Weather Records on 8 February 1988

837 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1988. Highest significance: Barra Do Acungui, BR.

Key Facts for 8 February 1988

On 8 February 1988, 837 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
176 were record highs and 179 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 825 daily.
Barra Do Acungui set an all-time record daily precipitation of 206.1 mm (8.1 in) on 8 February 1988.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

837 stations

837 station records on 8 February 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barra Do Acungui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	206.1 mm (8.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Patrocinio Do Muriae	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chatswood Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pereque	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gingindlovu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carawatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Coroados	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	108.1 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Conservatoria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Humaita (Samarita) .	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	143.6 mm (5.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Salima	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Split Marjan	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Forest (Eling Forest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis (Pine Cliff)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Frogmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warragai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bannaby (Hillasmount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Miguel Arcanjo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Aterradinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Okeechobee	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arcturus Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond-Natal (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Makakatana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	146.5 mm (5.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Broadacres	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amatikulu(Mill)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chaska	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Giligulgul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wondalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rodovia Anchieta-Cota 400	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hallnas-Lund	Sweden	Record snow depth	101.0 cm (39.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Bingara (Emohta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karval	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coolah (Coolah Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

837 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 374, Heaviest daily snowfall 77, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 8 February 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	374
Heaviest daily snowfall	77
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 8 February 1988 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 9, daily 825.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

707 broken records

Margins by which the 707 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 1988

Top 20 records on 8 February 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1988	Barra Do Acungui, BR	all-time rain	206.1 mm (8.1 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1988	Patrocinio Do Muriae, BR	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1988	Chatswood Council Depot, AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1988	Pereque, BR	daily rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1988	Gingindlovu, ZA	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1988	Carawatha, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1988	Auburn, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1988	Fazenda Coroados, BR	daily rain	108.1 mm (4.3 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1988	Collector (Brookdale), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1988	Dalby Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	99 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1988	Conservatoria, BR	daily rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1988	Humaita (Samarita) ., BR	daily rain	143.6 mm (5.7 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1988	Salima, MW	daily rain	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1988	Split Marjan, HR	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1988	Sutton Forest (Eling Forest), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1988	Curlewis (Pine Cliff), AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1988	Frogmoor, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1988	Camden (Brownlow Hill), AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1988	Warragai, AU	daily rain	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1988	Black Rock, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	84 years	42 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

1798 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1988. 1988 had 837 records.

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

Records on 02-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1822	1
1829	1
1838	1
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	4
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	14
1896	1
1898	1
1899	9
1900	9
1901	5
1902	3
1903	18
1904	8
1905	2
1906	9
1907	16
1908	36
1909	8
1910	16
1911	47
1912	67
1913	22
1914	25
1915	30
1916	16
1917	45
1918	44
1919	39
1920	43
1921	39
1922	60
1923	41
1924	147
1925	685
1926	205
1927	59
1928	263
1929	458
1930	181
1931	398
1932	526
1933	1,064
1934	418
1935	370
1936	717
1937	738
1938	575
1939	315
1940	235
1941	342
1942	224
1943	459
1944	500
1945	530
1946	239
1947	553
1948	417
1949	346
1950	500
1951	811
1952	198
1953	462
1954	1,111
1955	448
1956	584
1957	998
1958	323
1959	274
1960	551
1961	863
1962	448
1963	933
1964	305
1965	793
1966	1,116
1967	539
1968	229
1969	561
1970	342
1971	1,146
1972	348
1973	759
1974	560
1975	346
1976	771
1977	704
1978	1,331
1979	1,355
1980	1,345
1981	736
1982	808
1983	492
1984	630
1985	1,256
1986	819
1987	835
1988	837
1989	2,241
1990	2,042
1991	1,376
1992	833
1993	894
1994	2,056
1995	1,004
1996	1,697
1997	725
1998	1,148
1999	1,633
2000	786
2001	1,743
2002	863
2003	719
2004	692
2005	865
2006	614
2007	657
2008	797
2009	1,217
2010	1,023
2011	883
2012	876
2013	733
2014	1,125
2015	1,344
2016	777
2017	1,648
2018	851
2019	1,386
2020	597
2021	970
2022	273
2023	414
2024	1,347
2025	886
2026	912

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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	662
50 to 100	38
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1