Weather Records on 22 August 1989

753 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1989. Highest significance: Nalcik, RU.

Key Facts for 22 August 1989

On 22 August 1989, 753 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
315 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 735 daily.
Nalcik set an all-time record daily precipitation of 137.9 mm (5.4 in) on 22 August 1989.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

753 stations

753 station records on 22 August 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nalcik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Marlinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
W Lawai 931	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Juchitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bennet	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville Rch 1117	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lovozero	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Webster Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Otog Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sura	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Young America 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tidewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oakville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huamantla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Onega	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Randle 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shaki	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gudermes	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stewart	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnoshelye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cokato	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ahmadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cnory	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Long Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgeland 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Halenanaho 1006	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nampula	Mozambique	Record low minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Louisa 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hickman	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso de Iritu	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roca	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Little River	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

753 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 108, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 207, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 326.

Records on 22 August 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	108
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	207
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	326
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1989 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 15, daily 735.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

616 broken records

Margins by which the 616 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 1989

Top 20 records on 22 August 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1989	Nalcik, RU	all-time rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	79 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1989	Marlinton, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1989	W Lawai 931, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1989	Hutchinson 1 N, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1989	Juchitlan, MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1989	Santa Rosa, MX	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1989	Willmar Wwtp, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1989	Bennet, US	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1989	Lihue 1020, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1989	Princeville Rch 1117, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1989	San Pedro, MX	daily low min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1989	Lovozero, RU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1989	Webster Springs, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1989	Otog Qi, CN	daily rain	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1989	Paris Stp, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1989	Sura, RU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1989	Young America 1SW, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1989	Tidewater, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1989	Oakville, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1989	Huamantla, MX	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 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

1802 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1989. 1989 had 753 records.

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

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	781
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,359
2026	992

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Data for records on 1989-08-22: 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	574
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1