Weather Records on 13 September 1989

1,243 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 September 1989. Highest significance: Bailey, US.

Key Facts for 13 September 1989

On 13 September 1989, 1,243 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
207 were record highs and 682 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 1,193 daily.
Bailey set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 13 September 1989.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 426 records.

Record Map

1,243 stations

1,243 station records on 13 September 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 September 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bailey	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Floydada	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mangum	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ijsselmuiden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kobe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rouveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Perevoz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Turkey	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Luiz Alves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Darrouzett	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Checotah	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Levelland	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thurber 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bakhmaro	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Keda	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Dos Patos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Emmeloord	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Herwijnen_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ellis	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jal	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,243 records

Records set or tied on 13 September 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 465, Highest daily minimum 136, Lowest daily minimum 217, Heaviest daily rainfall 334, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 13 September 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	465
Highest daily minimum	136
Lowest daily minimum	217
Heaviest daily rainfall	334
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 13 September 1989 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 48, daily 1,193.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,040 broken records

Margins by which the 1,040 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 September 1989

Top 20 records on 13 September 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 September 1989	Bailey, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	88 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1989	Floydada, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1989	Mangum, US	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1989	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	94 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1989	Altus Irig Rsch STN, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1989	Pecos, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1989	Eufaula 6 SSW, US	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1989	Cheesman, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	86 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1989	Ijsselmuiden, NL	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1989	Alpine, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1989	Kobe, JP	daily rain	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1989	Lawrence, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	119 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1989	Sugarloaf Rsvr, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	86 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1989	Rouveen, NL	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1989	Perevoz, RU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1989	Lamesa 1 SSE, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1989	Turkey, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1989	Luiz Alves, BR	daily rain	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1989	Hays 1 S, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1989	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	56 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

1793 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1989. 1989 had 1,243 records.

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

Records on 09-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1822	1
1835	1
1836	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	2
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1872	3
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1899	7
1900	3
1901	15
1902	30
1903	17
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	6
1908	11
1909	26
1910	11
1911	65
1912	23
1913	43
1914	42
1915	48
1916	19
1917	172
1918	33
1919	88
1920	48
1921	63
1922	124
1923	122
1924	65
1925	294
1926	76
1927	439
1928	253
1929	187
1930	284
1931	639
1932	171
1933	299
1934	187
1935	363
1936	519
1937	486
1938	382
1939	918
1940	841
1941	299
1942	287
1943	602
1944	361
1945	657
1946	423
1947	491
1948	472
1949	935
1950	657
1951	469
1952	569
1953	732
1954	291
1955	387
1956	332
1957	544
1958	578
1959	740
1960	660
1961	972
1962	378
1963	676
1964	645
1965	572
1966	501
1967	420
1968	239
1969	518
1970	1,216
1971	708
1972	396
1973	746
1974	965
1975	1,365
1976	411
1977	457
1978	796
1979	574
1980	648
1981	408
1982	1,004
1983	703
1984	646
1985	852
1986	741
1987	970
1988	902
1989	1,243
1990	1,187
1991	672
1992	580
1993	1,143
1994	667
1995	845
1996	1,117
1997	657
1998	1,654
1999	847
2000	856
2001	841
2002	879
2003	728
2004	743
2005	854
2006	1,076
2007	543
2008	1,508
2009	811
2010	827
2011	1,099
2012	526
2013	967
2014	1,291
2015	879
2016	1,093
2017	945
2018	636
2019	660
2020	591
2021	416
2022	668
2023	514
2024	818
2025	492
2026	905

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Data for records on 1989-09-13: 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	959
20 to 40	48
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2