Weather Records on 8 October 1989

641 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1989. Highest significance: Feodosiia, UA.

Key Facts for 8 October 1989

On 8 October 1989, 641 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
139 were record highs and 305 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 631 daily.
Feodosiia set a daily record precipitation of 34.1 mm (1.3 in) on 8 October 1989.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

641 stations

641 station records on 8 October 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kahului AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dar Es Salaam Airpo	Tanzania	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Cruz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McCook	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alushta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jewett	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Motul	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Solon Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guildford Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tanzabaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rest Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tepatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sain Alto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Okeechobee	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Pwr Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jumatan (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McClellanville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mahnomen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rhinelander	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laona 6 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

641 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 153, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 152, Heaviest daily rainfall 193, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 8 October 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	153
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	152
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 1989 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 631.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

514 broken records

Margins by which the 514 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1989

Top 20 records on 8 October 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1989	Feodosiia, UA	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1989	Kahului AP, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1989	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	104 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1989	Concordia (Bos), ZA	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1989	Dar Es Salaam Airpo, TZ	monthly high max	38.0 C (100.4 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1989	Kozhikode, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1989	La Cruz, MX	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1989	McCook, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1989	Outtrim, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1989	Benton Harbor AP, US	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	92 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1989	Southport 5 N, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	88 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1989	Corozal Substn, PR	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1989	Marquette, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	103 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1989	Mission 4 W, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1989	Alushta, UA	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1989	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	92 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1989	Toms River, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1989	Jewett, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1989	Beaver Is, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	74 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1989	Motul, MX	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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

1802 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1989. 1989 had 641 records.

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

Records on 10-08 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1812	1
1815	1
1824	2
1829	1
1834	1
1839	2
1843	1
1849	1
1852	1
1854	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	3
1865	2
1869	1
1870	1
1873	2
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	6
1889	5
1890	2
1891	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	13
1901	5
1903	6
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	17
1908	27
1909	9
1910	13
1911	14
1912	17
1913	66
1914	27
1915	18
1916	121
1917	47
1918	33
1919	98
1920	104
1921	90
1922	51
1923	127
1924	118
1925	207
1926	162
1927	106
1928	303
1929	75
1930	400
1931	391
1932	283
1933	237
1934	241
1935	427
1936	645
1937	262
1938	331
1939	810
1940	170
1941	587
1942	209
1943	405
1944	191
1945	314
1946	471
1947	311
1948	344
1949	1,198
1950	535
1951	417
1952	1,034
1953	401
1954	521
1955	600
1956	556
1957	473
1958	451
1959	962
1960	316
1961	630
1962	597
1963	363
1964	1,078
1965	449
1966	394
1967	452
1968	405
1969	307
1970	1,672
1971	468
1972	367
1973	770
1974	604
1975	1,034
1976	1,302
1977	818
1978	671
1979	882
1980	758
1981	719
1982	1,184
1983	712
1984	694
1985	1,635
1986	429
1987	1,271
1988	793
1989	641
1990	1,438
1991	915
1992	1,277
1993	946
1994	1,259
1995	703
1996	1,261
1997	2,604
1998	941
1999	1,196
2000	2,916
2001	810
2002	706
2003	1,225
2004	748
2005	1,303
2006	625
2007	1,924
2008	582
2009	1,506
2010	1,062
2011	1,055
2012	943
2013	496
2014	554
2015	682
2016	550
2017	944
2018	1,135
2019	532
2020	1,163
2021	766
2022	572
2023	720
2024	877
2025	585
2026	784

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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 10	462
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1