Weather Records on 27 July 1989

1,103 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 1989. Highest significance: Alferes, BR.

Key Facts for 27 July 1989

On 27 July 1989, 1,103 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
373 were record highs and 309 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 1,058 daily.
Alferes set a monthly record daily precipitation of 59.9 mm (2.4 in) on 27 July 1989.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

1,103 stations

1,103 station records on 27 July 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 July 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alferes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Caucaia Do Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Observatorio Do Iag	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Salto de Pirapora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Do Sarapu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Shiprock	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Turvinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mairipora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Austin 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Guararema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Natividade da Serra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Roselandia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aldeinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Beicht	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Baixo Cotia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Santo Angelo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cachoeira da Graca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Evangelista de Souza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Engordador	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Belo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Primavera	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Biritiba Mirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Taquari-Vai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ana Dias	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Preobrazhenie	Russia	Record daily precipitation	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Redencao da Serra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morro Do Chiqueiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mombaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pirapitingui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Iporanga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Atibaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paratei	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Bem Vinda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ilhabela	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Varadouro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Pequena	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sarapui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Itatiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Juquia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nossa Senhora Do O	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Recalque Abc	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Itapecerica da Serra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Franco da Rocha (Hosp.Juqueri)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ferreira Das Almas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sete Barras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro de Toledo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mineiros Do Tiete (Cpef)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Sarapu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Batista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Itapetininga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Engenheiro Hermilo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jacarei	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,103 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 147, Highest daily minimum 230, Lowest daily minimum 162, Heaviest daily rainfall 421.

Records on 27 July 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	147
Highest daily minimum	230
Lowest daily minimum	162
Heaviest daily rainfall	421
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 1989 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 35, daily 1,058.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

901 broken records

Margins by which the 901 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 1989

Top 20 records on 27 July 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 1989	Alferes, BR	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1989	Biri, NO	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1989	Caucaia Do Alto, BR	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1989	Lugansk, UA	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1989	Observatorio Do Iag, BR	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1989	Salto de Pirapora, BR	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1989	Bairro Do Sarapu, BR	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1989	Shiprock, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1989	Usina Turvinho, BR	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1989	Mairipora, BR	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1989	Austin 1 W, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1989	Guararema, BR	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1989	Luz (Estacao), BR	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1989	Natividade da Serra, BR	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1989	Roselandia, BR	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1989	Aldeinha, BR	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1989	Pedro Beicht, BR	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1989	Baixo Cotia, BR	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1989	Fazenda Santo Angelo, BR	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1989	Cachoeira da Graca, BR	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	50 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

1805 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1989. 1989 had 1,103 records.

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

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	591
2015	744
2016	564
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,170

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Data for records on 1989-07-27: 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 20	774
20 to 40	108
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1