Weather Records on 13 May 1989

669 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1989. Highest significance: Pioche, US.

Key Facts for 13 May 1989

On 13 May 1989, 669 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
134 were record highs and 322 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 657 daily.
Pioche set a daily record precipitation of 37.1 mm (1.5 in) on 13 May 1989.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

669 stations

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

Weather records on 13 May 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pioche	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Salgado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ajk-Kum	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nanping	China	Record daily precipitation	115.7 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clervaux-Hautbellain	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cotonou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whynot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	150.7 mm (5.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belogorka	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bogucar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Klimpfjall	Sweden	Record snow depth	125.0 cm (49.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Massena Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Peeramon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guantanamo Bay NAS	Cuba	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rylsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hanksville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mangum	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shahat	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Agua Tibia	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Wx	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kelvin (Kahana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Guantanamo Bay NAS	Cuba	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atotonilco El Alto	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cuquio	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Copperhill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Running Stream (Brooklyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

669 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 168, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 154, Heaviest daily rainfall 193, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 13 May 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	168
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	154
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 13 May 1989 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 657.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

514 broken records

Margins by which the 514 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 390.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1989

Top 20 records on 13 May 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1989	Pioche, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1989	Salgado, BR	daily rain	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1989	Farmington, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1989	Ajk-Kum, KZ	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1989	Nanping, CN	daily rain	115.7 mm (4.6 in)	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1989	Clervaux-Hautbellain, LU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1989	Murrurundi Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1989	Cotonou, BJ	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1989	Circleville, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	93 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1989	Rinconada, MX	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1989	Alta 1 NNW, US	daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	79 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1989	Pavillion, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1989	Whynot Station, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1989	Live Oak, US	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1989	Estancia, BR	all-time rain	150.7 mm (5.9 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1989	Belogorka, KZ	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1989	Cadiz, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	75 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1989	Tropic, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	82 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1989	Osijek, HR	daily high min	15.2 C (59.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	89 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1989	Bogucar, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 669 records.

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

Records on 05-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	1
1806	1
1811	1
1814	1
1816	1
1820	1
1833	1
1834	1
1842	1
1848	2
1851	1
1859	1
1860	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	3
1881	4
1882	2
1883	2
1884	1
1885	3
1886	4
1887	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	5
1896	7
1897	6
1898	2
1899	2
1900	6
1901	5
1902	6
1903	4
1904	14
1905	16
1906	31
1907	25
1908	26
1909	10
1910	24
1911	22
1912	51
1913	50
1914	118
1915	133
1916	39
1917	91
1918	208
1919	37
1920	34
1921	62
1922	45
1923	140
1924	97
1925	130
1926	101
1927	165
1928	227
1929	145
1930	197
1931	386
1932	268
1933	709
1934	263
1935	319
1936	319
1937	186
1938	443
1939	309
1940	495
1941	662
1942	650
1943	605
1944	369
1945	507
1946	349
1947	299
1948	382
1949	462
1950	331
1951	538
1952	412
1953	1,053
1954	311
1955	502
1956	1,420
1957	481
1958	632
1959	592
1960	1,466
1961	556
1962	978
1963	451
1964	469
1965	266
1966	683
1967	609
1968	975
1969	663
1970	723
1971	843
1972	444
1973	546
1974	1,122
1975	381
1976	549
1977	834
1978	932
1979	633
1980	563
1981	469
1982	953
1983	1,041
1984	1,005
1985	939
1986	776
1987	1,101
1988	876
1989	669
1990	719
1991	1,046
1992	962
1993	950
1994	620
1995	1,883
1996	1,980
1997	1,113
1998	1,402
1999	727
2000	1,197
2001	1,142
2002	1,225
2003	695
2004	1,328
2005	889
2006	777
2007	655
2008	663
2009	690
2010	1,362
2011	715
2012	732
2013	1,051
2014	979
2015	632
2016	385
2017	572
2018	949
2019	524
2020	894
2021	656
2022	1,727
2023	550
2024	488
2025	887
2026	1,027

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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	505
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