Weather Records on 4 August 1989

738 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 August 1989. Highest significance: Elgin Water, US.

Key Facts for 4 August 1989

On 4 August 1989, 738 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
378 were record highs and 155 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 695 daily.
Elgin Water set a daily record precipitation of 76.7 mm (3.0 in) on 4 August 1989.
Across 165 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

738 stations

738 station records on 4 August 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 August 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Narva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Valujki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Red Oak	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elec	Russia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lipeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton L&D #13	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Novyj Oskol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Baksjonaset	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago de Compostela/Labacol	Spain	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Velykyi Burluk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Johvi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Myskelasen_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glenview NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Itapicuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Heber (Black Mesa) Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Silute	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kent City 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Ohare Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jomala Maarianhaminan Lentoase	Finland	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Novo-Kastornoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tula	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Staryj Oskol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colotlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
P-Ranch South Place	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Massena Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Axutla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Voronez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skjaekerfossen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tototlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Drevsjo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dinghai	China	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sovetsk	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ljuban	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weifang	China	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Imuris (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fjallnas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

738 records

Records set or tied on 4 August 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 253, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 205.

Records on 4 August 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	253
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	205
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 August 1989 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 38, daily 695.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

549 broken records

Margins by which the 549 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 August 1989

Top 20 records on 4 August 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 1989	Elgin Water, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 August 1989	Narva, EE	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 August 1989	Valujki, RU	all-time rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 August 1989	W Branch 3SE, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	86 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 August 1989	Red Oak, US	all-time high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1989	Elec, RU	monthly rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1989	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1989	Lipeck, RU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1989	Fulton L&D #13, US	daily rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1989	Hopetoun, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1989	Novyj Oskol, RU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1989	Baksjonaset, SE	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1989	Santiago de Compostela/Labacol, ES	daily rain	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1989	Velykyi Burluk, UA	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1989	Johvi, EE	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1989	Kon-Kolodez, RU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1989	Myskelasen_D, SE	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1989	Glenview NAS, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1989	Itapicuru, BR	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1989	Heber (Black Mesa) Rs, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	46 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 738 records.

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

Records on 08-04 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1830	2
1833	1
1835	1
1843	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1857	1
1859	2
1860	2
1863	1
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1874	3
1875	1
1878	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1888	4
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	1
1899	7
1900	6
1902	4
1903	18
1904	11
1905	19
1906	14
1907	20
1908	31
1909	27
1910	17
1911	23
1912	51
1913	15
1914	33
1915	85
1916	97
1917	29
1918	95
1919	34
1920	79
1921	67
1922	68
1923	146
1924	132
1925	77
1926	334
1927	136
1928	352
1929	224
1930	698
1931	371
1932	258
1933	347
1934	521
1935	367
1936	719
1937	258
1938	489
1939	433
1940	236
1941	383
1942	303
1943	468
1944	662
1945	355
1946	265
1947	845
1948	558
1949	421
1950	666
1951	680
1952	465
1953	1,017
1954	426
1955	624
1956	437
1957	343
1958	533
1959	303
1960	331
1961	745
1962	470
1963	438
1964	885
1965	409
1966	552
1967	428
1968	280
1969	638
1970	415
1971	813
1972	773
1973	748
1974	1,040
1975	772
1976	801
1977	599
1978	1,051
1979	510
1980	998
1981	636
1982	703
1983	920
1984	722
1985	634
1986	905
1987	892
1988	1,204
1989	738
1990	1,013
1991	769
1992	754
1993	1,046
1994	1,265
1995	1,117
1996	1,143
1997	891
1998	1,423
1999	762
2000	840
2001	1,087
2002	928
2003	1,309
2004	968
2005	1,246
2006	1,131
2007	685
2008	883
2009	681
2010	1,665
2011	1,536
2012	738
2013	452
2014	980
2015	505
2016	732
2017	1,134
2018	760
2019	499
2020	778
2021	691
2022	1,185
2023	1,150
2024	809
2025	840
2026	1,044

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Data for records on 1989-08-04: 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	511
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2