Weather Records on 25 May 1988

635 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 1988. Highest significance: Balfour Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 25 May 1988

On 25 May 1988, 635 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
235 were record highs and 212 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 626 daily.
Balfour Downs set a daily record precipitation of 51.0 mm (2.0 in) on 25 May 1988.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

635 stations

635 station records on 25 May 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 May 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Balfour Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Claiborne L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leningori	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sagaredzo	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shamhor	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mulbring (Vincent Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Appin Church St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maroota ( Roberts Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guacui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Udabno (Mount)	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caruthersville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abydos Woodstock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kobuleti	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hinckley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Martuni	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Fortaleza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ola	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Macwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anahuac	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Junta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Plevna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Granville Rsl Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lampazos (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pambula Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Massabesic Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hamlet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cataract Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Craigie (Bondi Forest Lodge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

635 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 145, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 140, Heaviest daily rainfall 187, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 25 May 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	145
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	140
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 25 May 1988 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 626.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

495 broken records

Margins by which the 495 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 1988

Top 20 records on 25 May 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 1988	Balfour Downs, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1988	Claiborne L&D, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1988	Tiskilwa 2 SE, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	87 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1988	Leningori, GE	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1988	Sagaredzo, GE	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1988	Rantoul, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	90 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1988	Shamhor, AZ	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1988	Albion, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	87 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1988	Gaylord, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1988	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	71 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1988	Dodgeville Wwtp, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	87 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1988	Springwood Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1988	Millington 1 SE, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1988	Hesperia 4 WNW, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	90 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1988	Mulbring (Vincent Street), AU	monthly rain	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1988	Appin Church St, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1988	Camden (Brownlow Hill), AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	82 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1988	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	75 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1988	Maroota ( Roberts Road), AU	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1988	Guacui, BR	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	33 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

1793 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1988. 1988 had 635 records.

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

Records on 05-25 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1797	1
1824	1
1830	1
1837	2
1839	1
1841	1
1846	2
1847	3
1848	1
1852	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1887	2
1889	3
1890	12
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	10
1902	2
1903	7
1904	14
1905	9
1906	41
1907	18
1908	25
1909	20
1910	35
1911	15
1912	21
1913	46
1914	33
1915	20
1916	33
1917	53
1918	22
1919	36
1920	59
1921	208
1922	118
1923	113
1924	277
1925	675
1926	221
1927	240
1928	301
1929	122
1930	156
1931	262
1932	358
1933	400
1934	219
1935	301
1936	407
1937	176
1938	456
1939	322
1940	259
1941	297
1942	534
1943	567
1944	392
1945	225
1946	371
1947	588
1948	317
1949	371
1950	644
1951	542
1952	436
1953	1,024
1954	284
1955	1,068
1956	940
1957	463
1958	439
1959	316
1960	493
1961	254
1962	567
1963	352
1964	716
1965	662
1966	295
1967	946
1968	394
1969	367
1970	385
1971	700
1972	477
1973	595
1974	820
1975	922
1976	412
1977	946
1978	581
1979	1,432
1980	1,160
1981	1,072
1982	714
1983	1,147
1984	677
1985	519
1986	500
1987	703
1988	635
1989	1,190
1990	656
1991	1,768
1992	1,682
1993	824
1994	773
1995	1,546
1996	1,304
1997	1,513
1998	882
1999	708
2000	1,417
2001	1,201
2002	1,001
2003	918
2004	903
2005	909
2006	801
2007	1,420
2008	840
2009	1,088
2010	1,512
2011	1,180
2012	1,616
2013	912
2014	761
2015	407
2016	429
2017	829
2018	800
2019	641
2020	564
2021	505
2022	752
2023	305
2024	688
2025	527
2026	913

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Data for records on 1988-05-25: 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 10	438
10 to 20	40
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1