Weather Records on 15 April 1988

839 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 April 1988. Highest significance: Pahrump 4 NW, US.

Key Facts for 15 April 1988

On 15 April 1988, 839 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
296 were record highs and 191 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 818 daily.
Pahrump 4 NW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 36.6 mm (1.4 in) on 15 April 1988.
Across 159 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

839 stations

839 station records on 15 April 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 April 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pahrump 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Homer AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Zapadnaya	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Three Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dongara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carnamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manavi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Augustus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Latham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ytiniche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vardo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vaalbank	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Geraldton Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watheroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cristais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port-Gentil	Gabon	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Canyon Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willigulli North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Dam Fc425B-E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coomberdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low maximum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Porto Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Tomas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Jeronimo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sokode	Togo	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quebradillas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tower 2S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Narra Tarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perenjori	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Big Tujunga Dam Fc46	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Juncal Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saugus Pwr Plt 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Ni Fc102C	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mora Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parker Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Green Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pedrinhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rudnya	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

839 records

Records set or tied on 15 April 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 142, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 154, Lowest daily minimum 92, Heaviest daily rainfall 303, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 15 April 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	142
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	154
Lowest daily minimum	92
Heaviest daily rainfall	303
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 15 April 1988 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 818.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

685 broken records

Margins by which the 685 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 April 1988

Top 20 records on 15 April 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 April 1988	Pahrump 4 NW, US	monthly rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	79 of 100 (Major)
15 April 1988	Homer AP, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 April 1988	Zapadnaya, RU	monthly rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 April 1988	Three Springs, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1988	Los Alamos, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1988	Dongara, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1988	Florence, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1988	Carnamah, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1988	Manavi, AU	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1988	Bouse, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1988	Saint Maries, US	monthly high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1988	Mount Augustus, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1988	Latham, AU	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1988	Ytiniche, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1988	Vardo, NO	monthly rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1988	Vaalbank, ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1988	Geraldton Town, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1988	Cuyamaca, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	86 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1988	Ludington 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	81 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1988	Watheroo, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	78 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

1801 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1988. 1988 had 839 records.

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

Records on 04-15 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1817	1
1820	1
1844	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	1
1853	2
1855	2
1858	1
1862	3
1865	3
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	8
1893	2
1894	1
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	9
1901	2
1902	4
1903	8
1904	39
1905	11
1906	20
1907	18
1908	15
1909	18
1910	16
1911	20
1912	24
1913	39
1914	17
1915	13
1916	15
1917	35
1918	40
1919	22
1920	50
1921	59
1922	94
1923	178
1924	172
1925	168
1926	453
1927	321
1928	631
1929	91
1930	289
1931	388
1932	150
1933	300
1934	339
1935	515
1936	439
1937	277
1938	596
1939	789
1940	581
1941	628
1942	525
1943	1,037
1944	313
1945	783
1946	245
1947	532
1948	306
1949	419
1950	568
1951	504
1952	357
1953	475
1954	896
1955	484
1956	750
1957	378
1958	458
1959	314
1960	319
1961	877
1962	733
1963	714
1964	382
1965	504
1966	464
1967	599
1968	476
1969	555
1970	841
1971	640
1972	896
1973	667
1974	385
1975	780
1976	1,566
1977	649
1978	426
1979	370
1980	1,066
1981	724
1982	955
1983	1,343
1984	612
1985	788
1986	1,140
1987	579
1988	839
1989	836
1990	837
1991	769
1992	783
1993	1,156
1994	835
1995	805
1996	1,173
1997	1,031
1998	1,752
1999	1,249
2000	1,163
2001	1,043
2002	1,866
2003	1,760
2004	761
2005	583
2006	1,637
2007	1,776
2008	1,157
2009	853
2010	804
2011	1,162
2012	1,007
2013	1,146
2014	1,721
2015	739
2016	602
2017	474
2018	1,913
2019	610
2020	1,068
2021	494
2022	1,145
2023	912
2024	1,096
2025	860
2026	1,118

Download the Data

Data for records on 1988-04-15: 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	636
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1