Weather Records on 8 November 1989

811 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 November 1989. Highest significance: Robertsdale, US.

Key Facts for 8 November 1989

On 8 November 1989, 811 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
494 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 763 daily.
Robertsdale set a daily record precipitation of 97.8 mm (3.9 in) on 8 November 1989.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

811 stations

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

Weather records on 8 November 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Robertsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gwalior	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saucier Exp Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Alvin Callender Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gulfport Naval Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hamamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bogalusa	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cuthbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Whiting Fld NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meridian Key Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chatom	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Windy Hill No.2	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ourigilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Picayune	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans D P S 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shimizu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	150.5 mm (5.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Des Arc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Algiers	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mobile	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lista Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

811 records

Records set or tied on 8 November 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 185, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 309, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 235, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 8 November 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	185
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	309
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	235
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 8 November 1989 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 48, daily 763.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

616 broken records

Margins by which the 616 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 116.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 November 1989

Top 20 records on 8 November 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 1989	Robertsdale, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	75 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1989	Dawson, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1989	Gwalior, IN	monthly rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1989	Pascagoula 3 NE, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	70 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1989	Bay Minette, US	daily rain	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1989	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1989	Saucier Exp Forest, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1989	New Orleans Alvin Callender Fl, US	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1989	Fairhope 2 NE, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1989	Gulfport Naval Ctr, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1989	Hamamatsu, JP	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1989	Milton Exp STN, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1989	Bogalusa, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1989	Cuthbert, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1989	Columbus Metro AP, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1989	Forest, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1989	Whiting Fld NAS, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1989	Oakley Exp STN, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1989	De Funiak Springs 1 E, US	monthly rain	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1989	Evergreen, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	43 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

1794 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1989. 1989 had 811 records.

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

Records on 11-08 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1807	1
1811	1
1812	1
1813	1
1815	1
1818	1
1821	1
1828	1
1835	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	2
1849	2
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	2
1875	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	4
1888	3
1890	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	12
1898	2
1899	9
1900	2
1901	1
1902	6
1903	4
1904	21
1905	11
1906	13
1907	5
1908	15
1909	11
1910	15
1911	10
1912	34
1913	38
1914	20
1915	32
1916	76
1917	102
1918	27
1919	71
1920	38
1921	162
1922	16
1923	155
1924	629
1925	392
1926	108
1927	324
1928	60
1929	137
1930	340
1931	685
1932	412
1933	467
1934	763
1935	266
1936	579
1937	356
1938	819
1939	208
1940	357
1941	513
1942	238
1943	767
1944	561
1945	1,293
1946	608
1947	475
1948	505
1949	331
1950	653
1951	939
1952	316
1953	483
1954	328
1955	448
1956	278
1957	418
1958	231
1959	456
1960	430
1961	246
1962	265
1963	670
1964	368
1965	346
1966	1,701
1967	747
1968	532
1969	579
1970	570
1971	1,239
1972	571
1973	928
1974	593
1975	1,204
1976	1,058
1977	1,429
1978	839
1979	728
1980	1,440
1981	823
1982	591
1983	1,007
1984	864
1985	718
1986	1,702
1987	548
1988	602
1989	811
1990	1,079
1991	3,151
1992	804
1993	842
1994	789
1995	1,168
1996	1,340
1997	897
1998	1,302
1999	1,786
2000	2,194
2001	789
2002	1,050
2003	1,038
2004	888
2005	1,935
2006	1,403
2007	717
2008	809
2009	755
2010	1,167
2011	1,442
2012	814
2013	631
2014	440
2015	930
2016	1,057
2017	478
2018	552
2019	810
2020	2,160
2021	505
2022	1,464
2023	689
2024	1,184
2025	328

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Data for records on 1989-11-08: 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	563
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2