Weather Records on 26 August 1989

949 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1989. Highest significance: Morganton, US.

Key Facts for 26 August 1989

On 26 August 1989, 949 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
238 were record highs and 294 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 921 daily.
Morganton set a daily record precipitation of 104.9 mm (4.1 in) on 26 August 1989.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

949 stations

949 station records on 26 August 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
La Ribera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	195.8 mm (7.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elmendorf AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Weerselo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cassoday 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Markelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hermosa 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Todos Santos (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Almen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nordhorn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Todos Santos (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lettele	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwendijk (Nb)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rouveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tularosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Almelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wasilla 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Voorthuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hoogeveen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lushi	China	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Enschede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petrozawodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Jacinto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Andel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hengelo (O)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zetten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Anthony	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saarbrucken-Sankt Johann	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Los Divisaderos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Chandler Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pavilosta	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Middelburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Steenbergen (Nb)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Delta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Jacoba Polder	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wolphaartsdijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alpharetta 4 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

949 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 178, Lowest daily minimum 172, Heaviest daily rainfall 417.

Records on 26 August 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	178
Lowest daily minimum	172
Heaviest daily rainfall	417
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 1989 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 26, daily 921.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

725 broken records

Margins by which the 725 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1989

Top 20 records on 26 August 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1989	Morganton, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	78 years	73 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1989	Denekamp, NL	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1989	La Ribera, MX	monthly rain	195.8 mm (7.7 in)	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1989	Robben Island (Vrt), ZA	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1989	Shelby 2 NW, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1989	Elmendorf AFB, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1989	Seward AP, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	75 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1989	Weerselo, NL	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1989	Cassoday 2SE, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1989	Den Helder-1, NL	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	135 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1989	Markelo, NL	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1989	Lynch, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	3 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1989	Hermosa 3 SSW, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1989	Todos Santos (Smn), MX	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1989	Arnhem, NL	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1989	Almen, NL	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1989	Nordhorn, DE	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1989	Todos Santos (Dge), MX	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1989	Lettele, NL	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1989	Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv, ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	99 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

1797 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1989. 1989 had 949 records.

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

Records on 08-26 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1800	2
1802	1
1807	3
1809	1
1810	1
1811	1
1812	1
1813	2
1814	1
1816	1
1835	1
1837	1
1838	2
1850	1
1851	1
1854	4
1855	2
1858	2
1859	1
1861	1
1864	4
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1879	1
1881	2
1885	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	8
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	8
1901	21
1902	5
1903	16
1904	7
1905	9
1906	24
1907	7
1908	27
1909	27
1910	18
1911	17
1912	48
1913	20
1914	41
1915	20
1916	40
1917	44
1918	24
1919	106
1920	39
1921	41
1922	84
1923	83
1924	651
1925	107
1926	184
1927	287
1928	141
1929	116
1930	201
1931	183
1932	298
1933	330
1934	290
1935	327
1936	701
1937	417
1938	428
1939	310
1940	509
1941	555
1942	576
1943	682
1944	855
1945	456
1946	419
1947	458
1948	1,063
1949	506
1950	294
1951	276
1952	354
1953	726
1954	700
1955	611
1956	283
1957	566
1958	662
1959	607
1960	381
1961	503
1962	493
1963	526
1964	312
1965	553
1966	639
1967	569
1968	375
1969	599
1970	939
1971	515
1972	610
1973	633
1974	567
1975	581
1976	427
1977	763
1978	535
1979	1,098
1980	933
1981	916
1982	754
1983	1,144
1984	660
1985	944
1986	804
1987	1,576
1988	658
1989	949
1990	779
1991	883
1992	1,743
1993	1,063
1994	668
1995	1,085
1996	950
1997	1,297
1998	1,277
1999	1,023
2000	778
2001	1,654
2002	1,100
2003	815
2004	1,093
2005	878
2006	935
2007	1,039
2008	1,050
2009	654
2010	1,600
2011	1,374
2012	657
2013	807
2014	670
2015	990
2016	1,029
2017	527
2018	620
2019	858
2020	769
2021	527
2022	583
2023	1,144
2024	714
2025	1,344
2026	906

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Data for records on 1989-08-26: 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	678
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1