Weather Records on 23 July 1989

868 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 1989. Highest significance: Robertstown, AU.

Key Facts for 23 July 1989

On 23 July 1989, 868 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
356 were record highs and 214 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 832 daily.
Robertstown set a daily record precipitation of 32.8 mm (1.3 in) on 23 July 1989.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

868 stations

868 station records on 23 July 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Robertstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Kolo 1033	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Njandoma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kukaiau 222	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Intake Wainiha 1086	United States	Record daily precipitation	408.9 mm (16.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Puunene 396	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sutherlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Keahua 410	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bad Schwalbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Australia Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hagenbuchach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Paradis 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Marburg-Biedenkopf Colbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue WSO AP 1020.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pasto/Antonio Narin	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Amga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lambert 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tuela	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Neumunster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rendsburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zavitaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	295.9 mm (11.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamakuapoko 485	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashdown 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Rs 338	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jimma	Ethiopia	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Apoinga (Wilivere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
South Mount Cameron (Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bernkastel-Kues	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Limburg/Lahn-Offheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gumri	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

868 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 117, Highest daily minimum 245, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 298.

Records on 23 July 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	117
Highest daily minimum	245
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	298
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 1989 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 28, daily 832.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

695 broken records

Margins by which the 695 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 245.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 1989

Top 20 records on 23 July 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 1989	Robertstown, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	90 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1989	Haina 214, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1989	Kolo 1033, US	monthly rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1989	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1989	Njandoma, RU	all-time rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1989	Kukaiau 222, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	66 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1989	Paauhau 217, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1989	Paauilo 221, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1989	Intake Wainiha 1086, US	monthly rain	408.9 mm (16.1 in)	245.8 mm (9.7 in)	22 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1989	Puunene 396, US	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1989	Sutherlands, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1989	Keahua 410, US	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1989	Bad Schwalbach, DE	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1989	Australia Plains, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1989	Snowflake, US	all-time rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1989	Hagenbuchach, DE	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1989	Paradis 7 S, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1989	Eudunda, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	102 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1989	Kr. Marburg-Biedenkopf Colbe, DE	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1989	Mana 1026, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	53 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

1794 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1989. 1989 had 868 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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Data for records on 1989-07-23: 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	685
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1