Weather Records on 6 September 1989

544 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1989. Highest significance: Uman, UA.

Key Facts for 6 September 1989

On 6 September 1989, 544 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
202 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 528 daily.
Uman set a monthly record daily precipitation of 78.1 mm (3.1 in) on 6 September 1989.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

544 stations

544 station records on 6 September 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	78.1 mm (3.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Keithsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ubinskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyt 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kamysin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Voznesensk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beja	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zaporoz'e	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Foraker	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gayvoron	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Melitopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nenjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Objacevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bel'cy	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Onaga	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Vale 5SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kasilof 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guaira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fushiki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	117.5 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tadotsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Soroca	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Falls 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Troutdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moline Quad City Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Apizaco	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fostoria 7 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malaga Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hulah Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Creel (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paso de Arocha	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

544 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 201.

Records on 6 September 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	201
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1989 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 528.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

402 broken records

Margins by which the 402 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1989

Top 20 records on 6 September 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1989	Uman, UA	monthly rain	78.1 mm (3.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	89 years	74 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1989	Keithsburg, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1989	Ubinskoe, RU	monthly rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1989	Elgin, US	daily rain	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1989	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	75 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 September 1989	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1989	Hoyt 2SE, US	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1989	Kamysin, RU	monthly rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1989	Voznesensk, UA	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1989	Nikolaev, UA	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1989	Beja, PT	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1989	Zaporoz'e, UA	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1989	Geneseo, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	6 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1989	Foraker, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1989	Gayvoron, UA	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1989	Melitopol, UA	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1989	Aledo, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1989	Nenjiang, CN	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1989	Objacevo, RU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1989	Odesa, UA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	45 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

1794 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1989. 1989 had 544 records.

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

Records on 09-06 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1802	1
1803	1
1812	1
1814	2
1833	1
1834	1
1841	1
1853	1
1854	1
1861	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	2
1872	2
1873	2
1876	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	3
1883	2
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	4
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	5
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	5
1903	5
1904	6
1905	14
1906	8
1907	14
1908	36
1909	13
1910	28
1911	20
1912	55
1913	21
1914	23
1915	14
1916	16
1917	23
1918	62
1919	106
1920	172
1921	67
1922	114
1923	153
1924	335
1925	290
1926	123
1927	137
1928	252
1929	359
1930	101
1931	324
1932	275
1933	368
1934	462
1935	341
1936	338
1937	237
1938	322
1939	447
1940	170
1941	276
1942	284
1943	831
1944	392
1945	537
1946	426
1947	895
1948	379
1949	525
1950	699
1951	263
1952	350
1953	396
1954	567
1955	493
1956	735
1957	311
1958	489
1959	405
1960	382
1961	317
1962	772
1963	419
1964	393
1965	722
1966	296
1967	878
1968	512
1969	737
1970	910
1971	436
1972	567
1973	866
1974	897
1975	426
1976	915
1977	467
1978	1,273
1979	892
1980	458
1981	542
1982	744
1983	1,965
1984	1,354
1985	1,371
1986	751
1987	735
1988	1,547
1989	544
1990	805
1991	757
1992	1,084
1993	856
1994	622
1995	1,220
1996	934
1997	1,389
1998	1,385
1999	1,048
2000	1,500
2001	631
2002	867
2003	718
2004	956
2005	601
2006	1,104
2007	1,246
2008	1,430
2009	735
2010	1,259
2011	1,684
2012	803
2013	886
2014	588
2015	692
2016	605
2017	838
2018	714
2019	797
2020	1,349
2021	407
2022	1,782
2023	905
2024	1,161
2025	894
2026	846

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Data for records on 1989-09-06: 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	346
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1