Weather Records on 5 September 1989

522 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 1989. Highest significance: Nuuanu Rsch 5 775, US.

Key Facts for 5 September 1989

On 5 September 1989, 522 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
151 were record highs and 194 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 507 daily.
Nuuanu Rsch 5 775 set a daily record precipitation of 46.0 mm (1.8 in) on 5 September 1989.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

522 stations

522 station records on 5 September 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nuuanu Rsch 5 775	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Loretta 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wakayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	166.5 mm (6.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Slavsko	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
McGrath AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tapirai-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Peck 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Abadia Dos Dourados	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney 16N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salina Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stonington	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Troutdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record low minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Utuado	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gifu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chortkiv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hobbs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Intake Wainiha 1086	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Froyset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Omolon	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lavik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atlanta	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

522 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 116, Heaviest daily rainfall 177.

Records on 5 September 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	116
Heaviest daily rainfall	177
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 1989 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 507.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

410 broken records

Margins by which the 410 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 1989

Top 20 records on 5 September 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 1989	Nuuanu Rsch 5 775, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1989	Odesa, UA	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1989	Loretta 1W, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1989	Sterling, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	7 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1989	Valencia, ES	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1989	Wakayama, JP	daily rain	166.5 mm (6.6 in)	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1989	Slavsko, UA	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1989	Izmail, UA	monthly rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1989	McGrath AP, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1989	Tapirai-Jusante, BR	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1989	Tsu, JP	daily rain	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1989	Miyakejima, JP	daily rain	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1989	Podor, SN	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	129 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1989	Hays 1 S, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1989	Peck 4 SSW, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1989	San Francisco, MX	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1989	San Pedro, MX	daily low min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1989	Isabela Substn, PR	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	75 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1989	Aachen, DE	daily low min	6.6 C (43.9 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1989	Begumpet Obsy, IN	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	83 years	37 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 522 records.

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

Records on 09-05 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	1
1833	1
1837	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1856	1
1859	2
1861	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	7
1898	7
1899	2
1900	1
1901	4
1902	10
1903	14
1904	2
1905	17
1906	8
1907	11
1908	28
1909	16
1910	35
1911	23
1912	39
1913	24
1914	10
1915	27
1916	22
1917	28
1918	109
1919	60
1920	47
1921	82
1922	96
1923	204
1924	191
1925	298
1926	243
1927	71
1928	306
1929	371
1930	94
1931	381
1932	315
1933	361
1934	399
1935	432
1936	313
1937	291
1938	244
1939	317
1940	249
1941	470
1942	282
1943	593
1944	387
1945	447
1946	367
1947	557
1948	458
1949	421
1950	559
1951	251
1952	396
1953	728
1954	593
1955	517
1956	637
1957	323
1958	413
1959	367
1960	351
1961	727
1962	922
1963	554
1964	315
1965	899
1966	335
1967	1,092
1968	524
1969	556
1970	754
1971	736
1972	653
1973	669
1974	1,902
1975	388
1976	636
1977	344
1978	1,376
1979	611
1980	357
1981	448
1982	615
1983	1,181
1984	1,185
1985	1,231
1986	711
1987	618
1988	1,309
1989	522
1990	806
1991	598
1992	1,116
1993	635
1994	901
1995	1,168
1996	773
1997	1,460
1998	1,686
1999	1,215
2000	1,342
2001	626
2002	710
2003	860
2004	1,135
2005	502
2006	1,014
2007	1,344
2008	1,486
2009	765
2010	1,316
2011	1,186
2012	1,115
2013	798
2014	462
2015	846
2016	651
2017	778
2018	861
2019	724
2020	1,250
2021	424
2022	1,168
2023	1,166
2024	1,320
2025	695
2026	835

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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	377
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2