Weather Records on 13 July 1989

635 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 July 1989. Highest significance: Gibson Dam, US.

Key Facts for 13 July 1989

On 13 July 1989, 635 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
205 were record highs and 173 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 617 daily.
Gibson Dam set a monthly record daily precipitation of 85.6 mm (3.4 in) on 13 July 1989.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

635 stations

635 station records on 13 July 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 July 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Transtrand_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Holjes	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Dam 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jarpliden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
St Francis 8NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boca del Salado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mataj	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Branas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso de Iritu	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sayre	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tjarnas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Knas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bloserville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Temixco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Colby 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ellis	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
UNIV of Utah	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lovsta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	133.5 mm (5.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hogbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alpharetta 4 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minter City	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Timpanogos Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Altoona Blair Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dillinger	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalajara (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

635 records

Records set or tied on 13 July 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 109, Highest daily minimum 129, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 257.

Records on 13 July 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	109
Highest daily minimum	129
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	257
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 July 1989 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 14, daily 617.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

492 broken records

Margins by which the 492 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 July 1989

Top 20 records on 13 July 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 July 1989	Gibson Dam, US	monthly rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	73 years	77 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1989	Moccasin Exp STN, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1989	Babb 6 NE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1989	Culbertson, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1989	Gove 4W, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1989	Transtrand_D, SE	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1989	Kingfisher, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	82 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1989	Holjes, SE	daily rain	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1989	Meade, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1989	Trenton Dam 1N, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1989	Jarpliden, SE	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1989	St Francis 8NW, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1989	Utica, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1989	Stratford, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1989	Boca del Salado, MX	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1989	Pleasant Grove, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1989	Mataj, KZ	all-time rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1989	Stratton, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1989	Branas, SE	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1989	Mtn Dell Dam, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	44 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

1795 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1989. 1989 had 635 records.

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

Records on 07-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1824	1
1832	1
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1855	1
1860	1
1861	1
1862	1
1866	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	7
1889	6
1890	3
1891	4
1892	2
1893	5
1894	2
1895	11
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1900	2
1901	7
1902	7
1903	8
1904	9
1905	5
1906	17
1907	22
1908	11
1909	7
1910	16
1911	47
1912	79
1913	21
1914	50
1915	17
1916	45
1917	22
1918	160
1919	79
1920	30
1921	81
1922	34
1923	104
1924	147
1925	229
1926	426
1927	195
1928	146
1929	123
1930	443
1931	351
1932	349
1933	653
1934	445
1935	304
1936	999
1937	264
1938	188
1939	382
1940	891
1941	599
1942	282
1943	433
1944	302
1945	637
1946	318
1947	245
1948	407
1949	333
1950	849
1951	393
1952	730
1953	700
1954	1,044
1955	378
1956	436
1957	321
1958	324
1959	451
1960	470
1961	513
1962	615
1963	726
1964	1,023
1965	479
1966	649
1967	654
1968	427
1969	676
1970	410
1971	517
1972	861
1973	489
1974	569
1975	1,474
1976	650
1977	581
1978	437
1979	562
1980	1,127
1981	795
1982	513
1983	887
1984	817
1985	488
1986	918
1987	1,105
1988	898
1989	635
1990	1,762
1991	888
1992	1,293
1993	1,374
1994	1,340
1995	1,350
1996	957
1997	793
1998	1,274
1999	1,356
2000	978
2001	800
2002	1,546
2003	934
2004	686
2005	1,039
2006	1,179
2007	756
2008	672
2009	807
2010	1,192
2011	1,216
2012	1,283
2013	548
2014	540
2015	692
2016	667
2017	594
2018	435
2019	443
2020	668
2021	778
2022	686
2023	705
2024	908
2025	708
2026	1,123

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	380
10 to 20	64
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	17
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1