Weather Records on 5 October 1989

465 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1989. Highest significance: Canelo 1 NW, US.

Key Facts for 5 October 1989

On 5 October 1989, 465 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
104 were record highs and 162 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 448 daily.
Canelo 1 NW set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 5 October 1989.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

465 stations

465 station records on 5 October 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Aguila	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Guacui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ignasino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nogales 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Naro-Fominsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Apache Powder Company	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Tezoyo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arivaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Magdalena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waianae 798	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rita Exp Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sasabe 7 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dores Do Rio Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alcalde	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tularosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hellinikon	Greece	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Redington	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Safford Ag Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aranyaprathet	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pecos Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fowlerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hana AP 355	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Simon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ponca City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tecolotlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rita Exp Range	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson Camp Ave Exp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fence Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

465 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 198, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 October 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 October 1989 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 448.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

370 broken records

Margins by which the 370 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1989

Top 20 records on 5 October 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1989	Canelo 1 NW, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1989	Aguila, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1989	Bowie, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1989	Springerville, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1989	Guacui, BR	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1989	Ignasino, RU	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1989	Socorro, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1989	Santa Ana (Dge), MX	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1989	Nogales 6 N, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1989	Tucson Magnetic Obsy, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1989	Naro-Fominsk, RU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1989	Quemado, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1989	Apache Powder Company, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1989	Presa Tezoyo, MX	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1989	Independence, US	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1989	Moscow, RU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1989	Arivaca, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1989	Holbrook, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	93 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1989	Magdalena, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	83 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1989	Waianae 798, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	39 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 465 records.

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

Records on 10-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1811	1
1843	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	7
1867	2
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1900	6
1901	10
1902	11
1903	10
1904	19
1905	11
1906	19
1907	13
1908	17
1909	30
1910	43
1911	10
1912	92
1913	25
1914	13
1915	25
1916	124
1917	314
1918	35
1919	42
1920	89
1921	33
1922	81
1923	87
1924	139
1925	140
1926	155
1927	79
1928	202
1929	242
1930	285
1931	284
1932	768
1933	257
1934	237
1935	910
1936	219
1937	491
1938	375
1939	269
1940	185
1941	1,072
1942	206
1943	404
1944	329
1945	234
1946	643
1947	746
1948	491
1949	562
1950	466
1951	541
1952	1,027
1953	261
1954	834
1955	771
1956	452
1957	520
1958	450
1959	629
1960	290
1961	493
1962	456
1963	605
1964	737
1965	1,160
1966	390
1967	290
1968	670
1969	603
1970	458
1971	377
1972	636
1973	335
1974	973
1975	566
1976	819
1977	382
1978	438
1979	920
1980	1,002
1981	642
1982	524
1983	1,037
1984	646
1985	781
1986	875
1987	1,081
1988	958
1989	465
1990	736
1991	1,005
1992	776
1993	1,024
1994	1,205
1995	1,705
1996	931
1997	814
1998	1,596
1999	1,276
2000	1,147
2001	771
2002	1,026
2003	636
2004	770
2005	2,003
2006	930
2007	1,609
2008	942
2009	1,756
2010	1,114
2011	1,383
2012	913
2013	1,106
2014	648
2015	644
2016	565
2017	560
2018	1,004
2019	672
2020	997
2021	887
2022	752
2023	780
2024	996
2025	716
2026	1,233

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Data for records on 1989-10-05: 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	344
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1