000	1,442
2001	963
2002	883
2003	1,792
2004	1,401
2005	1,009
2006	657
2007	850
2008	453
2009	751
2010	1,053
2011	857
2012	1,281
2013	1,265
2014	680
2015	783
2016	554
2017	849
2018	481
2019	538
2020	403
2021	733
2022	514
2023	579
2024	961
2025	717
2026	538

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Data for records on 1989-05-05: 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 50	781
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1