Weather Records on 18 June 1989

697 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 June 1989. Highest significance: Wetumpka, US.

Key Facts for 18 June 1989

On 18 June 1989, 697 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
300 were record highs and 211 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 671 daily.
Wetumpka set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 18 June 1989.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

697 stations

697 station records on 18 June 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 June 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kozevnikovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yarra (Rowe's Lagoon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sikeston Pwr STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa de Lima (Camboata)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Billabong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lepel	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grandfalls 3SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hargraves (the Elders)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vitebsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lerma	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Callejones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Creel (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mexia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas (Bisbee) Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tihvin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Mentone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yass (Linton Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wymah (Gwandallen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bochil	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pabellon Campo Experimental	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zoquitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mumbil (Burrendong Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso de Iritu	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colotlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lahaina 361	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Smolensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Madisonville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bridport Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Korkodon	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Martin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Requetemu	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

697 records

Records set or tied on 18 June 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 212, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 117, Heaviest daily rainfall 186.

Records on 18 June 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	212
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	117
Heaviest daily rainfall	186
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 June 1989 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 17, daily 671.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

539 broken records

Margins by which the 539 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 June 1989

Top 20 records on 18 June 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 June 1989	Wetumpka, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 June 1989	Kozevnikovo, RU	all-time rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1989	Yarra (Rowe's Lagoon), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1989	Rinconada, MX	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1989	Sikeston Pwr STN, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1989	Collector (Brookdale), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1989	Santa Rosa de Lima (Camboata), BR	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1989	Maysville, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1989	Pine Ridge (Billabong), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1989	Lepel, BY	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1989	Grandfalls 3SSE, US	all-time high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1989	Hargraves (the Elders), AU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1989	Vitebsk, BY	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1989	Armagh, GB	daily high max	28.6 C (83.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	142 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1989	Keflavik, IS	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1989	Lerma, MX	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1989	Callejones, MX	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1989	Telluride 4WNW, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1989	Creel (Cfe), MX	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	60 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 1989	Eldon, US	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	68 years	35 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

1800 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1989. 1989 had 697 records.

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

Records on 06-18 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1801	1
1802	1
1803	1
1816	1
1821	1
1823	1
1839	1
1841	1
1848	1
1855	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	2
1865	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	10
1902	7
1903	13
1904	5
1905	32
1906	16
1907	21
1908	20
1909	39
1910	15
1911	14
1912	25
1913	29
1914	43
1915	62
1916	29
1917	55
1918	118
1919	65
1920	53
1921	44
1922	57
1923	144
1924	108
1925	246
1926	176
1927	287
1928	205
1929	297
1930	379
1931	267
1932	219
1933	499
1934	335
1935	494
1936	549
1937	301
1938	391
1939	674
1940	620
1941	273
1942	201
1943	173
1944	726
1945	784
1946	532
1947	391
1948	421
1949	734
1950	828
1951	237
1952	435
1953	730
1954	460
1955	721
1956	373
1957	672
1958	532
1959	573
1960	394
1961	979
1962	302
1963	305
1964	840
1965	589
1966	431
1967	308
1968	556
1969	598
1970	486
1971	456
1972	334
1973	861
1974	719
1975	821
1976	508
1977	768
1978	516
1979	581
1980	447
1981	895
1982	736
1983	1,080
1984	716
1985	921
1986	862
1987	925
1988	748
1989	697
1990	795
1991	944
1992	579
1993	834
1994	1,156
1995	1,224
1996	1,004
1997	894
1998	1,600
1999	1,258
2000	1,474
2001	589
2002	1,397
2003	853
2004	1,056
2005	1,014
2006	699
2007	898
2008	628
2009	920
2010	928
2011	952
2012	832
2013	847
2014	732
2015	978
2016	787
2017	839
2018	968
2019	425
2020	572
2021	1,874
2022	1,194
2023	574
2024	1,150
2025	583
2026	830

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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 10	493
10 to 20	32
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1