Weather Records on 23 August 1989

902 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 1989. Highest significance: Encinal, US.

Key Facts for 23 August 1989

On 23 August 1989, 902 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
353 were record highs and 177 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 876 daily.
Encinal set a daily record precipitation of 116.8 mm (4.6 in) on 23 August 1989.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

902 stations

902 station records on 23 August 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 August 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Sidell 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cascadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mingachevir	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Barshatas	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jess Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grayson 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waranga Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Austin 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Asele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Korsselbranna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Holley	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hana AP 355	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lovberga_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Osawatomie	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sadiliden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colotlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnarn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sonoma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Virgil	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Donaueschingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
John Day	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lookout Pt Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charco Verde (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trangmon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bjurholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rushworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

902 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 121, Highest daily minimum 276, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 372.

Records on 23 August 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	121
Highest daily minimum	276
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	372
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 1989 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 876.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

671 broken records

Margins by which the 671 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 1989

Top 20 records on 23 August 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 1989	Encinal, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	108.9 mm (4.3 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1989	Sidell 4N, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	75 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1989	Cascadia, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1989	Mingachevir, AZ	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1989	Barshatas, KZ	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1989	Potlatch 3 NNE, US	monthly rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1989	Jess Valley, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1989	Fairfield, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	93 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1989	Monmouth, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	93 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1989	Grayson 3 SW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1989	Waranga Reservoir, AU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1989	Ft Bidwell, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	112 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1989	Austin 3 S, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1989	Asele, SE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1989	Mt Pleasant 1 SW, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	0 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1989	Piaxtla, MX	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1989	Korsselbranna, SE	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1989	Holley, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1989	Washington 1 W, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1989	Hana AP 355, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	8 years	46 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 902 records.

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

Records on 08-23 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1813	2
1816	2
1817	1
1818	1
1829	1
1839	3
1840	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1853	2
1857	1
1858	1
1864	1
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1877	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1890	3
1891	4
1892	4
1893	4
1894	2
1895	3
1896	6
1897	1
1898	8
1899	8
1900	2
1901	10
1902	9
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	27
1907	15
1908	18
1909	10
1910	15
1911	23
1912	44
1913	9
1914	23
1915	63
1916	23
1917	26
1918	91
1919	24
1920	102
1921	280
1922	58
1923	284
1924	127
1925	182
1926	99
1927	198
1928	196
1929	240
1930	432
1931	412
1932	211
1933	342
1934	308
1935	220
1936	980
1937	522
1938	654
1939	439
1940	535
1941	375
1942	540
1943	505
1944	578
1945	338
1946	416
1947	1,071
1948	594
1949	456
1950	461
1951	347
1952	456
1953	292
1954	438
1955	375
1956	501
1957	645
1958	402
1959	494
1960	806
1961	644
1962	364
1963	380
1964	724
1965	357
1966	802
1967	541
1968	1,384
1969	728
1970	518
1971	610
1972	614
1973	650
1974	612
1975	627
1976	703
1977	557
1978	577
1979	459
1980	552
1981	663
1982	713
1983	1,264
1984	862
1985	1,187
1986	839
1987	1,119
1988	1,604
1989	902
1990	661
1991	697
1992	1,291
1993	796
1994	738
1995	1,212
1996	1,161
1997	1,599
1998	1,138
1999	802
2000	936
2001	834
2002	931
2003	1,103
2004	862
2005	786
2006	728
2007	1,513
2008	966
2009	1,241
2010	1,244
2011	1,412
2012	688
2013	397
2014	960
2015	673
2016	595
2017	543
2018	479
2019	445
2020	1,093
2021	629
2022	781
2023	1,287
2024	1,150
2025	1,295
2026	592

Download the Data

Data for records on 1989-08-23: 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	626
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1