Weather Records on 29 November 1989

636 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 November 1989. Highest significance: Intake, ZA.

Key Facts for 29 November 1989

On 29 November 1989, 636 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
194 were record highs and 218 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 596 daily.
Intake set a monthly record daily precipitation of 184.2 mm (7.3 in) on 29 November 1989.
Across 161 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

636 stations

636 station records on 29 November 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 November 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Intake	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Gingindlovu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Richmond-Natal (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.2 mm (5.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Umlaas Waterworks	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Experiment Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Warrnambool Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Camperdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	157.4 mm (6.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	210.5 mm (8.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sawoti	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	194.2 mm (7.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Glenora	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mahlabatini (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	180.5 mm (7.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bemerside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	260.6 mm (10.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Marmboo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kynuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Eland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Morungaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	181.7 mm (7.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Doornkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stone Exelby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Longford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Cowie Rd. Nursery	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bulwer (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dunbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shovi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiso	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Papane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Donald (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Flitwick Grange	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Lomond	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Snowhill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Windy Hill No.2	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Omalo	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bizana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amatikulu(Mill)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waaihoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eiland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Domingos Martins (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Home Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malboona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

636 records

Records set or tied on 29 November 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 87, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 131, Heaviest daily rainfall 212, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 29 November 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	87
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	131
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 29 November 1989 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 37, daily 596.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

533 broken records

Margins by which the 533 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 212.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 November 1989

Top 20 records on 29 November 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 November 1989	Intake, ZA	monthly rain	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	50 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1989	Gingindlovu, ZA	monthly rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1989	Richmond-Natal (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1989	Victoria Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	147.2 mm (5.8 in)	106.3 mm (4.2 in)	58 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1989	Umlaas Waterworks, ZA	monthly rain	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1989	Experiment Station, ZA	monthly rain	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1989	Warrnambool Downs, AU	monthly rain	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1989	Camperdown, ZA	monthly rain	157.4 mm (6.2 in)	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	23 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1989	Mtunzini, ZA	monthly rain	210.5 mm (8.3 in)	103.5 mm (4.1 in)	17 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1989	Sawoti, ZA	monthly rain	194.2 mm (7.6 in)	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	17 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1989	Glenora, ZA	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1989	Mtunzini, ZA	monthly rain	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	10 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1989	Mahlabatini (Mag), ZA	monthly rain	180.5 mm (7.1 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	9 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1989	Bemerside, AU	daily rain	260.6 mm (10.3 in)	212.3 mm (8.4 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1989	Marmboo, AU	monthly rain	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1989	Kynuna, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1989	Glen Eland, ZA	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1989	Morungaba, BR	all-time rain	181.7 mm (7.2 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1989	Doornkop, ZA	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1989	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	101 years	51 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

1797 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1989. 1989 had 636 records.

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

Records on 11-29 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1806	1
1807	2
1808	1
1815	2
1817	1
1822	1
1825	2
1827	2
1828	2
1836	1
1838	1
1849	2
1850	2
1851	1
1871	2
1874	1
1875	4
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	4
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	7
1900	5
1901	3
1902	8
1903	19
1904	7
1905	44
1906	27
1907	8
1908	14
1909	25
1910	28
1911	14
1912	15
1913	44
1914	32
1915	51
1916	61
1917	46
1918	15
1919	66
1920	70
1921	31
1922	31
1923	86
1924	59
1925	85
1926	92
1927	649
1928	88
1929	665
1930	439
1931	217
1932	413
1933	669
1934	612
1935	176
1936	87
1937	231
1938	288
1939	281
1940	321
1941	485
1942	428
1943	187
1944	198
1945	342
1946	294
1947	371
1948	618
1949	655
1950	586
1951	173
1952	815
1953	244
1954	320
1955	1,121
1956	379
1957	327
1958	927
1959	565
1960	426
1961	289
1962	611
1963	539
1964	797
1965	241
1966	807
1967	391
1968	526
1969	596
1970	851
1971	1,107
1972	367
1973	747
1974	497
1975	1,617
1976	2,199
1977	1,266
1978	612
1979	811
1980	665
1981	674
1982	795
1983	1,457
1984	642
1985	2,683
1986	817
1987	1,070
1988	629
1989	636
1990	924
1991	1,304
1992	669
1993	816
1994	1,023
1995	1,225
1996	1,308
1997	1,338
1998	2,529
1999	946
2000	882
2001	2,082
2002	1,080
2003	752
2004	1,227
2005	1,288
2006	1,998
2007	538
2008	1,004
2009	652
2010	1,659
2011	1,335
2012	927
2013	528
2014	1,138
2015	720
2016	692
2017	358
2018	803
2019	973
2020	271
2021	1,202
2022	648
2023	787
2024	465
2025	756

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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	512
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1