Weather Records on 14 August 1989

728 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1989. Highest significance: Kingfisher, US.

Key Facts for 14 August 1989

On 14 August 1989, 728 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
162 were record highs and 253 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 706 daily.
Kingfisher set a daily record precipitation of 113.3 mm (4.5 in) on 14 August 1989.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

728 stations

728 station records on 14 August 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Anniston Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Shuttle Meadow Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
West Medway	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tlaquepaque	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Svinhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ogestad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Union Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Back Bay Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hammon 3 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lawton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Great Salt Plains Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beechwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oconaluftee	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mutual	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Okeene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalajara (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jamay	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Red Bluff Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kyra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holmbo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Niceville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cushing	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corry	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Conde	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Levelland	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

728 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 149, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 313.

Records on 14 August 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	149
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	313
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 1989 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 20, daily 706.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

596 broken records

Margins by which the 596 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1989

Top 20 records on 14 August 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1989	Kingfisher, US	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1989	Anniston Metro AP, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	84 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1989	Vasilevici, BY	daily rain	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 August 1989	El Reno 1 N, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1989	Shuttle Meadow Rsvr, US	daily rain	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1989	Storrs, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	99 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1989	Rock Mills, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1989	West Medway, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1989	Tlaquepaque, MX	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1989	Svinhult_D, SE	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1989	McAlester Rgnl AP, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1989	Ogestad, SE	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1989	Emmett 2 E, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1989	Dickson, US	monthly low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1989	Sonora, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1989	Richfield, US	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1989	Union Juarez, MX	daily rain	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1989	Lowell, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1989	Buffalo 2NE, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1989	Willard 4 SW, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	39 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 728 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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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	552
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	3