Weather Records on 14 November 1989

1,028 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 November 1989. Highest significance: Busselton Shire, AU.

Key Facts for 14 November 1989

On 14 November 1989, 1,028 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
648 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 1,008 daily.
Busselton Shire set a daily record precipitation of 37.0 mm (1.5 in) on 14 November 1989.
Across 163 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

1,028 stations

1,028 station records on 14 November 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 November 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Bloemhof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mooredale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Malaga Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Grootvlakte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beverley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Van der Waltshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Albertvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kareehoek"Kareefontein"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Skilderkrans	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Falcondale - Edeowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Van Staadens (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Libode (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tel Aviv Reading	Israel	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hankey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Telpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blouboskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Groenkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gackle	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Die Hoogte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lammerkraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Biesjiesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stockdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calitzdorp (Dam)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quaggasdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spitshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alpharetta 4 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sappho 8 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koeifontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,028 records

Records set or tied on 14 November 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 448, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 200, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 271, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 14 November 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	448
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	200
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 14 November 1989 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 1,008.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

794 broken records

Margins by which the 794 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 November 1989

Top 20 records on 14 November 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 November 1989	Busselton Shire, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	72 of 100 (Major)
14 November 1989	Bloemhof, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 November 1989	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 November 1989	Somerset East, ZA	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 November 1989	Fountain Head, ZA	daily rain	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 November 1989	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	66 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 November 1989	Kilauea 1134, US	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 November 1989	Mooredale, ZA	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1989	Malaga Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1989	Calitzdorp Pol, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1989	Grootvlakte, ZA	all-time rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1989	Fort Fordyce (Bos), ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	86 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1989	Chapman Hill, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1989	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	87 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1989	Beverley, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1989	Kendrew Estates, ZA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1989	Van der Waltshoek, ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1989	Leeu Gamka (Sar), ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1989	Albertvale, ZA	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1989	Kareehoek"Kareefontein", ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	48 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

1801 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1989. 1989 had 1,028 records.

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

Records on 11-14 in each year
Year	Records
1801	2
1820	1
1823	2
1825	1
1835	3
1839	1
1842	1
1847	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	2
1861	1
1862	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	1
1873	4
1874	2
1875	3
1876	3
1879	3
1880	3
1881	2
1882	1
1883	3
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	2
1891	4
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	3
1896	2
1897	5
1899	6
1900	3
1901	12
1902	14
1903	5
1904	17
1905	37
1906	27
1907	5
1908	20
1909	39
1910	7
1911	18
1912	19
1913	32
1914	48
1915	45
1916	86
1917	222
1918	25
1919	122
1920	70
1921	70
1922	37
1923	125
1924	114
1925	147
1926	290
1927	189
1928	296
1929	430
1930	437
1931	490
1932	370
1933	390
1934	229
1935	105
1936	348
1937	306
1938	327
1939	343
1940	1,448
1941	429
1942	310
1943	255
1944	467
1945	325
1946	289
1947	371
1948	171
1949	438
1950	551
1951	817
1952	327
1953	849
1954	201
1955	1,660
1956	556
1957	668
1958	862
1959	1,147
1960	315
1961	614
1962	314
1963	521
1964	872
1965	497
1966	415
1967	555
1968	615
1969	824
1970	526
1971	694
1972	1,159
1973	656
1974	485
1975	734
1976	1,079
1977	589
1978	799
1979	551
1980	497
1981	611
1982	644
1983	918
1984	488
1985	1,510
1986	2,074
1987	548
1988	791
1989	1,028
1990	1,203
1991	771
1992	770
1993	2,410
1994	1,318
1995	1,250
1996	879
1997	1,954
1998	877
1999	1,484
2000	1,448
2001	1,251
2002	516
2003	556
2004	1,008
2005	971
2006	1,012
2007	484
2008	720
2009	960
2010	1,606
2011	701
2012	346
2013	525
2014	1,706
2015	675
2016	699
2017	348
2018	906
2019	1,265
2020	592
2021	678
2022	878
2023	545
2024	454
2025	1,288

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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 50	778
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1