Weather Records on 25 August 1989

918 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 August 1989. Highest significance: Hayes Center 1NW, US.

Key Facts for 25 August 1989

On 25 August 1989, 918 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
236 were record highs and 412 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 878 daily.
Hayes Center 1NW set a daily record precipitation of 61.2 mm (2.4 in) on 25 August 1989.
Across 168 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

918 stations

918 station records on 25 August 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 August 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Elmendorf AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Harlem	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bambui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Iguatama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bengbu	China	Record daily precipitation	216.7 mm (8.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mankato	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Power 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sweetgrass	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wellfleet	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Opheim 10 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Weifang	China	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kaawaloa 29	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lumber City	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Webster Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
E Glacier	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palco	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney 16N	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mott	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dailey 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colotlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Natoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blackleaf	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roy 8 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crossroads 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lucin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Campo Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

918 records

Records set or tied on 25 August 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 229, Highest daily minimum 174, Lowest daily minimum 183, Heaviest daily rainfall 270.

Records on 25 August 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	229
Highest daily minimum	174
Lowest daily minimum	183
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 August 1989 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 34, daily 878.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

667 broken records

Margins by which the 667 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 August 1989

Top 20 records on 25 August 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 August 1989	Hayes Center 1NW, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	87 years	69 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1989	Elmendorf AFB, US	all-time rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	68 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1989	Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP, US	all-time rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1989	Harlem, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1989	Bambui, BR	monthly rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1989	Iguatama, BR	monthly rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1989	Bengbu, CN	all-time rain	216.7 mm (8.5 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1989	Mankato, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1989	Power 6 SE, US	monthly rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1989	Goldbutte 7 N, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1989	Sweetgrass, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1989	Wellfleet, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1989	Seward AP, US	monthly rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1989	Conroe, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	89 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1989	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	110 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1989	Jewell, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1989	Opheim 10 N, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1989	Weifang, CN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1989	El Salto (Cfe), MX	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1989	Choteau, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	49 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

1796 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1989. 1989 had 918 records.

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

Records on 08-25 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1816	1
1818	2
1837	1
1838	2
1839	1
1848	1
1852	1
1855	2
1859	1
1861	2
1864	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	2
1875	1
1876	5
1877	3
1879	3
1880	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1892	4
1893	8
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	2
1899	5
1900	13
1901	11
1902	6
1903	13
1904	11
1905	12
1906	29
1907	15
1908	13
1909	22
1910	32
1911	32
1912	32
1913	31
1914	30
1915	94
1916	18
1917	65
1918	37
1919	172
1920	174
1921	50
1922	70
1923	117
1924	402
1925	145
1926	224
1927	356
1928	167
1929	174
1930	247
1931	251
1932	270
1933	307
1934	457
1935	317
1936	859
1937	333
1938	620
1939	366
1940	658
1941	474
1942	514
1943	496
1944	589
1945	462
1946	305
1947	627
1948	876
1949	281
1950	327
1951	352
1952	585
1953	461
1954	520
1955	711
1956	273
1957	479
1958	958
1959	576
1960	585
1961	487
1962	398
1963	510
1964	557
1965	401
1966	715
1967	439
1968	596
1969	631
1970	721
1971	628
1972	596
1973	537
1974	466
1975	650
1976	459
1977	731
1978	702
1979	828
1980	750
1981	671
1982	907
1983	1,277
1984	694
1985	1,048
1986	778
1987	1,533
1988	815
1989	918
1990	817
1991	688
1992	1,680
1993	1,137
1994	617
1995	1,206
1996	1,058
1997	1,553
1998	1,138
1999	895
2000	790
2001	1,021
2002	1,073
2003	872
2004	947
2005	874
2006	1,020
2007	1,345
2008	1,026
2009	824
2010	1,321
2011	1,332
2012	709
2013	619
2014	853
2015	1,157
2016	887
2017	432
2018	438
2019	708
2020	931
2021	597
2022	672
2023	1,565
2024	909
2025	1,071
2026	886

Download the Data

Data for records on 1989-08-25: 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	610
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2