Weather Records on 11 July 1989

832 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 July 1989. Highest significance: Pipestone, US.

Key Facts for 11 July 1989

On 11 July 1989, 832 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
429 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 799 daily.
Pipestone set a monthly record daily precipitation of 118.1 mm (4.6 in) on 11 July 1989.
Across 167 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 421 records.

Record Map

832 stations

832 station records on 11 July 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 July 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Barrow AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lovozero	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Crown King	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aratichanguio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Hill Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Villalba 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zeona 10 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morwell (Mail Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Surin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Propria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Junta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Florencia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dimbokro	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Selby	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso de Iritu	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Troy L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Patna	India	Record daily precipitation	418.1 mm (16.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ripogenus Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Licola Rwc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Qionghai	China	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Joquicingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Water Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anglesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

832 records

Records set or tied on 11 July 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 145, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 284, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 271.

Records on 11 July 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	145
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	284
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 July 1989 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 23, daily 799.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

634 broken records

Margins by which the 634 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 122.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 July 1989

Top 20 records on 11 July 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 July 1989	Pipestone, US	monthly rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	73 of 100 (Major)
11 July 1989	Barrow AP, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 July 1989	Eureka, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 July 1989	Lovozero, RU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1989	Mobridge 2NNW, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1989	Fairmont, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1989	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	122 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1989	San Miguel Ejutla, MX	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1989	Crown King, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1989	Aratichanguio, MX	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1989	Birch Hill Dam, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1989	Fayetteville Wtp, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1989	Villalba 1 SE, PR	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1989	Zeona 10 SSW, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1989	Morwell (Mail Centre), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	97 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1989	Yurecuaro, MX	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1989	Sellheim, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1989	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1989	Surin, TH	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1989	Tullahoma, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	47 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

1813 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1989. 1989 had 832 records.

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

Records on 07-11 in each year
Year	Records
1813	2
1815	1
1816	1
1821	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	2
1851	2
1856	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	1
1876	3
1878	2
1879	3
1882	2
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	9
1890	5
1891	4
1894	12
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	7
1900	4
1901	4
1902	3
1903	7
1904	14
1905	16
1906	17
1907	23
1908	36
1909	16
1910	24
1911	87
1912	21
1913	36
1914	45
1915	21
1916	29
1917	121
1918	18
1919	37
1920	22
1921	179
1922	56
1923	107
1924	100
1925	425
1926	215
1927	106
1928	91
1929	121
1930	572
1931	206
1932	291
1933	705
1934	413
1935	387
1936	1,268
1937	405
1938	244
1939	496
1940	296
1941	517
1942	734
1943	369
1944	702
1945	978
1946	275
1947	388
1948	313
1949	286
1950	619
1951	849
1952	519
1953	554
1954	758
1955	343
1956	534
1957	495
1958	519
1959	523
1960	373
1961	731
1962	536
1963	706
1964	482
1965	406
1966	503
1967	368
1968	482
1969	569
1970	404
1971	547
1972	486
1973	658
1974	858
1975	1,107
1976	734
1977	537
1978	829
1979	519
1980	1,002
1981	663
1982	642
1983	984
1984	1,174
1985	607
1986	691
1987	1,030
1988	973
1989	832
1990	1,010
1991	1,038
1992	926
1993	1,227
1994	839
1995	1,037
1996	1,283
1997	686
1998	1,235
1999	1,175
2000	862
2001	874
2002	1,438
2003	1,033
2004	658
2005	1,105
2006	809
2007	962
2008	759
2009	801
2010	1,210
2011	1,016
2012	1,053
2013	553
2014	540
2015	766
2016	1,035
2017	589
2018	439
2019	606
2020	814
2021	935
2022	581
2023	873
2024	1,064
2025	440
2026	705

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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 20	588
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1