Weather Records on 13 December 1989

1,355 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 December 1989. Highest significance: Farmville, US.

Key Facts for 13 December 1989

On 13 December 1989, 1,355 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
168 were record highs and 418 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 1,322 daily.
Farmville set a daily record snowfall of 24.1 cm (9.5 in) on 13 December 1989.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

1,355 stations

1,355 station records on 13 December 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 December 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Farmville	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ico	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rumbulara Vineyards	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Monsenhor Paulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Coqueiros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Boa Vista de Jacare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	176.3 mm (6.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pulaski 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stiege	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstown Pittsgrov 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Paraguacu Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Delft	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
St Anthonis	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buckingham	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Itajobi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	126.3 mm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oss	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nuland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boskoop	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Deurne	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ibate	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	109.3 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Corumbatai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.5 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mill	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Usta 8 WNW Kelly Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kolka	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roelofarendsveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chaam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mendonca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	113.9 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kuching	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zundert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Altavista	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Santa Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Esbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bergschenhoek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buckingham	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Porto Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dinther	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goedereede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gorinchem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gouda	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Herwijnen_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,355 records

Records set or tied on 13 December 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 134, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 284, Heaviest daily rainfall 511, Heaviest daily snowfall 166, Deepest snow cover 92.

Records on 13 December 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	134
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	284
Heaviest daily rainfall	511
Heaviest daily snowfall	166
Deepest snow cover	92

Records on 13 December 1989 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 30, daily 1,322.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,164 broken records

Margins by which the 1,164 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 458.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 December 1989

Top 20 records on 13 December 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 December 1989	Farmville, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	90 years	70 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1989	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	69 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1989	Ico, BR	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	76 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1989	Fayette 4 SW, US	daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1989	White Sulphur Springs, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	100 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1989	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	93 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1989	Rumbulara Vineyards, AU	daily rain	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1989	Stanthorpe Leslie Parade, AU	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1989	Monsenhor Paulo, BR	all-time rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1989	Coqueiros, BR	all-time rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1989	Fazenda Boa Vista de Jacare, BR	monthly rain	176.3 mm (6.9 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1989	Pulaski 2 E, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1989	Rocky Mt, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	75 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1989	Stiege, DE	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1989	Woodstown Pittsgrov 4E, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	87 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1989	Paraguacu Paulista, BR	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1989	Delft, NL	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1989	St Anthonis, NL	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1989	Cambridge Niab, GB	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1989	Buckingham, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19.5 cm (7.7 in)	52 years	52 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

1796 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1989. 1989 had 1,355 records.

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

Records on 12-13 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	2
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	2
1855	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1878	6
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1887	1
1890	1
1891	9
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	5
1901	4
1902	13
1903	13
1904	8
1905	3
1906	7
1907	11
1908	6
1909	23
1910	45
1911	72
1912	42
1913	23
1914	35
1915	51
1916	207
1917	144
1918	87
1919	52
1920	55
1921	65
1922	84
1923	206
1924	139
1925	160
1926	228
1927	566
1928	227
1929	303
1930	52
1931	525
1932	385
1933	422
1934	186
1935	168
1936	242
1937	375
1938	89
1939	159
1940	426
1941	324
1942	312
1943	244
1944	426
1945	355
1946	455
1947	306
1948	450
1949	321
1950	290
1951	226
1952	431
1953	222
1954	345
1955	479
1956	477
1957	566
1958	855
1959	297
1960	981
1961	898
1962	1,365
1963	442
1964	398
1965	811
1966	653
1967	743
1968	593
1969	545
1970	221
1971	567
1972	991
1973	625
1974	291
1975	1,038
1976	411
1977	685
1978	446
1979	1,072
1980	536
1981	912
1982	740
1983	1,121
1984	1,172
1985	1,642
1986	381
1987	675
1988	906
1989	1,355
1990	649
1991	1,734
1992	1,113
1993	960
1994	1,094
1995	1,634
1996	833
1997	1,126
1998	1,221
1999	964
2000	2,914
2001	1,092
2002	602
2003	1,131
2004	493
2005	589
2006	957
2007	720
2008	1,583
2009	1,016
2010	1,776
2011	833
2012	837
2013	451
2014	1,046
2015	2,363
2016	397
2017	749
2018	380
2019	520
2020	445
2021	420
2022	1,122
2023	485
2024	296
2025	1,344

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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 100	1,116
100 to 200	42
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1