Weather Records on 23 February 1988

412 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 1988. Highest significance: Piacaguera (Efsj), BR.

Key Facts for 23 February 1988

On 23 February 1988, 412 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
156 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 398 daily.
Piacaguera (Efsj) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 431.4 mm (17.0 in) on 23 February 1988.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 554 records.

Record Map

412 stations

412 station records on 23 February 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Piacaguera (Efsj)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	431.4 mm (17.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Plooysburg S.A.P.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Leyden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Anastacio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Temilpa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kroonplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Encampment 10 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wanda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atilio Vivacqua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.7 mm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Luckhoff (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Emilianopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Tecomate	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grimeli I Krodsherad	Norway	Record snow depth	158.0 cm (62.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jacigua (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Florida Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brazzaville	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Purisima	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uruapan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bokfontein, Franklin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Malelane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Odnes	Norway	Record snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hillside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Snowhill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hallnas-Lund	Sweden	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Donald (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Angeles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Duas Barras (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aughrabies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sedalia	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Opihihale #2 24.1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston - Yeager AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chapingo (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Petrozawodsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Amatikulu(Mill)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Red Feather Lakes 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morbylanga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Neustrelitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

412 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 102, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 23 February 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	102
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 23 February 1988 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 9, daily 398.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

300 broken records

Margins by which the 300 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 February 1988

Top 20 records on 23 February 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 1988	Piacaguera (Efsj), BR	all-time rain	431.4 mm (17.0 in)	131.7 mm (5.2 in)	40 years	77 of 100 (Major)
23 February 1988	Koffiefontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	98 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 February 1988	Jamestown, ZA	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	108 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 February 1988	Philippolis (Pol), ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	106 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 February 1988	Plooysburg S.A.P., ZA	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1988	Bordeaux, ZA	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	95.7 mm (3.8 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1988	Leyden, ZA	daily rain	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1988	Santo Anastacio, BR	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1988	Temilpa, MX	daily high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1988	Kroonplaats, ZA	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1988	Eureka, ZA	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1988	Atlatlahuacan, MX	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1988	Manati 2 E, PR	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	85 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1988	Belmont (Pol), ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1988	Lake City, US	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1988	Grants Pass, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	82 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1988	Encampment 10 ESE, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1988	Wanda (Pol), ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1988	Seward AP, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1988	Atilio Vivacqua, BR	monthly rain	112.7 mm (4.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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 412 records.

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

Records on 02-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1802	2
1804	2
1810	1
1814	4
1815	1
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	8
1899	1
1900	5
1901	9
1902	3
1903	17
1904	13
1905	12
1906	21
1907	31
1908	19
1909	27
1910	35
1911	23
1912	46
1913	11
1914	37
1915	58
1916	80
1917	100
1918	31
1919	49
1920	44
1921	74
1922	158
1923	42
1924	156
1925	264
1926	63
1927	298
1928	199
1929	179
1930	690
1931	209
1932	318
1933	321
1934	725
1935	214
1936	430
1937	172
1938	224
1939	616
1940	274
1941	362
1942	355
1943	518
1944	430
1945	335
1946	346
1947	718
1948	450
1949	406
1950	517
1951	397
1952	414
1953	450
1954	654
1955	880
1956	599
1957	807
1958	958
1959	357
1960	802
1961	677
1962	659
1963	1,003
1964	594
1965	640
1966	614
1967	689
1968	1,038
1969	1,010
1970	422
1971	741
1972	843
1973	353
1974	562
1975	1,764
1976	737
1977	1,274
1978	1,263
1979	1,374
1980	520
1981	1,234
1982	972
1983	790
1984	942
1985	1,913
1986	955
1987	916
1988	412
1989	1,413
1990	2,157
1991	712
1992	760
1993	1,477
1994	1,452
1995	1,011
1996	1,603
1997	989
1998	1,401
1999	773
2000	1,701
2001	956
2002	1,228
2003	1,326
2004	802
2005	702
2006	581
2007	883
2008	914
2009	858
2010	1,440
2011	829
2012	770
2013	792
2014	502
2015	1,830
2016	660
2017	1,946
2018	1,728
2019	1,246
2020	794
2021	929
2022	2,595
2023	2,768
2024	373
2025	984
2026	951

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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	286
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2