Weather Records on 6 August 1989

879 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1989. Highest significance: Guthrie 5S, US.

Key Facts for 6 August 1989

On 6 August 1989, 879 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
357 were record highs and 279 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 845 daily.
Guthrie 5S set a daily record precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 6 August 1989.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

879 stations

879 station records on 6 August 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chernyshevsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Floydada	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Encarnacion de Diaz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hammon 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chichibu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Onahama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tokyo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zilovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Skiatook	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Cristobal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld	Bermuda [United Kingdom]	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kvareli	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tungokocen	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tygda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zjulzja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Borovici	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bol'sie-Uki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Smithville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pulaski 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Angelo	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kumagaya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ischim Amsg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Postville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Westhope	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fukushima Arpt	Japan	Record daily precipitation	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

879 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 153, Lowest daily maximum 149, Highest daily minimum 204, Lowest daily minimum 130, Heaviest daily rainfall 243.

Records on 6 August 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	153
Lowest daily maximum	149
Highest daily minimum	204
Lowest daily minimum	130
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1989 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 24, daily 845.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

658 broken records

Margins by which the 658 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 134.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1989

Top 20 records on 6 August 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1989	Guthrie 5S, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	79 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1989	Urbana Wrf, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1989	El-Golea, DZ	all-time high min	33.6 C (92.5 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	96 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1989	Chernyshevsk, RU	all-time rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1989	Storrs, US	all-time high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1989	Floydada, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1989	Encarnacion de Diaz, MX	all-time rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1989	Hammon 3 SSW, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1989	Chichibu, JP	daily rain	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 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)
6 August 1989	Albion, US	monthly rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1989	Piaxtla, MX	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1989	Pawnee City, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1989	Onahama, JP	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1989	Oskaloosa, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	87 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1989	Madison, US	monthly rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	77 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1989	Rantoul, US	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	79 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1989	Tokyo, JP	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1989	Zilovo, RU	all-time rain	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1989	Farmington, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	93 years	42 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

1794 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1989. 1989 had 879 records.

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

Records on 08-06 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1806	1
1808	1
1809	1
1810	1
1822	1
1830	1
1833	1
1847	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1859	1
1861	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	2
1887	1
1888	7
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	6
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	6
1901	7
1902	4
1903	16
1904	13
1905	13
1906	24
1907	26
1908	17
1909	14
1910	20
1911	22
1912	57
1913	41
1914	6
1915	108
1916	40
1917	35
1918	526
1919	92
1920	39
1921	49
1922	90
1923	113
1924	150
1925	78
1926	85
1927	132
1928	101
1929	189
1930	356
1931	349
1932	226
1933	284
1934	580
1935	330
1936	318
1937	371
1938	308
1939	311
1940	385
1941	356
1942	303
1943	248
1944	312
1945	458
1946	430
1947	625
1948	1,166
1949	464
1950	480
1951	720
1952	513
1953	646
1954	532
1955	531
1956	447
1957	949
1958	521
1959	422
1960	250
1961	551
1962	496
1963	258
1964	481
1965	390
1966	378
1967	757
1968	586
1969	613
1970	504
1971	945
1972	877
1973	876
1974	884
1975	749
1976	923
1977	623
1978	790
1979	544
1980	818
1981	855
1982	643
1983	1,281
1984	815
1985	874
1986	648
1987	948
1988	873
1989	879
1990	1,463
1991	1,100
1992	1,053
1993	1,569
1994	1,918
1995	1,500
1996	1,038
1997	1,216
1998	1,546
1999	938
2000	870
2001	1,100
2002	988
2003	1,221
2004	1,076
2005	756
2006	849
2007	991
2008	820
2009	1,033
2010	1,205
2011	1,357
2012	845
2013	722
2014	673
2015	827
2016	472
2017	827
2018	598
2019	645
2020	510
2021	457
2022	960
2023	1,177
2024	882
2025	721
2026	955

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Data for records on 1989-08-06: 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	616
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1