Weather Records on 16 February 1988

452 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 1988. Highest significance: Klipplaat, ZA.

Key Facts for 16 February 1988

On 16 February 1988, 452 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
130 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 440 daily.
Klipplaat set a daily record precipitation of 58.7 mm (2.3 in) on 16 February 1988.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

452 stations

452 station records on 16 February 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Klipplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	107.1 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Trompsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chatswood Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vaalbank	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kasane	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mahalapye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Reitfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Loxton (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rheboksfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasgat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salina	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kaallaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Florida Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nooitgedag	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	159.0 cm (62.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Edenville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prinshof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grapevale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clarens (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Klipdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Altamura	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Purisima	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsrus (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boscobel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas Caa AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bochum	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kitoi Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lekkervlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fountain	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Junta Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz Das Palmeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sheenspost	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Patchogue 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glenrock 5 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tajima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tweespruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkins	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Reitz 36	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Broederstroom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

452 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 204, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 16 February 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 16 February 1988 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 9, daily 440.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

356 broken records

Margins by which the 356 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 260.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 February 1988

Top 20 records on 16 February 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 1988	Klipplaat, ZA	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1988	Heavitree, Estcourt, ZA	all-time rain	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1988	Oatlands, ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1988	Bushy Vales, Margate, ZA	daily rain	107.1 mm (4.2 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1988	Trompsburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1988	Chatswood Council Depot, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1988	Vaalbank, ZA	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1988	Saentis, CH	daily high max	5.4 C (41.7 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	102 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1988	Kasane, BW	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1988	Baldwinsville, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1988	Mahalapye, BW	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1988	Reitfontein, ZA	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1988	Loxton (Pol), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1988	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1988	Nueva Esperanza, MX	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1988	Roodepoort, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1988	Zugspitze, DE	daily high max	4.9 C (40.8 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	73 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1988	Ibapah, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	84 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1988	Sonnblick, AT	daily high max	1.8 C (35.2 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	73 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1988	Rheboksfontein, ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	38 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

1794 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1988. 1988 had 452 records.

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

Records on 02-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1798	1
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	3
1852	1
1855	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1867	4
1869	1
1872	2
1873	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	1
1885	7
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	5
1903	15
1904	32
1905	21
1906	3
1907	9
1908	24
1909	27
1910	11
1911	47
1912	10
1913	41
1914	81
1915	33
1916	47
1917	54
1918	34
1919	201
1920	21
1921	161
1922	26
1923	59
1924	399
1925	75
1926	48
1927	331
1928	495
1929	217
1930	193
1931	174
1932	316
1933	118
1934	260
1935	262
1936	1,063
1937	258
1938	449
1939	369
1940	298
1941	202
1942	541
1943	609
1944	274
1945	439
1946	273
1947	410
1948	636
1949	808
1950	419
1951	380
1952	301
1953	521
1954	1,526
1955	960
1956	1,031
1957	344
1958	1,480
1959	384
1960	254
1961	530
1962	496
1963	446
1964	370
1965	249
1966	608
1967	487
1968	291
1969	770
1970	945
1971	593
1972	658
1973	456
1974	380
1975	646
1976	1,272
1977	754
1978	1,221
1979	1,687
1980	852
1981	1,755
1982	995
1983	542
1984	997
1985	854
1986	814
1987	744
1988	452
1989	1,436
1990	2,564
1991	1,376
1992	694
1993	2,299
1994	609
1995	1,584
1996	1,088
1997	923
1998	2,256
1999	848
2000	926
2001	1,037
2002	974
2003	1,029
2004	807
2005	670
2006	1,347
2007	1,676
2008	639
2009	860
2010	1,416
2011	990
2012	588
2013	284
2014	970
2015	1,483
2016	1,212
2017	812
2018	1,032
2019	994
2020	1,453
2021	2,807
2022	562
2023	1,308
2024	937
2025	659
2026	934

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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	325
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1