Weather Records on 7 March 1988

796 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 March 1988. Highest significance: Beulah 1 W, US.

Key Facts for 7 March 1988

On 7 March 1988, 796 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
187 were record highs and 201 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 768 daily.
Beulah 1 W set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 7 March 1988.
Across 171 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

796 stations

796 station records on 7 March 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 March 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beulah 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pormpuraaw Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.0 mm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aughrabies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pyramid	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tabora Airport	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jamay	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Corrales	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record snow depth	74.0 cm (29.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atemajac de Brizuela	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Encampment 10 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Puente San Isidro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huerta Vieja	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Hurtado	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Encampment 10 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Annette AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tapalpa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalajara (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Driggs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz Das Palmeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ingenio Tamazula	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palpan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	146.0 cm (57.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tabankulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cuimato	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Attu	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nagold	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roetgen	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bad-Calmbach Wildbad	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riverdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Purisima	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St. Brandon (St. Ra	Mauritius	Record high minimum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ajojucar	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ejutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palo Verde	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria de Itabira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Heidenheim/Brenz	Germany	Record snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cuimato	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

796 records

Records set or tied on 7 March 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 130, Highest daily minimum 146, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 305, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 62.

Records on 7 March 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	130
Highest daily minimum	146
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	305
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	62

Records on 7 March 1988 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 23, daily 768.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

653 broken records

Margins by which the 653 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 March 1988

Top 20 records on 7 March 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 March 1988	Beulah 1 W, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1988	Pormpuraaw Township, AU	daily rain	179.0 mm (7.0 in)	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1988	Aughrabies, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1988	Pyramid, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1988	Tabora Airport, TZ	daily rain	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1988	Jamay, MX	monthly rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1988	Cuitzeo, MX	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1988	Corrales, MX	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1988	Kempten, DE	daily snow depth	74.0 cm (29.1 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1988	Palermo, IT	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	162 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1988	Atemajac de Brizuela, MX	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1988	Centennial 1NE, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1988	Encampment 10 ESE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1988	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high min	15.5 C (59.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1988	Puente San Isidro, MX	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1988	New England, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	90 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1988	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	90 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1988	Pathfinder Dam, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1988	Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen, DE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1988	Huerta Vieja, MX	monthly low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	34 years	36 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 796 records.

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

Records on 03-07 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	1
1808	1
1813	1
1818	1
1822	1
1830	1
1834	1
1838	1
1840	1
1845	2
1849	2
1850	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	3
1865	1
1868	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1891	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	5
1895	4
1896	4
1897	3
1898	6
1899	5
1900	2
1901	6
1902	2
1903	4
1904	16
1905	5
1906	27
1907	7
1908	13
1909	57
1910	95
1911	26
1912	16
1913	101
1914	20
1915	22
1916	82
1917	54
1918	28
1919	39
1920	273
1921	86
1922	77
1923	91
1924	86
1925	273
1926	175
1927	155
1928	69
1929	103
1930	161
1931	384
1932	737
1933	152
1934	302
1935	274
1936	122
1937	258
1938	72
1939	255
1940	273
1941	333
1942	398
1943	1,024
1944	508
1945	318
1946	643
1947	448
1948	335
1949	452
1950	558
1951	1,098
1952	277
1953	351
1954	330
1955	462
1956	1,169
1957	428
1958	947
1959	238
1960	1,388
1961	614
1962	608
1963	363
1964	837
1965	300
1966	367
1967	998
1968	1,085
1969	650
1970	690
1971	664
1972	949
1973	1,258
1974	1,771
1975	560
1976	355
1977	674
1978	959
1979	837
1980	356
1981	883
1982	727
1983	1,646
1984	669
1985	549
1986	918
1987	2,048
1988	796
1989	2,215
1990	1,399
1991	859
1992	1,063
1993	563
1994	700
1995	2,011
1996	1,912
1997	716
1998	1,535
1999	960
2000	1,880
2001	766
2002	1,201
2003	886
2004	827
2005	1,043
2006	833
2007	1,031
2008	1,204
2009	1,015
2010	1,103
2011	808
2012	743
2013	655
2014	788
2015	1,090
2016	961
2017	773
2018	377
2019	1,245
2020	639
2021	270
2022	1,388
2023	1,130
2024	414
2025	1,046
2026	1,456

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Data for records on 1988-03-07: 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	611
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	7
300 to 350	3