Weather Records on 14 October 1989

587 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 October 1989. Highest significance: Budgeree East (Claremont), AU.

Key Facts for 14 October 1989

On 14 October 1989, 587 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
358 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 575 daily.
Budgeree East (Claremont) set a daily record precipitation of 64.0 mm (2.5 in) on 14 October 1989.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

587 stations

587 station records on 14 October 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 October 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nakhon Phanom	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Campeche (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jocotepec	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelaceville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jimma	Ethiopia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral Ridge Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Requena	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rest Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Francisco I. Madero	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Estanzuela	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zinapecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Poset	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moron de la Frontera	Spain	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aguila	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Herington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Canton L&D 20	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Loup City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sakon Nakhon	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchula	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gustavus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Creel (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

587 records

Records set or tied on 14 October 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 275, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 117, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 14 October 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	275
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 14 October 1989 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 575.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

406 broken records

Margins by which the 406 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 28.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 October 1989

Top 20 records on 14 October 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 October 1989	Budgeree East (Claremont), AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1989	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1989	Tooele, US	monthly high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1989	Palestine, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1989	Richfield, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1989	San Jon, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1989	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	89 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1989	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	89 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1989	Tiskilwa 2 SE, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1989	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily high max	33.5 C (92.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	82 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1989	Cedaredge, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	79 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1989	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1989	Kimball 2NE, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1989	Lake City, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	79 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1989	Elephant Butte Dam, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1989	Holbrook, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	71 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1989	Yurecuaro, MX	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1989	Nakhon Phanom, TH	monthly rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1989	Akron 4 E, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	56 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1989	Akron 4 E, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	60 years	29 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

1793 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1989. 1989 had 587 records.

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

Records on 10-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1809	1
1811	2
1817	1
1834	1
1836	1
1838	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	2
1866	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	6
1877	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	6
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	7
1900	7
1901	6
1902	7
1903	6
1904	5
1905	10
1906	7
1907	11
1908	12
1909	13
1910	14
1911	8
1912	33
1913	37
1914	26
1915	80
1916	29
1917	47
1918	26
1919	36
1920	63
1921	107
1922	35
1923	90
1924	61
1925	237
1926	120
1927	167
1928	251
1929	286
1930	233
1931	338
1932	278
1933	231
1934	435
1935	305
1936	239
1937	1,219
1938	491
1939	268
1940	320
1941	413
1942	411
1943	358
1944	277
1945	419
1946	398
1947	667
1948	292
1949	697
1950	432
1951	319
1952	447
1953	318
1954	982
1955	540
1956	523
1957	491
1958	630
1959	747
1960	437
1961	578
1962	1,082
1963	573
1964	477
1965	252
1966	1,224
1967	259
1968	942
1969	1,507
1970	759
1971	645
1972	463
1973	553
1974	622
1975	991
1976	862
1977	954
1978	856
1979	1,056
1980	674
1981	1,155
1982	684
1983	889
1984	639
1985	816
1986	1,457
1987	1,078
1988	1,297
1989	587
1990	1,469
1991	817
1992	1,350
1993	1,223
1994	1,049
1995	1,277
1996	559
1997	1,098
1998	930
1999	957
2000	1,073
2001	1,431
2002	868
2003	771
2004	721
2005	755
2006	1,298
2007	610
2008	1,017
2009	2,473
2010	642
2011	695
2012	806
2013	503
2014	971
2015	991
2016	704
2017	1,048
2018	2,218
2019	616
2020	639
2021	1,230
2022	876
2023	468
2024	918
2025	853
2026	488

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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 5	375
5 to 10	20
10 to 15	5
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	3