Weather Records on 16 October 1989

820 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1989. Highest significance: Sparta 1 W, US.

Key Facts for 16 October 1989

On 16 October 1989, 820 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
387 were record highs and 201 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 809 daily.
Sparta 1 W set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 16 October 1989.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

820 stations

820 station records on 16 October 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Xichang	China	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ocozocoautla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lijing	China	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Massena Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clay City 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ferguson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiraspol	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laporte	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lynxville Dam 9	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Merton Weir Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kewaunee	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Larned	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Minette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flemingsburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salyersville #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus-Valley Crossing	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Badajoz/Talavera la Real	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dumas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wardensville R M Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chongqing	China	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grant City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ripon 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Snug Primary School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

820 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 217, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 170, Lowest daily minimum 113, Heaviest daily rainfall 211, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 16 October 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	217
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	170
Lowest daily minimum	113
Heaviest daily rainfall	211
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 16 October 1989 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 9, daily 809.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

607 broken records

Margins by which the 607 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1989

Top 20 records on 16 October 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1989	Sparta 1 W, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1989	Iowa Falls, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1989	Xichang, CN	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1989	Ocozocoautla, MX	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1989	Lijing, CN	daily rain	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1989	Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1989	Waupaca, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	78 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1989	Massena Intl AP, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1989	Alicia 2 NNE, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1989	Clay City 1 WNW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1989	Ferguson, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1989	Tiraspol, MD	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1989	Fayette, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1989	Mather 3 NW, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	78 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1989	Stevens Pt, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	78 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1989	Albion, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1989	Fond du Lac Wwtp, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1989	Hancock Exp Farm, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1989	Prairie du Chien, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	78 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1989	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily high max	32.0 C (89.6 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	90 years	38 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

1796 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1989. 1989 had 820 records.

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

Records on 10-16 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1810	1
1811	3
1817	1
1826	1
1830	1
1836	2
1838	1
1839	1
1856	1
1859	2
1862	2
1865	2
1870	3
1873	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	2
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	6
1893	12
1894	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	9
1898	4
1899	8
1901	4
1902	7
1903	6
1904	7
1905	16
1906	3
1907	6
1908	49
1909	20
1910	10
1911	18
1912	16
1913	25
1914	52
1915	17
1916	28
1917	19
1918	25
1919	58
1920	44
1921	54
1922	57
1923	84
1924	81
1925	304
1926	180
1927	122
1928	543
1929	118
1930	312
1931	515
1932	379
1933	218
1934	712
1935	395
1936	244
1937	1,200
1938	606
1939	494
1940	531
1941	220
1942	426
1943	1,233
1944	609
1945	414
1946	398
1947	865
1948	279
1949	378
1950	344
1951	266
1952	698
1953	508
1954	1,068
1955	427
1956	620
1957	354
1958	494
1959	319
1960	540
1961	790
1962	504
1963	464
1964	513
1965	498
1966	669
1967	516
1968	987
1969	845
1970	789
1971	979
1972	464
1973	539
1974	1,061
1975	487
1976	1,053
1977	549
1978	822
1979	580
1980	1,383
1981	897
1982	430
1983	432
1984	1,507
1985	672
1986	450
1987	1,259
1988	703
1989	820
1990	890
1991	1,543
1992	1,646
1993	999
1994	1,176
1995	1,061
1996	585
1997	939
1998	934
1999	705
2000	519
2001	754
2002	1,079
2003	530
2004	687
2005	684
2006	1,330
2007	645
2008	778
2009	1,931
2010	1,049
2011	816
2012	728
2013	546
2014	695
2015	1,142
2016	1,063
2017	1,014
2018	1,558
2019	463
2020	484
2021	541
2022	676
2023	608
2024	721
2025	559

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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	526
10 to 20	48
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2