Weather Records on 19 August 1989

660 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 August 1989. Highest significance: Gympie, AU.

Key Facts for 19 August 1989

On 19 August 1989, 660 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
131 were record highs and 156 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 630 daily.
Gympie set a daily record precipitation of 64.2 mm (2.5 in) on 19 August 1989.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

660 stations

660 station records on 19 August 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 August 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Bauple	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Goomboorian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Park River	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Tiaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Como	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Theebine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Didcot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kenilworth Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Moreton Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cordalba Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 2WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bingera Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Shamrock Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tuan Creek Forest STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Imbil Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Teddington Waterworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gackle	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montville "Craglands"	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Vasileva	Russia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Doongul State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Simusir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Dam 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Litchville 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Duckinwilla Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Riacho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Tamarind St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yabba Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Traveston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Widgee Station Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

660 records

Records set or tied on 19 August 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 373.

Records on 19 August 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	373
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 August 1989 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 30, daily 630.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

569 broken records

Margins by which the 569 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 August 1989

Top 20 records on 19 August 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 August 1989	Gympie, AU	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	86 years	75 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1989	Bauple, AU	monthly rain	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	74 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1989	Goomboorian, AU	monthly rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	50 years	72 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1989	Park River, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1989	Kilkivan Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	86 years	69 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1989	Tiaro, AU	monthly rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	87 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1989	Como, AU	monthly rain	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1989	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	89 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1989	Burnett Heads Niell St, AU	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	42 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1989	Theebine, AU	monthly rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1989	Didcot, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1989	Kenilworth Township, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1989	Moreton Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1989	Cordalba Store, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1989	Graham 2 ENE, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1989	Glenwood 2WNW, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1989	Hallock, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1989	Bingera Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1989	Eumundi - Crescent Rd, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1989	Shamrock Mine, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	55 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 660 records.

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

Records on 08-19 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1800	1
1809	1
1820	1
1830	2
1831	1
1838	2
1844	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	9
1900	5
1901	13
1902	4
1903	6
1904	14
1905	16
1906	37
1907	17
1908	5
1909	24
1910	17
1911	9
1912	18
1913	9
1914	39
1915	34
1916	74
1917	200
1918	33
1919	31
1920	36
1921	22
1922	71
1923	97
1924	174
1925	154
1926	179
1927	343
1928	112
1929	163
1930	182
1931	207
1932	373
1933	328
1934	438
1935	389
1936	679
1937	305
1938	321
1939	432
1940	687
1941	431
1942	308
1943	596
1944	259
1945	427
1946	427
1947	896
1948	371
1949	411
1950	893
1951	362
1952	475
1953	412
1954	576
1955	780
1956	831
1957	325
1958	374
1959	733
1960	864
1961	425
1962	419
1963	570
1964	455
1965	550
1966	1,095
1967	839
1968	948
1969	501
1970	468
1971	376
1972	547
1973	519
1974	466
1975	561
1976	1,144
1977	938
1978	863
1979	1,492
1980	648
1981	1,004
1982	596
1983	1,387
1984	598
1985	713
1986	848
1987	811
1988	982
1989	660
1990	871
1991	656
1992	1,094
1993	771
1994	798
1995	1,542
1996	800
1997	958
1998	717
1999	980
2000	954
2001	1,027
2002	1,389
2003	918
2004	1,310
2005	920
2006	850
2007	1,360
2008	1,186
2009	1,039
2010	1,440
2011	975
2012	1,377
2013	765
2014	701
2015	989
2016	931
2017	439
2018	471
2019	601
2020	1,271
2021	1,366
2022	1,198
2023	910
2024	568
2025	786
2026	755

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Data for records on 1989-08-19: 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	444
20 to 40	89
40 to 60	31
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1