Weather Records on 1 October 1989

739 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1989. Highest significance: Nqamakwe (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 1 October 1989

On 1 October 1989, 739 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
310 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 68 monthly and 669 daily.
Nqamakwe (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 88.0 mm (3.5 in) on 1 October 1989.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

739 stations

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

Weather records on 1 October 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Keanae 346	United States	Record daily precipitation	281.9 mm (11.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cuthbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lupi Upper 442	United States	Record daily precipitation	360.7 mm (14.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Groenkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sihota	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kailiili 436	United States	Record daily precipitation	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	158.6 mm (6.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pulaski Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemhof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Murom	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Exwell Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 12 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uitenhage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Die Hoogte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rtiscevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Headland	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ware Shoals	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Water Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aliceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Urepetiro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Armavir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ringgold 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thomaston 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orangeburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karabulak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ball Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Simao	China	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Hairyuzovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaverdale 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Balashov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brookgreen Gardens	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

739 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 167, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 308, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 1 October 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	167
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	308
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 1 October 1989 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 68, daily 669.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

560 broken records

Margins by which the 560 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 328.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1989

Top 20 records on 1 October 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1989	Nqamakwe (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	90 years	77 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1989	Keanae 346, US	daily rain	281.9 mm (11.1 in)	227.3 mm (8.9 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1989	Port Alfred, ZA	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1989	Lexington, US	all-time rain	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	13 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1989	Dontsa, ZA	daily rain	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	58 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1989	Bozeman Montana State UNIV, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	94 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1989	Cuthbert, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	18 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1989	Lupi Upper 442, US	daily rain	360.7 mm (14.2 in)	328.7 mm (12.9 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1989	Groenkloof, ZA	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1989	Sihota, ZA	daily rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1989	Monticello, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1989	Kailiili 436, US	daily rain	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1989	Hopewell, ZA	daily rain	158.6 mm (6.2 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1989	Fountain Head, ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1989	Arcadia, US	monthly high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	86 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1989	W Pt, US	monthly rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1989	Pulaski Wwtp, US	monthly rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1989	La Grange 1N, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1989	Beaufort MCAS, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1989	Bloemhof, ZA	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	49 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

1813 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1989. 1989 had 739 records.

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

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	384
2026	553

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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	546
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1