Weather Records on 6 November 1989

1,048 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 November 1989. Highest significance: Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs), AU.

Key Facts for 6 November 1989

On 6 November 1989, 1,048 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
431 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 1,000 daily.
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 111.5 mm (4.4 in) on 6 November 1989.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

1,048 stations

1,048 station records on 6 November 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 November 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Weribone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Pineview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Malmo_2	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Templeton (Glenalbyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Price	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tocumwal Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
N Wailua Ditch 1051	United States	Record daily precipitation	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sasebo Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crawford 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rosevale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Karoola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Alvin Callender Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Parawa (Sharon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wyobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Horseshoe Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nukinenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walbundrie (Crediton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Bringagee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glenroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Copmanhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sandilands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mooga Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Acland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harrogate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
P-Ranch South Place	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood Leflore AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goodger Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jingi Jingi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marnhull	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kuyura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Byzantium	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Van Vleet	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hereward	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mohrendorf-Kleinseebach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hofmeyer (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,048 records

Records set or tied on 6 November 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 206, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 225, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 541, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 6 November 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	206
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	225
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	541
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 6 November 1989 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 48, daily 1,000.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

879 broken records

Margins by which the 879 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 211.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 November 1989

Top 20 records on 6 November 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 November 1989	Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs), AU	monthly rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1989	Brinkworth (Bungaree), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	101 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1989	Kosciusko, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1989	Weribone, AU	daily rain	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1989	Nurnberg, DE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1989	Maitland (Weetulta), AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1989	Cleve (Pineview), AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1989	Edithburgh Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1989	Malmo_2, SE	monthly rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	66 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1989	Swan Lake, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1989	East London -Signal STN, ZA	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	95 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1989	Mount Templeton (Glenalbyn), AU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1989	Price, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1989	Tocumwal Airport, AU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1989	N Wailua Ditch 1051, US	daily rain	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	211.1 mm (8.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1989	Sasebo Reg Met HQ, JP	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1989	Crawford 5 W, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1989	Arecibo 3 ESE, PR	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1989	Rosevale, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	2 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1989	Karoola Park, AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	16 years	47 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

1793 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1989. 1989 had 1,048 records.

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

Records on 11-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	1
1812	1
1819	1
1828	2
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1842	3
1845	1
1849	1
1851	2
1856	2
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	2
1901	4
1902	6
1903	4
1904	6
1905	15
1906	13
1907	13
1908	21
1909	7
1910	52
1911	27
1912	53
1913	20
1914	36
1915	20
1916	127
1917	30
1918	40
1919	60
1920	53
1921	98
1922	84
1923	119
1924	737
1925	139
1926	123
1927	405
1928	86
1929	89
1930	439
1931	284
1932	307
1933	661
1934	626
1935	527
1936	356
1937	124
1938	1,098
1939	390
1940	201
1941	512
1942	373
1943	238
1944	459
1945	498
1946	682
1947	405
1948	1,219
1949	517
1950	314
1951	1,832
1952	193
1953	1,218
1954	442
1955	311
1956	431
1957	359
1958	227
1959	1,800
1960	388
1961	480
1962	343
1963	493
1964	259
1965	272
1966	548
1967	889
1968	463
1969	756
1970	407
1971	789
1972	387
1973	1,110
1974	355
1975	1,381
1976	653
1977	966
1978	762
1979	581
1980	1,353
1981	673
1982	698
1983	650
1984	536
1985	664
1986	810
1987	806
1988	1,010
1989	1,048
1990	1,240
1991	2,360
1992	1,450
1993	965
1994	1,368
1995	1,464
1996	1,720
1997	849
1998	752
1999	1,367
2000	1,575
2001	879
2002	1,220
2003	2,143
2004	828
2005	1,176
2006	1,397
2007	591
2008	1,266
2009	916
2010	1,349
2011	1,046
2012	894
2013	871
2014	453
2015	1,664
2016	838
2017	1,069
2018	633
2019	561
2020	1,351
2021	456
2022	907
2023	719
2024	1,239
2025	502

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Data for records on 1989-11-06: 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 50	860
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1