Weather Records on 28 February 1988

810 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 1988. Highest significance: Wuhan, CN.

Key Facts for 28 February 1988

On 28 February 1988, 810 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
423 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 751 daily.
Wuhan set a daily record precipitation of 46.1 mm (1.8 in) on 28 February 1988.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

810 stations

810 station records on 28 February 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wuhan	China	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Huoshan	China	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zaaiplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blenheim Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Indal_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuk	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hefei	China	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Doornkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Temilpa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla 1NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rockdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dwaleni	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Binya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cacapava	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ben Lomond	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda N.S.Aparecida	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Purisima	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Doornbosch	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vaalpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springs (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springs-Olympia Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Attu	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.8 mm (5.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sandberg Ptrl Fc130B	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Erfurt-Bindersleben	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mitt. Paamiut	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Flitwick Grange	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Doornplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

810 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 257, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 166, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 255, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 28 February 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	257
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	166
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	255
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 28 February 1988 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 58, daily 751.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

639 broken records

Margins by which the 639 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 1988

Top 20 records on 28 February 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 1988	Wuhan, CN	daily rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1988	Huoshan, CN	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1988	Zaaiplaats, ZA	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1988	Blenheim Station, AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1988	Indal_D, SE	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	1 year	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1988	Nuuk, GL	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1988	Hefei, CN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1988	Doornkuil, ZA	all-time rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1988	Temilpa, MX	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1988	Murraysburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	107 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1988	Rolla 1NE, US	monthly high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	83 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1988	The Valley, AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1988	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	25.3 C (77.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	111 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1988	Insikeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1988	Mt Douglas, AU	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1988	Rockdale, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1988	Elsinore, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	82 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1988	Dillon U of Montana Western, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	86 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1988	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	86 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1988	Dwaleni, SZ	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	37 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 810 records.

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

Records on 02-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1799	1
1814	1
1836	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	2
1849	1
1858	3
1860	1
1866	1
1868	1
1870	2
1873	1
1875	3
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	3
1882	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	7
1889	1
1890	1
1893	5
1894	4
1895	3
1896	1
1897	3
1898	1
1899	1
1900	6
1901	4
1902	22
1903	49
1904	10
1905	7
1906	30
1907	17
1908	34
1909	10
1910	39
1911	43
1912	29
1913	21
1914	66
1915	15
1916	44
1917	26
1918	13
1919	52
1920	45
1921	136
1922	102
1923	58
1924	98
1925	91
1926	140
1927	73
1928	72
1929	211
1930	132
1931	197
1932	649
1933	139
1934	821
1935	375
1936	311
1937	315
1938	275
1939	1,084
1940	602
1941	404
1942	291
1943	275
1944	468
1945	298
1946	336
1947	431
1948	1,017
1949	593
1950	480
1951	684
1952	239
1953	304
1954	519
1955	881
1956	336
1957	234
1958	622
1959	360
1960	1,068
1961	311
1962	2,575
1963	564
1964	265
1965	413
1966	604
1967	611
1968	640
1969	384
1970	545
1971	811
1972	1,325
1973	516
1974	568
1975	429
1976	1,155
1977	419
1978	1,057
1979	563
1980	926
1981	1,035
1982	797
1983	950
1984	1,175
1985	596
1986	1,293
1987	1,820
1988	810
1989	1,083
1990	1,394
1991	594
1992	1,154
1993	1,303
1994	1,320
1995	1,205
1996	1,555
1997	1,441
1998	1,055
1999	809
2000	1,239
2001	1,187
2002	1,619
2003	744
2004	896
2005	1,011
2006	1,257
2007	1,196
2008	897
2009	1,016
2010	900
2011	1,423
2012	820
2013	732
2014	1,279
2015	1,686
2016	1,000
2017	869
2018	1,502
2019	998
2020	583
2021	855
2022	748
2023	1,083
2024	1,108
2025	729
2026	1,477

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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	626
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1