Weather Records on 16 August 1989

730 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1989. Highest significance: Arcadia, US.

Key Facts for 16 August 1989

On 16 August 1989, 730 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
362 were record highs and 199 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 696 daily.
Arcadia set a daily record low minimum temperature of 17.2 C (63.0 F) on 16 August 1989.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

730 stations

730 station records on 16 August 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kochki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
El-Ton	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Friggestad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gauhati	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cernyj Jar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yuncheng	China	Record daily precipitation	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jiexiu	China	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ugerup	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jordberga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ovesholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hemsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Almhult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lushi	China	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Backaskog	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vogtsburg-Oberrotweil	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Verhnij_Baskuncak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Horby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Koerich	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newcomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kushiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Ems	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akeboda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.3 C (99.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ponte de Lima	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aparan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Schierke	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Smithville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Calmus	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kanchanaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Phoenix City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gutersloh	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chinipas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

730 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 170, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 192, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 169.

Records on 16 August 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	170
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	192
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1989 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 32, daily 696.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

557 broken records

Margins by which the 557 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1989

Top 20 records on 16 August 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1989	Arcadia, US	daily low min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	88 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1989	Kochki, RU	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1989	El-Ton, RU	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1989	Friggestad, SE	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1989	Gauhati, IN	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1989	Cernyj Jar, RU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1989	Yuncheng, CN	daily rain	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1989	Dublin, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1989	Jiexiu, CN	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1989	Ugerup, SE	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1989	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high min	20.5 C (68.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	120 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1989	Jordberga, SE	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1989	Ness City, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1989	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily high min	19.6 C (67.3 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1989	Ovesholm, SE	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1989	Hemsjo, SE	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1989	Postville, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	87 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1989	Jasper, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1989	Almhult, SE	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1989	Lushi, CN	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	40 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 730 records.

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

Records on 08-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	2
1811	1
1827	1
1833	1
1835	1
1838	1
1841	1
1844	2
1850	1
1856	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	5
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1882	2
1883	2
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1890	5
1891	2
1893	6
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	4
1898	6
1899	2
1900	3
1901	7
1902	5
1903	12
1904	9
1905	9
1906	11
1907	20
1908	31
1909	25
1910	14
1911	16
1912	30
1913	88
1914	10
1915	32
1916	147
1917	27
1918	72
1919	13
1920	144
1921	42
1922	148
1923	135
1924	139
1925	92
1926	165
1927	314
1928	207
1929	509
1930	158
1931	336
1932	348
1933	260
1934	504
1935	496
1936	728
1937	818
1938	700
1939	340
1940	287
1941	371
1942	447
1943	579
1944	467
1945	370
1946	313
1947	477
1948	342
1949	345
1950	305
1951	423
1952	552
1953	558
1954	648
1955	558
1956	413
1957	402
1958	1,013
1959	354
1960	518
1961	866
1962	423
1963	897
1964	831
1965	565
1966	433
1967	829
1968	824
1969	684
1970	386
1971	641
1972	997
1973	592
1974	689
1975	766
1976	1,153
1977	831
1978	835
1979	1,698
1980	855
1981	766
1982	516
1983	1,251
1984	662
1985	1,063
1986	811
1987	1,120
1988	1,594
1989	730
1990	702
1991	601
1992	2,027
1993	820
1994	1,075
1995	1,542
1996	678
1997	1,284
1998	865
1999	697
2000	873
2001	1,136
2002	1,258
2003	1,220
2004	1,239
2005	813
2006	894
2007	1,442
2008	1,183
2009	1,128
2010	1,239
2011	896
2012	670
2013	770
2014	640
2015	841
2016	786
2017	672
2018	412
2019	430
2020	1,382
2021	825
2022	1,145
2023	1,354
2024	765
2025	661
2026	661

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Data for records on 1989-08-16: 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	496
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2