Weather Records on 13 August 1989

637 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 1989. Highest significance: Coldwater, US.

Key Facts for 13 August 1989

On 13 August 1989, 637 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
144 were record highs and 247 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 615 daily.
Coldwater set a daily record precipitation of 107.7 mm (4.2 in) on 13 August 1989.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

637 stations

637 station records on 13 August 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Lcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Attica 6 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alajarvi Moksy-1	Finland	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coventry	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vila Matias-Montante (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Drum	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Svinoy Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Southbridge 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Los Capulines	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vardo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Idalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stadlandet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlahuacan del Rio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Campo 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mangum	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Union de Tula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Geary	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brekke I Sogn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	91.3 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Taloga	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gage AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rorvikvatn Ved Vadheim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ytre Solund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aparri	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sunburst 8 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brownfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Memphis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

637 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 135, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 112, Heaviest daily rainfall 246.

Records on 13 August 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	135
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	112
Heaviest daily rainfall	246
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 1989 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 615.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

499 broken records

Margins by which the 499 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 1989

Top 20 records on 13 August 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 1989	Coldwater, US	daily rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	47 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 August 1989	Bucklin 1SE, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1989	Kimball 2NE, US	monthly rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	87 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1989	Jefferson 3SE, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1989	Blue Hill Lcd, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1989	Attica 6 WNW, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1989	Fortine 1 N, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	83 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1989	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1989	Alajarvi Moksy-1, FI	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1989	Coventry, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1989	Bedford, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1989	Alva 1W, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1989	Cornwall, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1989	Vila Matias-Montante (Pcd), BR	monthly rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1989	Fort Drum, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1989	Storrs, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1989	El Reno 1 N, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1989	Duncan, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1989	Buffalo 2 SSW, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1989	Enid, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	68 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

1793 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1989. 1989 had 637 records.

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

Records on 08-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1843	2
1849	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	3
1864	3
1867	3
1868	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	3
1878	1
1879	1
1881	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	5
1889	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	9
1898	2
1899	4
1900	3
1901	3
1902	23
1903	12
1904	11
1905	11
1906	8
1907	3
1908	36
1909	33
1910	9
1911	41
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	32
1916	64
1917	62
1918	68
1919	38
1920	56
1921	34
1922	39
1923	84
1924	168
1925	145
1926	168
1927	113
1928	215
1929	184
1930	490
1931	596
1932	369
1933	291
1934	427
1935	400
1936	705
1937	370
1938	442
1939	276
1940	631
1941	516
1942	388
1943	611
1944	761
1945	355
1946	599
1947	685
1948	346
1949	420
1950	436
1951	373
1952	985
1953	238
1954	781
1955	732
1956	355
1957	432
1958	352
1959	363
1960	460
1961	503
1962	550
1963	583
1964	1,526
1965	734
1966	565
1967	1,091
1968	828
1969	663
1970	390
1971	431
1972	485
1973	452
1974	572
1975	462
1976	693
1977	678
1978	761
1979	1,198
1980	502
1981	534
1982	653
1983	647
1984	597
1985	829
1986	609
1987	1,106
1988	1,363
1989	637
1990	770
1991	845
1992	1,666
1993	993
1994	944
1995	1,910
1996	1,276
1997	1,009
1998	917
1999	1,363
2000	719
2001	861
2002	1,475
2003	1,993
2004	2,040
2005	1,418
2006	1,023
2007	1,243
2008	842
2009	806
2010	1,783
2011	736
2012	969
2013	430
2014	701
2015	653
2016	1,064
2017	523
2018	462
2019	653
2020	753
2021	928
2022	799
2023	763
2024	1,061
2025	714
2026	1,097

Download the Data

Data for records on 1989-08-13: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	407
10 to 20	48
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	2