Weather Records on 5 August 1989

915 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1989. Highest significance: Vysnij Volocek, RU.

Key Facts for 5 August 1989

On 5 August 1989, 915 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
435 were record highs and 183 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 856 daily.
Vysnij Volocek set a daily record precipitation of 39.0 mm (1.5 in) on 5 August 1989.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

915 stations

915 station records on 5 August 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Borovici	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Reus/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Axe	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Celina 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
East Lansing 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hvojnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ostaskov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colden 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Klin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Apizaco	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ljuban	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Botlih	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burbank	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tromso	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atakpane	Togo	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Camden	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Isabel Do Ivai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

915 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 128, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 307, Lowest daily minimum 113, Heaviest daily rainfall 297.

Records on 5 August 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	128
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	307
Lowest daily minimum	113
Heaviest daily rainfall	297
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1989 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 48, daily 856.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

680 broken records

Margins by which the 680 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1989

Top 20 records on 5 August 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1989	Vysnij Volocek, RU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1989	Borovici, RU	daily rain	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1989	Jackman, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1989	Berlin, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1989	Cuatro Cienegas (Smn), MX	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1989	Micurinsk, RU	monthly rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1989	Saint Johnsbury, US	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1989	Reus/Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1989	Wanakena Rngr School, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1989	Elkader 6 SSW, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1989	Marengo, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1989	Rushville, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1989	Brewerton Lock 23, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1989	Tecolutla, MX	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1989	Bad Axe, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1989	Celina 3 NE, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1989	Charlotte, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1989	Lowville, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1989	Hastings, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1989	East Lansing 4 S, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 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 915 records.

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

Records on 08-05 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1806	2
1809	1
1830	3
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1846	1
1847	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	2
1874	2
1876	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	3
1888	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	3
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	11
1900	4
1901	3
1902	6
1903	18
1904	13
1905	22
1906	13
1907	14
1908	25
1909	21
1910	20
1911	16
1912	72
1913	18
1914	22
1915	83
1916	67
1917	40
1918	233
1919	40
1920	81
1921	53
1922	107
1923	180
1924	144
1925	84
1926	113
1927	230
1928	201
1929	243
1930	467
1931	426
1932	228
1933	341
1934	587
1935	422
1936	309
1937	288
1938	420
1939	275
1940	290
1941	443
1942	393
1943	436
1944	520
1945	311
1946	374
1947	710
1948	930
1949	375
1950	681
1951	557
1952	498
1953	1,043
1954	543
1955	640
1956	422
1957	518
1958	503
1959	438
1960	297
1961	823
1962	451
1963	311
1964	610
1965	265
1966	384
1967	347
1968	394
1969	708
1970	468
1971	748
1972	799
1973	983
1974	810
1975	692
1976	721
1977	583
1978	948
1979	561
1980	998
1981	754
1982	776
1983	1,090
1984	789
1985	845
1986	778
1987	1,061
1988	914
1989	915
1990	1,265
1991	828
1992	861
1993	1,145
1994	1,944
1995	1,205
1996	1,029
1997	1,144
1998	1,817
1999	834
2000	704
2001	986
2002	1,160
2003	1,340
2004	848
2005	1,026
2006	932
2007	787
2008	738
2009	777
2010	1,626
2011	1,347
2012	869
2013	436
2014	915
2015	520
2016	544
2017	888
2018	528
2019	533
2020	626
2021	641
2022	1,332
2023	1,087
2024	711
2025	775
2026	1,048

Download the Data

Data for records on 1989-08-05: 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	566
10 to 20	56
20 to 30	31
30 to 40	16
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1