Weather Records on 8 April 1988

1,224 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1988. Highest significance: Booligal (Belmont), AU.

Key Facts for 8 April 1988

On 8 April 1988, 1,224 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
633 were record highs and 180 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 1,198 daily.
Booligal (Belmont) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 74.5 mm (2.9 in) on 8 April 1988.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

1,224 stations

1,224 station records on 8 April 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Booligal (Belmont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Coramba (Glenfiddich)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.8 mm (6.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
San Julian (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Iacri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yarroweyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lerik	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tocumwal Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Reginopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Itau de Minas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Itajobi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ibitinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Itapora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.1 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Mulberrygong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bastos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Queiroz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pinhalzinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Abaixo (Faz.Cachoeira)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Presidente Alves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Vista Bonita	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Taciba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Naradhan (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Bremen	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Tres Marias	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Rio Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chakola (Riversdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Isabel Do Ivai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tapiratiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,224 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 354, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 279, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 377, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 8 April 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	354
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	279
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	377
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 8 April 1988 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 23, daily 1,198.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

998 broken records

Margins by which the 998 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1988

Top 20 records on 8 April 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1988	Booligal (Belmont), AU	monthly rain	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	91 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1988	Coramba (Glenfiddich), AU	daily rain	154.8 mm (6.1 in)	112.1 mm (4.4 in)	43 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 April 1988	San Julian (Dge), MX	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1988	Iacri, BR	daily rain	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1988	Yarroweyah, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1988	Lerik, AZ	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1988	Ennis, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1988	Tocumwal Airport, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1988	Reginopolis, BR	daily rain	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1988	Wahpeton 3 N, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1988	Itau de Minas, BR	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1988	Itajobi, BR	daily rain	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1988	Euabalong (Booberoi), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1988	Ibitinga, BR	monthly rain	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1988	Fazenda Itapora, BR	daily rain	78.1 mm (3.1 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1988	Kanalohuluhulu 1075, US	monthly low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1988	Hay (Mulberrygong), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1988	Bastos, BR	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1988	Queiroz, BR	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1988	Milan 1NW, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	88 years	40 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

1798 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1988. 1988 had 1,224 records.

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

Records on 04-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1809	3
1815	1
1830	1
1837	1
1838	1
1843	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	5
1865	1
1866	1
1871	3
1877	1
1879	1
1881	1
1883	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	4
1890	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	9
1903	9
1904	7
1905	20
1906	4
1907	20
1908	18
1909	16
1910	20
1911	17
1912	84
1913	8
1914	42
1915	69
1916	100
1917	42
1918	43
1919	82
1920	90
1921	440
1922	117
1923	109
1924	194
1925	184
1926	164
1927	160
1928	450
1929	614
1930	261
1931	447
1932	105
1933	158
1934	190
1935	523
1936	662
1937	129
1938	813
1939	707
1940	254
1941	235
1942	359
1943	534
1944	283
1945	669
1946	337
1947	263
1948	569
1949	206
1950	932
1951	244
1952	562
1953	519
1954	322
1955	306
1956	621
1957	397
1958	360
1959	421
1960	366
1961	623
1962	470
1963	566
1964	814
1965	473
1966	315
1967	568
1968	499
1969	765
1970	399
1971	798
1972	1,636
1973	1,104
1974	559
1975	1,410
1976	383
1977	1,469
1978	822
1979	446
1980	755
1981	736
1982	2,690
1983	1,321
1984	1,041
1985	826
1986	901
1987	783
1988	1,224
1989	1,360
1990	907
1991	1,886
1992	534
1993	706
1994	678
1995	812
1996	1,289
1997	2,009
1998	1,101
1999	1,221
2000	817
2001	1,865
2002	761
2003	1,918
2004	676
2005	976
2006	680
2007	2,681
2008	896
2009	1,027
2010	1,128
2011	1,197
2012	407
2013	711
2014	715
2015	825
2016	924
2017	584
2018	1,745
2019	826
2020	916
2021	742
2022	930
2023	585
2024	1,256
2025	484
2026	407

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Data for records on 1988-04-08: 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 20	919
20 to 40	58
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1