Weather Records on 3 August 1989

824 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 1989. Highest significance: Hoburg, SE.

Key Facts for 3 August 1989

On 3 August 1989, 824 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
354 were record highs and 304 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 793 daily.
Hoburg set a daily record precipitation of 48.5 mm (1.9 in) on 3 August 1989.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

824 stations

824 station records on 3 August 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Sredhekolymsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sandheads	India	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Halaula 1110	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stenstugu Forsoksgard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Delta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roma	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tamazula de Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paxton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chuxiong	China	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Peck 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Renfrow 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Angostura	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grandfield 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marion Island	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas (Bisbee) Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moosehead	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cloquet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wessington Springs 7SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dunhuang	China	Record low maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Telchaj	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso de Iritu	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Juarez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	48.9 C (120.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Apalachicola AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roseau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Colgate	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

824 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 128, Lowest daily maximum 146, Highest daily minimum 226, Lowest daily minimum 158, Heaviest daily rainfall 166.

Records on 3 August 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	128
Lowest daily maximum	146
Highest daily minimum	226
Lowest daily minimum	158
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 1989 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 26, daily 793.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

647 broken records

Margins by which the 647 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 1989

Top 20 records on 3 August 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 1989	Hoburg, SE	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1989	Sredhekolymsk, RU	all-time rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1989	Sandheads, IN	daily rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	70 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1989	Bowie, US	monthly rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1989	Intl Falls Intl AP, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1989	Halaula 1110, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1989	Stenstugu Forsoksgard, SE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1989	Gage, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1989	Delta, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	89 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1989	Gorlitz, DE	daily low max	12.7 C (54.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1989	Roma, SE	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1989	Caldwell, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1989	Edmore 4NW, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	79 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1989	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low max	14.9 C (58.8 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	111 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1989	Plauen, DE	daily low max	13.7 C (56.7 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1989	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1989	Cameron, US	daily high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1989	Jayton, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1989	Winnibigoshish Dam, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1989	Tamazula de Victoria, MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	41 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

1815 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1989. 1989 had 824 records.

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

Records on 08-03 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1834	2
1835	1
1838	1
1841	1
1847	1
1849	1
1854	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1868	1
1872	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	4
1879	3
1880	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1894	1
1895	11
1896	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	6
1900	2
1902	6
1903	12
1904	6
1905	7
1906	20
1907	31
1908	23
1909	21
1910	14
1911	31
1912	68
1913	21
1914	24
1915	49
1916	55
1917	72
1918	71
1919	34
1920	56
1921	181
1922	33
1923	149
1924	165
1925	99
1926	300
1927	315
1928	332
1929	207
1930	816
1931	313
1932	319
1933	304
1934	434
1935	520
1936	555
1937	350
1938	542
1939	866
1940	292
1941	305
1942	328
1943	521
1944	530
1945	259
1946	316
1947	586
1948	414
1949	415
1950	445
1951	547
1952	326
1953	617
1954	401
1955	713
1956	640
1957	378
1958	389
1959	360
1960	482
1961	620
1962	359
1963	352
1964	891
1965	679
1966	444
1967	327
1968	368
1969	625
1970	394
1971	891
1972	757
1973	724
1974	906
1975	978
1976	892
1977	544
1978	832
1979	486
1980	800
1981	579
1982	778
1983	807
1984	925
1985	691
1986	750
1987	1,105
1988	1,046
1989	824
1990	845
1991	705
1992	869
1993	1,033
1994	973
1995	1,216
1996	965
1997	709
1998	1,406
1999	893
2000	869
2001	1,021
2002	1,000
2003	1,504
2004	980
2005	912
2006	1,514
2007	750
2008	926
2009	746
2010	1,392
2011	1,518
2012	685
2013	535
2014	961
2015	615
2016	640
2017	1,144
2018	1,039
2019	451
2020	708
2021	841
2022	654
2023	1,044
2024	1,401
2025	929
2026	1,242

Download the Data

Data for records on 1989-08-03: 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 10	585
10 to 20	35
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1