Weather Records on 24 January 1988

766 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 1988. Highest significance: Clarens (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 24 January 1988

On 24 January 1988, 766 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 740 daily.
Clarens (Pol) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 115.0 mm (4.5 in) on 24 January 1988.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

766 stations

766 station records on 24 January 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clarens (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Capinzal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	228.9 mm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jacupiranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	204.4 mm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Do Cachoeira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor (Oaklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ponta da Praia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cumikan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Subauma	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	131.2 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tapirai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Registro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	182.7 mm (7.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Semjachik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Penola State Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pereque	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	227.2 mm (8.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Humaita (Samarita) .	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	248.4 mm (9.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pariquera-Acu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arnold	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 6 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Temilpa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Capomal	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ozernaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Partoun	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Morphettville Raceco	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Barros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bairro Registro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eldorado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Methoni	Greece	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Junta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluffs	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Itariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lanesboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coolatai (Willunga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bairro Igrejinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	164.2 mm (6.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Serrana Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lynch	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

766 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 396, Heaviest daily snowfall 78, Deepest snow cover 81.

Records on 24 January 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	396
Heaviest daily snowfall	78
Deepest snow cover	81

Records on 24 January 1988 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 19, daily 740.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

634 broken records

Margins by which the 634 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

24 January 1988

Top 20 records on 24 January 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 1988	Clarens (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1988	Oak City, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1988	Barra Do Capinzal, BR	daily rain	228.9 mm (9.0 in)	200.6 mm (7.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1988	Jacupiranga, BR	all-time rain	204.4 mm (8.0 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1988	Colonia Do Cachoeira, BR	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1988	Grand Meadow, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	91 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1988	Ventnor (Oaklands), AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1988	Ponta da Praia, BR	daily rain	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	109.3 mm (4.3 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1988	Bolsoy Santar, RU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1988	Cumikan, RU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1988	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1988	Subauma, BR	daily rain	131.2 mm (5.2 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1988	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1988	Centennial 1NE, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	9 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1988	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1988	Tapirai, BR	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1988	Registro, BR	daily rain	182.7 mm (7.2 in)	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1988	Osage, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	94 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1988	Ainsworth, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1988	Semjachik, RU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	46 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1988. 1988 had 766 records.

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

Records on 01-24 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1817	1
1823	2
1828	2
1834	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	15
1897	2
1899	7
1900	4
1901	2
1902	7
1903	6
1904	11
1905	8
1906	20
1907	24
1908	12
1909	69
1910	20
1911	11
1912	11
1913	27
1914	27
1915	30
1916	28
1917	63
1918	52
1919	55
1920	34
1921	45
1922	89
1923	78
1924	116
1925	67
1926	100
1927	172
1928	215
1929	396
1930	639
1931	436
1932	245
1933	605
1934	361
1935	731
1936	1,085
1937	600
1938	545
1939	198
1940	827
1941	987
1942	634
1943	715
1944	634
1945	130
1946	355
1947	788
1948	1,257
1949	1,123
1950	1,342
1951	466
1952	383
1953	815
1954	368
1955	536
1956	366
1957	305
1958	381
1959	702
1960	348
1961	508
1962	478
1963	1,710
1964	461
1965	537
1966	553
1967	1,249
1968	711
1969	1,049
1970	834
1971	534
1972	756
1973	472
1974	636
1975	523
1976	631
1977	532
1978	1,427
1979	1,436
1980	782
1981	1,324
1982	759
1983	786
1984	677
1985	583
1986	415
1987	842
1988	766
1989	673
1990	929
1991	1,034
1992	894
1993	1,433
1994	634
1995	578
1996	1,150
1997	822
1998	524
1999	1,745
2000	1,135
2001	750
2002	1,724
2003	1,485
2004	719
2005	1,078
2006	928
2007	1,136
2008	973
2009	1,046
2010	1,225
2011	810
2012	503
2013	768
2014	926
2015	617
2016	887
2017	958
2018	721
2019	627
2020	789
2021	517
2022	434
2023	657
2024	1,018
2025	715
2026	1,625

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Data for records on 1988-01-24: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	559
50 to 100	38
100 to 150	19
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	7
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1