Weather Records on 6 December 1989

798 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1989. Highest significance: Gosford (Narara Research Stati, AU.

Key Facts for 6 December 1989

On 6 December 1989, 798 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
311 were record highs and 105 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 773 daily.
Gosford (Narara Research Stati set a daily record precipitation of 125.4 mm (4.9 in) on 6 December 1989.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

798 stations

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

Weather records on 6 December 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gosford (Narara Research Stati	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.4 mm (4.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Penrith Ladbury Avenue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	266.4 mm (10.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Ran Air Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sargents	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tepatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Injune Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Catkal River	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Atemajac de Brizuela	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kioloa Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jocotepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wisemans Ferry (Old Po)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Karmoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Itamaraju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.9 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chapala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huerta Vieja	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Berowra (Goodwyn Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coquimatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bendalong Stp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pendzhikent	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lustre 4 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Cua	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Childs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chatswood Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wallacia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Vale (Manly Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moskalvo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skjenaldfossen I Orkdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ogies (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caliente	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Conconully	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plaisance (Mauritiu	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tomatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Verblyding	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jeriquara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Venustiano Carranza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Higuera Blanca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burno-Oktyabrsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

798 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 145, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 166, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 348, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 6 December 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	145
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	166
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	348
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 6 December 1989 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 773.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

642 broken records

Margins by which the 642 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1989

Top 20 records on 6 December 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1989	Gosford (Narara Research Stati, AU	daily rain	125.4 mm (4.9 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1989	Penrith Ladbury Avenue, AU	daily rain	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1989	Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU	all-time rain	266.4 mm (10.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1989	Brushgrove Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1989	Nowra Ran Air Station, AU	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1989	Gosford (Gertrude Place), AU	daily rain	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1989	Sargents, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	89 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1989	Tepatitlan, MX	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1989	Injune Post Office, AU	monthly rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1989	Catkal River, KG	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1989	Atemajac de Brizuela, MX	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1989	Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd), AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1989	Kioloa Old Post Office, AU	daily rain	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	117.2 mm (4.6 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1989	Jocotepec, MX	monthly rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1989	Wisemans Ferry (Old Po), AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1989	Manassa, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	95 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1989	Karmoo, AU	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1989	Itamaraju, BR	daily rain	92.9 mm (3.7 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1989	Chapala, MX	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1989	Huerta Vieja, MX	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 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

1804 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1989. 1989 had 798 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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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	619
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1