Weather Records on 12 July 1989

559 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 1989. Highest significance: Maceio (Aeroporto), BR.

Key Facts for 12 July 1989

On 12 July 1989, 559 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
249 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 540 daily.
Maceio (Aeroporto) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 182.1 mm (7.2 in) on 12 July 1989.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

559 stations

559 station records on 12 July 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	182.1 mm (7.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mc Farland	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Podor	Senegal	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	124.4 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vitoria de Santo Antao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Terre Haute Indiana State	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boutilimit	Mauritania	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso de Iritu	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orlinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calero Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quebradillas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Channahon Dresden Isl Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fremantle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baranovichi	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Springs AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Black Mtn 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rosso	Mauritania	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Porto	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Astrahanka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa Ind AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vysokoje	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rifle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Okeechobee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port O'Connor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bethpage 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Longton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buchanan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Iwakuni	Japan	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Etla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

559 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 189.

Records on 12 July 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 1989 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 540.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

408 broken records

Margins by which the 408 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

12 July 1989

Top 20 records on 12 July 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 1989	Maceio (Aeroporto), BR	monthly rain	182.1 mm (7.2 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	48 years	71 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1989	Mc Farland, US	monthly rain	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1989	Podor, SN	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	70 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1989	Oskaloosa, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1989	Borinquen AP, PR	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1989	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	124.4 mm (4.9 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1989	Washington, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1989	Vitoria de Santo Antao, BR	daily rain	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1989	Rockville, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1989	Lewisburg Exp STN, US	monthly rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1989	Terre Haute Indiana State, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1989	Boutilimit, MR	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1989	El Paso de Iritu, MX	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1989	Budgeree East (Claremont), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1989	Ft Hall 1 NNE, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1989	Angola, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1989	Orlinda, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1989	Calero Camp, PR	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1989	Quebradillas, PR	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1989	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	38 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

1796 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1989. 1989 had 559 records.

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

Records on 07-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1816	1
1821	2
1841	1
1847	2
1848	2
1850	3
1851	1
1858	1
1860	2
1866	1
1870	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	7
1896	3
1897	2
1898	1
1900	2
1901	5
1902	2
1903	11
1904	13
1905	28
1906	22
1907	19
1908	46
1909	24
1910	12
1911	93
1912	19
1913	20
1914	57
1915	16
1916	39
1917	163
1918	99
1919	56
1920	37
1921	94
1922	42
1923	85
1924	68
1925	231
1926	272
1927	84
1928	79
1929	137
1930	561
1931	309
1932	305
1933	609
1934	348
1935	379
1936	1,082
1937	353
1938	257
1939	509
1940	623
1941	796
1942	363
1943	421
1944	446
1945	1,118
1946	234
1947	319
1948	379
1949	357
1950	485
1951	765
1952	680
1953	688
1954	907
1955	263
1956	474
1957	381
1958	434
1959	459
1960	466
1961	606
1962	447
1963	418
1964	898
1965	457
1966	614
1967	502
1968	466
1969	745
1970	298
1971	538
1972	716
1973	633
1974	617
1975	1,321
1976	812
1977	377
1978	635
1979	555
1980	998
1981	645
1982	526
1983	955
1984	871
1985	558
1986	1,015
1987	1,189
1988	961
1989	559
1990	1,489
1991	1,028
1992	1,167
1993	1,443
1994	904
1995	1,070
1996	964
1997	800
1998	1,244
1999	1,397
2000	796
2001	856
2002	1,537
2003	910
2004	799
2005	1,068
2006	1,038
2007	749
2008	719
2009	707
2010	1,450
2011	1,468
2012	979
2013	570
2014	437
2015	618
2016	740
2017	586
2018	398
2019	598
2020	875
2021	830
2022	507
2023	839
2024	968
2025	567
2026	1,100

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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	333
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1