Weather Records on 23 March 1988

710 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1988. Highest significance: Ardath, AU.

Key Facts for 23 March 1988

On 23 March 1988, 710 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
379 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 698 daily.
Ardath set a daily record precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 23 March 1988.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

710 stations

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

Weather records on 23 March 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ardath	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Toledo FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Angeles	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Packwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elwha Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oderen	France	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hat Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gnowellan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stotten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bad-Calmbach Wildbad	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weaverville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norseman	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Baden-Baden-Geroldsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waldshut	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Valmora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kalannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Longzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hallnas-Lund	Sweden	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moshi	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eldon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pomeroy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mombasa	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Guaracha	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
York Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Capomal	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sarapul	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Trona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vandalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Thompson Welcome Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stampede Pass	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.6 cm (15.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Formosa Do Rio Preto (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

710 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 215, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 164, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 204, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 23 March 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	215
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	164
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 23 March 1988 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 698.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

561 broken records

Margins by which the 561 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

23 March 1988

Top 20 records on 23 March 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1988	Ardath, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1988	Toledo FAA AP, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1988	Port Angeles, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1988	Bradford, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1988	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily high max	11.6 C (52.9 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	84 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1988	Packwood, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1988	Lancaster, US	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	91 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1988	Tuscola, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1988	Saentis, CH	daily rain	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1988	Windsor, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	81 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1988	Holbrook, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	63 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1988	Elwha Rs, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1988	Oderen, FR	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1988	Kirov, RU	daily high max	9.2 C (48.6 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	57 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1988	Southern Cross, AU	daily high min	24.6 C (76.3 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1988	Hat Creek, US	monthly high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1988	Mud Mtn Dam, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1988	Port Washington, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	68 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1988	Gnowellan, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1988	Stotten, DE	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	29 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

1796 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1988. 1988 had 710 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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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	546
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2