Weather Records on 24 September 1989

1,668 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 September 1989. Highest significance: Kassel, DE.

Key Facts for 24 September 1989

On 24 September 1989, 1,668 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
393 were record highs and 1,100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 89 monthly and 1,579 daily.
Kassel set a daily record precipitation of 33.5 mm (1.3 in) on 24 September 1989.
Across 166 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

1,668 stations

1,668 station records on 24 September 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 September 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kassel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Hersfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kleiner Inselsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hornell Almond Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Passo Faxinal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Melsungen-Burstoss	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhauser	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Herleshausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Schmalkalden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Samarskoe	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Salzuflen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eschwege	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Sooden-Allendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Erick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Herford	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Okeene	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mangum	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Erebango	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.8 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,668 records

Records set or tied on 24 September 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 142, Lowest daily maximum 389, Highest daily minimum 251, Lowest daily minimum 711, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 24 September 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	142
Lowest daily maximum	389
Highest daily minimum	251
Lowest daily minimum	711
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 September 1989 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 89, daily 1,579.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,317 broken records

Margins by which the 1,317 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 September 1989

Top 20 records on 24 September 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 September 1989	Kassel, DE	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1989	Bad Hersfeld, DE	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1989	Kleiner Inselsberg, DE	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1989	Hornell Almond Dam, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1989	Passo Faxinal, BR	daily rain	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1989	Melsungen-Burstoss, DE	daily rain	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1989	Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhauser, DE	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1989	Herleshausen, DE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1989	Schmalkalden, DE	monthly rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1989	Samarskoe, KZ	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1989	Houston, US	monthly low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1989	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	93 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1989	Carthage, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1989	Cordova AP, US	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1989	Bad Salzuflen, DE	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1989	Spur, US	monthly low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1989	Eschwege, DE	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1989	Bad Sooden-Allendorf, DE	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1989	Meade, US	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	93 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1989	Grand Coteau, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	80 years	44 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

1803 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1989. 1989 had 1,668 records.

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

Records on 09-24 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1847	1
1852	2
1854	2
1857	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1881	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	1
1889	5
1890	1
1891	2
1892	5
1893	1
1894	2
1895	7
1896	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	3
1902	10
1903	8
1904	9
1905	7
1906	5
1907	20
1908	23
1909	31
1910	8
1911	11
1912	49
1913	9
1914	23
1915	159
1916	253
1917	87
1918	7
1919	26
1920	69
1921	23
1922	49
1923	70
1924	175
1925	146
1926	630
1927	194
1928	603
1929	137
1930	488
1931	463
1932	354
1933	424
1934	367
1935	449
1936	329
1937	237
1938	355
1939	331
1940	319
1941	319
1942	918
1943	413
1944	334
1945	475
1946	425
1947	704
1948	422
1949	554
1950	778
1951	580
1952	425
1953	346
1954	269
1955	577
1956	427
1957	370
1958	725
1959	414
1960	487
1961	680
1962	360
1963	715
1964	329
1965	624
1966	410
1967	394
1968	433
1969	278
1970	1,046
1971	485
1972	480
1973	1,208
1974	1,204
1975	1,116
1976	556
1977	814
1978	619
1979	577
1980	633
1981	604
1982	702
1983	1,128
1984	1,565
1985	771
1986	1,207
1987	729
1988	740
1989	1,668
1990	969
1991	519
1992	1,250
1993	1,055
1994	842
1995	1,251
1996	676
1997	1,238
1998	945
1999	933
2000	1,966
2001	1,097
2002	885
2003	863
2004	600
2005	1,256
2006	1,306
2007	1,244
2008	633
2009	866
2010	1,340
2011	770
2012	545
2013	514
2014	764
2015	770
2016	732
2017	1,402
2018	497
2019	516
2020	754
2021	457
2022	395
2023	689
2024	778
2025	576
2026	389

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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	1,278
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2