Weather Records on 31 August 1989

622 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 August 1989. Highest significance: Glendive, US.

Key Facts for 31 August 1989

On 31 August 1989, 622 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
247 were record highs and 176 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 592 daily.
Glendive set a daily record precipitation of 74.9 mm (2.9 in) on 31 August 1989.
Across 165 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

622 stations

622 station records on 31 August 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 August 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glendive	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bereznjaki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Anucino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bugt	China	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vitebsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kenosha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso de Iritu	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nanchong	China	Record daily precipitation	112.1 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Colotlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dzankoj	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ibiza/Escodola	Spain	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clarks Hill 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pixoyal (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Juarez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	47.8 C (118.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Park City G.C.	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dracena	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kirovskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halstad	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

622 records

Records set or tied on 31 August 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 188, Lowest daily minimum 123, Heaviest daily rainfall 198, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 31 August 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	188
Lowest daily minimum	123
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 31 August 1989 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 30, daily 592.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

467 broken records

Margins by which the 467 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 122.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 August 1989

Top 20 records on 31 August 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 August 1989	Glendive, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1989	Bjoernoeya, NO	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 August 1989	Bereznjaki, RU	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1989	Celaya (Smn), MX	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1989	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1989	Walnut, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1989	Anucino, RU	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1989	Aledo, US	daily rain	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1989	Antioch, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1989	La Crosse River, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	87 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1989	Bugt, CN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1989	Colgate, US	monthly rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1989	Hayward Rs, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1989	Vitebsk, BY	daily rain	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1989	Kenosha Wwtp, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1989	El Paso de Iritu, MX	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1989	Henichesk, UA	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1989	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	88 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1989	Bjelasnica, BA	daily low max	0.4 C (32.7 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 August 1989	Camilla 3SE, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	95 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

1796 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1989. 1989 had 622 records.

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

Records on 08-31 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1807	2
1813	1
1814	1
1816	1
1827	1
1836	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1886	5
1887	1
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	5
1898	10
1899	4
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	16
1904	13
1905	8
1906	47
1907	6
1908	12
1909	39
1910	20
1911	31
1912	34
1913	40
1914	23
1915	71
1916	7
1917	60
1918	58
1919	25
1920	46
1921	86
1922	58
1923	63
1924	232
1925	111
1926	148
1927	103
1928	201
1929	300
1930	243
1931	192
1932	807
1933	424
1934	381
1935	540
1936	226
1937	508
1938	324
1939	296
1940	400
1941	528
1942	422
1943	650
1944	638
1945	572
1946	545
1947	473
1948	367
1949	409
1950	662
1951	910
1952	388
1953	1,054
1954	633
1955	539
1956	734
1957	317
1958	417
1959	496
1960	366
1961	625
1962	432
1963	415
1964	591
1965	886
1966	830
1967	952
1968	562
1969	474
1970	558
1971	326
1972	287
1973	793
1974	587
1975	658
1976	732
1977	621
1978	891
1979	400
1980	701
1981	692
1982	586
1983	788
1984	866
1985	854
1986	1,218
1987	836
1988	570
1989	622
1990	966
1991	848
1992	1,274
1993	1,286
1994	1,139
1995	1,077
1996	1,451
1997	943
1998	1,163
1999	988
2000	1,545
2001	944
2002	852
2003	1,232
2004	963
2005	1,782
2006	1,147
2007	1,110
2008	870
2009	1,224
2010	1,490
2011	994
2012	932
2013	771
2014	458
2015	1,074
2016	599
2017	596
2018	366
2019	781
2020	737
2021	553
2022	1,191
2023	600
2024	766
2025	307
2026	595

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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	426
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1