NEWS: 1989

As 1989 begins, it's cloudy and 39 degrees F at Baltimore's weather station (at BWI Airport). The wind is from the northeast at 9 miles an hour.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy; snow (1.5 inches) and rain from mid-morning to early afternoon; breezy in mid-morning; High temp. 39 F; Low temp. 33 F; Precipitation: 0.37 inch.  One inch of snow on the ground.

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Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, then clear, then cloudy; light snow (0.9 inches) late in the evening; High temp. 43 F; Low temp. 27 F; Precipitation: 0.12 inch (liquid). One inch of snow on the ground.

Baltimore gets 3.4 inches of snow in a snowfall that lasts from mid-morning through the afternoon.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy; snow (3.4 inches) and rain from mid-morning until evening; breezy at times; High temp. 34 F; Low temp. 27 F; Precipitation: 0.62 inch (liquid).  3 inches of snow on te ground.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy; rain in the morning; a light rain shower in mid-afternoon; High temp. 47 F; Low temp. 35 F; Precipitation: 0.54 inch.  A trace of snow on te ground.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 56° F; Low temp. 31° F, Precip.: None.

The total precipitation for Baltimore during January 1989 is 3.07 inches, including melted snow and ice, just under the normal amount of 3.08 inches.  The average daily high temperature for Baltimore during January 1989 is 47.2 degrees F, above the normal of 43.2 degrees.  The average daily low temperature for Baltimore during January 1989 is 28.5 degrees F, above the normal of 25.4 degrees.  A total of 6.0 inches of snow falls at Baltimore's official weather station during January 1989, just under the normal amount of 6.4 inches.

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Ruhollah Khomeini, also known as Ayatollah Khomeini, dies at age 89 in Tehran, Iran. He was an Iranian political and religious leader. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which saw the overthrow of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and the end of the Persian monarchy. Following the revolution, Khomeini became the country's first supreme leader, a position created in the constitution of the Islamic Republic as the highest-ranking political and religious authority of the nation, which he held until his death. He was born on May 17, 1900, in Khomeyn, Sublime State of Persia.

A new overpass carrying Route 198 over the Baltimore-Washington Parkway (near Laurel and Fort Meade) collapses, injuring 13 workers and one motorist.The cause was faulty supporting scaffolding. Concrete construction (pouring) had occurred the past evening on the bridge.

The total precipitation for Baltimore during August 1989 is 3.38 inches.

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes the San Francisco Bay Area of California, killing 67 people and causing more than $5 billion in damages. The quake is centered near Loma Prieta Peak (approximately 60 miles south of San Francisco) in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

During the earthquake, Candlestick Park (stadium) in San Francisco suffers damage to its upper deck as pieces of concrete fall from the baffle at the top of the stadium and the power is knocked out. The earthquake occurs just a few minutes before Game 3 of the World Series was to begin, between the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics. The game is postponed out of concerns for the safety of everyone in the ballpark as well as the loss of power. (The World Series resumes on October 27 and finishes the next day.)

Baltimore gets 4.1 inches of snow in a storm that lasts from mid-morning to mid-evening.

BWI Airport gets 4.1 inches of snow, the greatest snowfall on one day for BWI Airport in 1989.

Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy; light rain and snow in the early morning and at midday; rain in the evening; High temp. 40 F; Low temp. 33 F; Precipitation: 0.81 inch (liquid).

The total precipitation for Baltimore during December 1989 is 2.12 inches, including melted snow and ice.

Total precipitation for Baltimore in 1989 is 51.88 inches, about ten inches above normal.