Weather Records on 4 October 1989

742 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 1989. Highest significance: Moanalua 770, US.

Key Facts for 4 October 1989

On 4 October 1989, 742 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
116 were record highs and 448 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 731 daily.
Moanalua 770 set a daily record precipitation of 123.2 mm (4.9 in) on 4 October 1989.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

742 stations

742 station records on 4 October 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kapalama 773	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Buhta Providenja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Beretania Pump STN 705	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Imuris (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
UNIV of Hawaii 713	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Apache Powder Company	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Barril	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Navojoa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waialua 847	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sandusky	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mexia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kemoo Camp 8 855	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gooding 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tumacacori Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sasabe	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Branchville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Rito	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Odessa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prentice #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carangola	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth 1E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
West Bend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

742 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 123, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 325, Heaviest daily rainfall 169, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 4 October 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	123
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	325
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 4 October 1989 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 731.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

571 broken records

Margins by which the 571 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 113.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 1989

Top 20 records on 4 October 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 1989	Moanalua 770, US	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1989	Kapalama 773, US	daily rain	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	113.6 mm (4.5 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1989	Manoa 712.1, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	67 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1989	Buhta Providenja, RU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1989	Beretania Pump STN 705, US	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1989	Silverton, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1989	Red Rvr, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1989	Kaneohe Mauka 781, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1989	Imuris (Smn), MX	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1989	UNIV of Hawaii 713, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1989	Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1989	Apache Powder Company, US	monthly rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1989	Escanaba, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1989	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1989	Aurora Water, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	88 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1989	Golden, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1989	Gladwin, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	92 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1989	Saginaw Mbs Intl AP, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1989	Kotzebue AP, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1989	El Barril, MX	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	36 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

1795 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1989. 1989 had 742 records.

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

Records on 10-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1841	2
1843	1
1844	2
1847	2
1853	1
1859	1
1864	8
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	3
1888	5
1889	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	3
1898	4
1899	1
1900	3
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	5
1905	11
1906	29
1907	10
1908	18
1909	13
1910	21
1911	23
1912	101
1913	12
1914	18
1915	13
1916	137
1917	157
1918	127
1919	30
1920	31
1921	46
1922	44
1923	21
1924	63
1925	130
1926	255
1927	172
1928	131
1929	339
1930	244
1931	361
1932	413
1933	299
1934	121
1935	833
1936	161
1937	483
1938	440
1939	345
1940	220
1941	850
1942	198
1943	426
1944	328
1945	543
1946	314
1947	592
1948	449
1949	491
1950	565
1951	617
1952	717
1953	358
1954	999
1955	630
1956	467
1957	533
1958	704
1959	812
1960	246
1961	758
1962	313
1963	528
1964	389
1965	760
1966	464
1967	440
1968	587
1969	628
1970	539
1971	361
1972	712
1973	604
1974	1,846
1975	681
1976	869
1977	517
1978	488
1979	733
1980	975
1981	994
1982	415
1983	762
1984	864
1985	863
1986	1,265
1987	1,502
1988	713
1989	742
1990	845
1991	813
1992	866
1993	956
1994	1,341
1995	1,192
1996	1,012
1997	928
1998	1,487
1999	1,596
2000	917
2001	547
2002	1,465
2003	610
2004	562
2005	1,973
2006	987
2007	997
2008	935
2009	1,431
2010	1,230
2011	919
2012	864
2013	1,130
2014	611
2015	741
2016	680
2017	780
2018	979
2019	1,131
2020	897
2021	644
2022	561
2023	936
2024	1,197
2025	979
2026	942

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Data for records on 1989-10-04: 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	541
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1