Weather Records on 5 June 1989

1,001 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 June 1989. Highest significance: Henderson, US.

Key Facts for 5 June 1989

On 5 June 1989, 1,001 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
268 were record highs and 217 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 967 daily.
Henderson set a monthly record daily precipitation of 160.8 mm (6.3 in) on 5 June 1989.
Across 157 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

1,001 stations

1,001 station records on 5 June 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 June 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Vaiden 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Nkhota Kota	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Green Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuanu Rsch 5 775	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun City	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Duisburg-Laar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yacamunda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Westland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Jukes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frogmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bunnan (Milhaven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Angellala Downs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wyaga Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rovaniemi Apukka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haswell	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rockdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Biddenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beralga Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood Leflore AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grodno	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bruce 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heltermaa	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meadowbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nalcik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bolton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Babbiloora Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pambula Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Raywood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Horseshoe Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton (Lonou)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leipikvattnet	Sweden	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rupert 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Premer (Eden Moor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mooga Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,001 records

Records set or tied on 5 June 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 153, Highest daily minimum 155, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 515, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 June 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	153
Highest daily minimum	155
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	515
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 June 1989 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 32, daily 967.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

842 broken records

Margins by which the 842 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 June 1989

Top 20 records on 5 June 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 June 1989	Henderson, US	monthly rain	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 June 1989	Lyndhurst Station, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	101 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 June 1989	Vaiden 1 SSW, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	95 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 June 1989	Nkhota Kota, MW	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 June 1989	Green Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	71 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1989	Nuuanu Rsch 5 775, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1989	Calhoun City, US	monthly rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1989	Duisburg-Laar, DE	daily rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1989	Yacamunda Station, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	83 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1989	Carthage, US	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1989	Westland, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1989	Mount Jukes, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1989	Stradbroke Station, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1989	Forest Vale, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1989	Frogmoor, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1989	Bunnan (Milhaven), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1989	Woodville 4 ESE, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	79 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1989	Angellala Downs Homestead, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1989	Wyaga Station, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 June 1989	Rovaniemi Apukka, FI	monthly rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	14 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

1804 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1989. 1989 had 1,001 records.

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

Records on 06-05 in each year
Year	Records
1804	2
1805	1
1810	2
1822	1
1837	1
1843	1
1846	2
1849	2
1854	1
1857	2
1861	1
1866	1
1870	1
1871	6
1874	2
1877	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1888	2
1889	2
1890	3
1891	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	9
1900	4
1901	8
1902	2
1903	7
1904	10
1905	8
1906	12
1907	15
1908	32
1909	13
1910	42
1911	18
1912	26
1913	36
1914	45
1915	21
1916	38
1917	132
1918	53
1919	86
1920	97
1921	138
1922	100
1923	577
1924	121
1925	442
1926	349
1927	268
1928	352
1929	383
1930	187
1931	229
1932	167
1933	586
1934	420
1935	426
1936	271
1937	424
1938	265
1939	364
1940	198
1941	288
1942	202
1943	589
1944	423
1945	1,215
1946	656
1947	486
1948	460
1949	369
1950	413
1951	532
1952	519
1953	319
1954	723
1955	249
1956	656
1957	600
1958	433
1959	401
1960	329
1961	475
1962	556
1963	577
1964	518
1965	365
1966	622
1967	584
1968	779
1969	924
1970	607
1971	502
1972	552
1973	549
1974	611
1975	553
1976	564
1977	1,171
1978	607
1979	722
1980	687
1981	907
1982	1,487
1983	846
1984	857
1985	1,339
1986	873
1987	859
1988	1,969
1989	1,001
1990	1,187
1991	921
1992	889
1993	1,616
1994	697
1995	809
1996	776
1997	1,229
1998	2,556
1999	1,266
2000	1,280
2001	1,021
2002	1,281
2003	1,159
2004	973
2005	882
2006	975
2007	680
2008	1,575
2009	920
2010	1,164
2011	913
2012	867
2013	465
2014	614
2015	719
2016	1,386
2017	440
2018	455
2019	632
2020	932
2021	1,206
2022	681
2023	509
2024	712
2025	507
2026	382

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Data for records on 1989-06-05: 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	837
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1