Weather Records on 23 March 1989

805 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1989. Highest significance: Anna Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 23 March 1989

On 23 March 1989, 805 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
234 were record highs and 243 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 797 daily.
Anna Creek set a daily record precipitation of 76.0 mm (3.0 in) on 23 March 1989.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

805 stations

805 station records on 23 March 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anna Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mungeranie (Cowarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Myroodah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nkhota Kota	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dedza	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rietfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Apalachicola AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Udialla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Clayton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Mount Serle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Liveringa Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pope AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ambrose 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aileron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lorraine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Red Springs 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Cavenagh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Langley AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Campo Dos Cavalos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petrun	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grootkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Itapetininga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.9 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coniston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albemarle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Napperby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rjazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

805 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 103, Lowest daily maximum 165, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 289, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 23 March 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	103
Lowest daily maximum	165
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	289
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 23 March 1989 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 797.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

694 broken records

Margins by which the 694 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 410.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1989

Top 20 records on 23 March 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1989	Anna Creek, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 March 1989	Mungeranie (Cowarie), AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	106 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1989	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1989	Myroodah, AU	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1989	Raleigh AP, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1989	Nkhota Kota, MW	daily rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1989	Dedza, MW	daily rain	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1989	Rietfontein (Skl), ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1989	Apalachicola AP, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1989	Udialla, AU	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1989	Marree (Clayton), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1989	Motozintla (Smn), MX	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1989	Gammon Ranges (Mount Serle), AU	daily rain	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1989	Buxton, GB	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1989	Liveringa Upper, AU	daily rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1989	Pope AFB, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1989	Hamilton Station, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1989	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily high min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	97 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1989	Ambrose 3 N, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1989	Aileron, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	41 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 805 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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Data for records on 1989-03-23: 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 100	686
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1