Weather Records on 1 August 1989

1,301 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 1989. Highest significance: Keanae 346, US.

Key Facts for 1 August 1989

On 1 August 1989, 1,301 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
381 were record highs and 519 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 1,249 daily.
Keanae 346 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 497.8 mm (19.6 in) on 1 August 1989.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

1,301 stations

1,301 station records on 1 August 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Keanae 346	United States	Record daily precipitation	497.8 mm (19.6 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ust-Ilimsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Galveston	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bowbells	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mito	Japan	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton (Dendy Park Bowling C	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Choshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Chivela	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Genevad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bentleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Fortaleza (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Houston William P Hobby AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	217.9 mm (8.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Ribera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bugulma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scoresby Research Institute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Novillo (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richards	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Katsuura	Japan	Record daily precipitation	136.5 mm (5.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Suhokumsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Healesville (Badger Crk Sanctu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	39.2 C (102.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sukumo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Turka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alpharetta 4 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yokosuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	199.6 mm (7.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nalcik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sula 2 SE (Sula Rs)	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barkakra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Verhnedvinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Murjek	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Drohobych	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tidewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,301 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 168, Lowest daily maximum 387, Highest daily minimum 213, Lowest daily minimum 132, Heaviest daily rainfall 401.

Records on 1 August 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	168
Lowest daily maximum	387
Highest daily minimum	213
Lowest daily minimum	132
Heaviest daily rainfall	401
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 1989 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 47, daily 1,249.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,070 broken records

Margins by which the 1,070 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 222.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 1989

Top 20 records on 1 August 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 1989	Keanae 346, US	monthly rain	497.8 mm (19.6 in)	222.2 mm (8.7 in)	81 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
1 August 1989	Ust-Ilimsk, RU	all-time rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 August 1989	Sealy, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 August 1989	Galveston, US	daily rain	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1989	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	daily high max	21.0 C (69.8 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	63 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1989	Kingman, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1989	Bowbells, US	all-time high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1989	Mito, JP	daily rain	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1989	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1989	Houston Wb City, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1989	Brighton (Dendy Park Bowling C, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1989	Choshi, JP	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1989	Santiago Chivela, MX	daily rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1989	Genevad, SE	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1989	Hico, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1989	Bentleigh, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1989	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily low max	0.5 C (32.9 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	122 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1989	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1989	Usina Fortaleza (Dnos), BR	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1989	Ft Lewis, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	45 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

1797 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1989. 1989 had 1,301 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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Data for records on 1989-08-01: 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	1,058
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1