Weather Records on 16 September 1989

854 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1989. Highest significance: Kropotkin, RU.

Key Facts for 16 September 1989

On 16 September 1989, 854 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
259 were record highs and 329 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 835 daily.
Kropotkin set a monthly record daily precipitation of 80.0 mm (3.1 in) on 16 September 1989.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 411 records.

Record Map

854 stations

854 station records on 16 September 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kropotkin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Zhitckovichi	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Arka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
So Entrance Yosemite Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Olevsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dongtai	China	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Represa	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	98.7 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kerrs Creek 6 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uchur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blacksburg Nwso	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro Trtmt Plt E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stonyford	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sumidouro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lincolnton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pueblo Nuevo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marnhull	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cerralvo (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waxahachie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alameda NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Doyle 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rakhov	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
W Liberty 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pulaski 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parkersburg AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

854 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 155, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 174, Heaviest daily rainfall 266.

Records on 16 September 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	155
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	174
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1989 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 835.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

683 broken records

Margins by which the 683 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 116.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1989

Top 20 records on 16 September 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1989	Kropotkin, RU	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1989	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1989	Zhitckovichi, BY	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1989	Arka, RU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1989	Ohotsk, RU	daily rain	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1989	So Entrance Yosemite Np, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1989	Woodstock, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1989	Willows 6 W, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1989	Olevsk, UA	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1989	Ripley, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1989	Dongtai, CN	daily rain	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1989	Represa, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1989	Hangzhou, CN	daily rain	98.7 mm (3.9 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1989	Kerrs Creek 6 WNW, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1989	Newport 2 NNW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1989	Uchur, RU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1989	East Park Rsvr, US	monthly rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1989	Blacksburg Nwso, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1989	White Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1989	Owensboro Trtmt Plt E, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	42 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 854 records.

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

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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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	635
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1