Weather Records on 15 May 1989

552 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 May 1989. Highest significance: Westland, AU.

Key Facts for 15 May 1989

On 15 May 1989, 552 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
120 were record highs and 158 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 540 daily.
Westland set a daily record precipitation of 118.0 mm (4.6 in) on 15 May 1989.
Across 162 earlier years (1820 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

552 stations

552 station records on 15 May 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 May 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Westland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Arno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Brady	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mount Marlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kolomyia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Quilberry Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Milo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Imeni_Michurina,Sovhoz	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Werrina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Ryde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sapphire Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yaraka State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Russleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boatman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sortland-Kleiva	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ogulin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Noonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chernivtsi	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hilo Intl AP 87	United States	Record daily precipitation	200.4 mm (7.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Garrawilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dingwall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ferron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bimerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ivano-Frankivsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wyandra Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Altamirano (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Briceni	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pee Dee	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corona Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Talwood State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Berlik	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aliceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dekalb	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parkfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thallon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Klimpfjall	Sweden	Record snow depth	123.0 cm (48.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

552 records

Records set or tied on 15 May 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 270, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 May 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 May 1989 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 540.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

448 broken records

Margins by which the 448 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 360.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 May 1989

Top 20 records on 15 May 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 May 1989	Westland, AU	daily rain	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	107.1 mm (4.2 in)	101 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
15 May 1989	Krakmo, NO	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	75 years	71 of 100 (Major)
15 May 1989	Arno, AU	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 May 1989	Brady, US	monthly rain	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	19 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 May 1989	Mossman Central Mill, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 May 1989	Mount Marlow, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	74 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1989	Sunnyside, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1989	Sherwood Park Station, AU	daily rain	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1989	Kolomyia, UA	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1989	Quilberry Station, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	75 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1989	Milo Station, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1989	Imeni_Michurina,Sovhoz, KZ	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1989	Glomfjord, NO	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1989	Werrina, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1989	Mount Ryde, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1989	Bodie California St Historic P, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	92 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1989	Sapphire Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1989	Yaraka State School, AU	daily rain	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1989	Russleigh, AU	daily rain	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	113.6 mm (4.5 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1989	Boatman Station, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	46 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

1820 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1820 to 1989. 1989 had 552 records.

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

Records on 05-15 in each year
Year	Records
1820	1
1825	1
1831	1
1832	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1855	2
1857	2
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	3
1874	2
1876	4
1878	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1888	3
1891	3
1893	5
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	3
1899	9
1900	9
1901	2
1902	9
1903	4
1904	13
1905	16
1906	10
1907	27
1908	25
1909	89
1910	27
1911	27
1912	26
1913	60
1914	16
1915	236
1916	27
1917	80
1918	133
1919	25
1920	58
1921	92
1922	30
1923	125
1924	174
1925	100
1926	161
1927	191
1928	144
1929	161
1930	136
1931	459
1932	368
1933	439
1934	227
1935	288
1936	372
1937	373
1938	393
1939	351
1940	179
1941	454
1942	701
1943	568
1944	630
1945	588
1946	238
1947	334
1948	264
1949	363
1950	260
1951	736
1952	476
1953	426
1954	355
1955	538
1956	466
1957	521
1958	605
1959	764
1960	291
1961	508
1962	1,128
1963	782
1964	347
1965	320
1966	389
1967	609
1968	1,019
1969	790
1970	512
1971	351
1972	484
1973	818
1974	1,230
1975	372
1976	803
1977	1,186
1978	922
1979	404
1980	625
1981	586
1982	500
1983	1,215
1984	1,059
1985	649
1986	679
1987	1,073
1988	643
1989	552
1990	776
1991	1,179
1992	944
1993	784
1994	910
1995	1,750
1996	1,452
1997	1,175
1998	1,641
1999	810
2000	850
2001	1,280
2002	801
2003	1,023
2004	1,046
2005	767
2006	955
2007	949
2008	995
2009	675
2010	1,088
2011	1,298
2012	751
2013	1,081
2014	1,411
2015	717
2016	890
2017	435
2018	1,074
2019	627
2020	472
2021	412
2022	847
2023	566
2024	596
2025	801
2026	481

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Data for records on 1989-05-15: 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	438
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1