Weather Records on 5 April 1988

1,054 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1988. Highest significance: Chatswood Council Depot, AU.

Key Facts for 5 April 1988

On 5 April 1988, 1,054 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
738 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 1,025 daily.
Chatswood Council Depot set a daily record precipitation of 115.6 mm (4.6 in) on 5 April 1988.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

1,054 stations

1,054 station records on 5 April 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chatswood Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	232.6 mm (9.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mt Glorious Fahey Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.6 mm (5.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Glen Innes (Mt Mitchell Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Paardefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tyalgum (Coodgee Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kalpowar Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kalinga Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Point Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Willowvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chermside Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Imbil Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sim Jue Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chillingham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kholo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brays Creek (Misty Mountain)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gravatt Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Amamoor Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.8 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Banyo Seminary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
McKenzie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wamuran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karragarra Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Doon Doon (McCabes Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wunburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yelarbon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woolners Arm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amberley AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,054 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 484, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 254, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 238, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 5 April 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	484
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	254
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 5 April 1988 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 27, daily 1,025.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

800 broken records

Margins by which the 800 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1988

Top 20 records on 5 April 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1988	Chatswood Council Depot, AU	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1988	De Vlei "de Kruis", ZA	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1988	Epping Chester Street, AU	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	88 years	71 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1988	Bellingen Post Office, AU	daily rain	232.6 mm (9.2 in)	125.9 mm (5.0 in)	55 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1988	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1988	Mt Glorious Fahey Rd, AU	daily rain	145.6 mm (5.7 in)	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1988	Glen Innes (Mt Mitchell Forest, AU	monthly rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1988	Beaver Is, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1988	Paardefontein, ZA	monthly rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1988	Koloa Mauka 994, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1988	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	126 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1988	Wilsons Peak, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1988	Lake Yellowstone, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	78 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1988	Tyalgum (Coodgee Street), AU	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1988	Grootfontein, ZA	monthly rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1988	Koolau Dam 833, US	daily rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1988	Kalpowar Forestry, AU	daily rain	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1988	Kalinga Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1988	Rocky Point Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1988	Willowvale, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	48 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

1809 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1988. 1988 had 1,054 records.

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

Records on 04-05 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1815	2
1828	1
1848	2
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1870	1
1874	2
1876	2
1879	2
1881	4
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	15
1904	3
1905	30
1906	4
1907	15
1908	12
1909	33
1910	74
1911	82
1912	44
1913	11
1914	31
1915	36
1916	38
1917	43
1918	66
1919	36
1920	94
1921	158
1922	126
1923	107
1924	46
1925	111
1926	394
1927	149
1928	382
1929	1,124
1930	155
1931	162
1932	254
1933	379
1934	302
1935	416
1936	576
1937	427
1938	215
1939	356
1940	214
1941	401
1942	448
1943	344
1944	831
1945	460
1946	290
1947	649
1948	262
1949	379
1950	593
1951	305
1952	517
1953	249
1954	605
1955	364
1956	304
1957	795
1958	479
1959	559
1960	770
1961	523
1962	324
1963	546
1964	675
1965	456
1966	518
1967	745
1968	590
1969	498
1970	499
1971	481
1972	685
1973	680
1974	652
1975	1,581
1976	335
1977	880
1978	486
1979	886
1980	486
1981	927
1982	1,964
1983	1,909
1984	703
1985	922
1986	800
1987	1,687
1988	1,054
1989	945
1990	868
1991	1,595
1992	827
1993	627
1994	734
1995	1,500
1996	827
1997	2,108
1998	808
1999	1,658
2000	1,194
2001	1,097
2002	790
2003	1,120
2004	756
2005	856
2006	1,070
2007	1,144
2008	685
2009	1,096
2010	926
2011	974
2012	745
2013	987
2014	444
2015	433
2016	828
2017	518
2018	906
2019	373
2020	483
2021	1,030
2022	758
2023	2,543
2024	1,289
2025	1,320
2026	782

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Data for records on 1988-04-05: 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	770
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1