Weather Records on 1 February 1988

1,699 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 1988. Highest significance: Mt Vernon 3 NE, US.

Key Facts for 1 February 1988

On 1 February 1988, 1,699 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,126 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 1,650 daily.
Mt Vernon 3 NE set a daily record precipitation of 83.3 mm (3.3 in) on 1 February 1988.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

1,699 stations

1,699 station records on 1 February 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 February 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	112.7 mm (4.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pacific	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Halaula 1110	United States	Record daily precipitation	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Temilpa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kilegrend	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tovdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hrazdan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greenup 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Marie (River)	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stiege	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Straitsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tveitsund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jerseyville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,699 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 541, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 585, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 416, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 1 February 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	541
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	585
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	416
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 1 February 1988 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 49, daily 1,650.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,468 broken records

Margins by which the 1,468 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 February 1988

Top 20 records on 1 February 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 1988	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	65 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1988	Nashville 1 E, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	65 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1988	Grafton, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1988	Ai-Petri, UA	monthly rain	112.7 mm (4.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1988	Olney 2S, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1988	Grand Coteau, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	91 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1988	Pacific, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1988	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1988	Union, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1988	Halaula 1110, US	daily rain	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1988	Lifjell, NO	monthly rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	77 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1988	Mt Carmel, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1988	St Charles Elm Pt, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1988	Valley Park, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1988	Feodosiia, UA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1988	Albion, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1988	Bedford 4 SW, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1988	Baton Rouge Metro AP, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1988	Newton 6 SSE, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1988	Temilpa, MX	monthly high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	31 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

1795 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1988. 1988 had 1,699 records.

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

Records on 02-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1830	1
1831	1
1846	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1862	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	4
1871	1
1873	1
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	5
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	4
1904	9
1905	7
1906	29
1907	13
1908	85
1909	23
1910	5
1911	38
1912	37
1913	35
1914	54
1915	51
1916	68
1917	69
1918	71
1919	21
1920	84
1921	36
1922	68
1923	249
1924	193
1925	80
1926	56
1927	110
1928	281
1929	178
1930	102
1931	264
1932	142
1933	283
1934	515
1935	441
1936	514
1937	270
1938	299
1939	271
1940	328
1941	365
1942	157
1943	281
1944	240
1945	469
1946	273
1947	352
1948	397
1949	604
1950	1,223
1951	1,756
1952	907
1953	552
1954	1,012
1955	296
1956	1,013
1957	539
1958	369
1959	398
1960	646
1961	479
1962	657
1963	1,161
1964	453
1965	453
1966	756
1967	628
1968	941
1969	485
1970	397
1971	1,597
1972	385
1973	716
1974	865
1975	634
1976	723
1977	516
1978	904
1979	1,728
1980	689
1981	961
1982	1,029
1983	1,463
1984	278
1985	2,572
1986	709
1987	826
1988	1,699
1989	1,772
1990	1,122
1991	554
1992	1,501
1993	819
1994	917
1995	1,330
1996	1,632
1997	883
1998	737
1999	1,031
2000	687
2001	1,124
2002	2,087
2003	1,301
2004	1,146
2005	714
2006	638
2007	930
2008	1,136
2009	506
2010	1,239
2011	1,204
2012	1,027
2013	704
2014	635
2015	958
2016	1,496
2017	424
2018	512
2019	816
2020	1,608
2021	570
2022	254
2023	416
2024	1,204
2025	557
2026	1,241

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Data for records on 1988-02-01: 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 50	1,447
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1