Weather Records on 12 May 1989

856 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 May 1989. Highest significance: Walgett (Dungalear), AU.

Key Facts for 12 May 1989

On 12 May 1989, 856 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
120 were record highs and 493 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 838 daily.
Walgett (Dungalear) set a daily record precipitation of 48.9 mm (1.9 in) on 12 May 1989.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

856 stations

856 station records on 12 May 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 May 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Carinda (Boorooma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tihoreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carranya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Long Falls Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis 13 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McCamey	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bujumbura	Burundi	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Konstantinovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Tibia	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marra Creek (Womboin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
West Buxton 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lista Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Klimpfjall	Sweden	Record snow depth	125.0 cm (49.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Callao	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Phrae	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Towson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pahrump 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
City Creek Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Javier	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pearce - Sunsites	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Lake Stream	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

856 records

Records set or tied on 12 May 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 245, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 248, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 12 May 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	245
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	248
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 12 May 1989 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 838.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

668 broken records

Margins by which the 668 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 380.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 May 1989

Top 20 records on 12 May 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 May 1989	Walgett (Dungalear), AU	daily rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	100 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1989	Carinda (Boorooma), AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1989	Echeta 2 NW, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1989	Bridgton 3 NW, US	monthly rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1989	Berlin, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1989	Tihoreck, RU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1989	Brewarrina Hospital, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1989	Carranya, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1989	Long Falls Dam, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1989	Clovis 13 N, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1989	Gillette 3SE, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1989	Millinocket, US	monthly rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1989	McCamey, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1989	Bujumbura, BI	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1989	McGill, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	82 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1989	Chapel Hill 2 W, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	93 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1989	Claude, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1989	Konstantinovsk, RU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1989	Ft Kent, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1989	Lexington 3E, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	93 years	40 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

1814 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1989. 1989 had 856 records.

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

Records on 05-12 in each year
Year	Records
1814	2
1823	1
1825	1
1827	1
1834	1
1837	1
1838	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1851	1
1855	2
1860	2
1862	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1872	2
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	5
1884	3
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1900	3
1901	6
1902	5
1903	7
1904	11
1905	10
1906	20
1907	53
1908	12
1909	4
1910	9
1911	37
1912	46
1913	6
1914	36
1915	50
1916	42
1917	54
1918	113
1919	42
1920	19
1921	64
1922	43
1923	109
1924	245
1925	275
1926	121
1927	167
1928	192
1929	172
1930	500
1931	350
1932	199
1933	476
1934	293
1935	404
1936	329
1937	214
1938	394
1939	233
1940	440
1941	568
1942	418
1943	803
1944	368
1945	389
1946	653
1947	286
1948	390
1949	414
1950	283
1951	427
1952	711
1953	891
1954	305
1955	265
1956	1,568
1957	454
1958	714
1959	740
1960	1,583
1961	381
1962	713
1963	777
1964	401
1965	196
1966	909
1967	810
1968	890
1969	506
1970	698
1971	668
1972	641
1973	393
1974	702
1975	418
1976	541
1977	855
1978	802
1979	763
1980	684
1981	855
1982	763
1983	1,281
1984	887
1985	1,199
1986	473
1987	1,295
1988	619
1989	856
1990	617
1991	1,177
1992	1,022
1993	1,208
1994	738
1995	1,190
1996	1,420
1997	921
1998	1,576
1999	881
2000	1,486
2001	1,015
2002	1,027
2003	861
2004	1,054
2005	1,369
2006	797
2007	630
2008	858
2009	687
2010	1,250
2011	1,119
2012	660
2013	689
2014	949
2015	958
2016	421
2017	529
2018	819
2019	784
2020	1,338
2021	712
2022	1,930
2023	429
2024	447
2025	940
2026	1,110

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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 50	663
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1