Weather Records on 4 June 1988

1,468 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 June 1988. Highest significance: Cobar (Lerida), AU.

Key Facts for 4 June 1988

On 4 June 1988, 1,468 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
618 were record highs and 490 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 1,407 daily.
Cobar (Lerida) set a daily record precipitation of 41.0 mm (1.6 in) on 4 June 1988.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

1,468 stations

1,468 station records on 4 June 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 June 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Morkalla North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Whyalla (Norrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	200.4 mm (7.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Batatais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cowra Ag Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Esmeril (Cpfl) B4-005	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Byfield Childs Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moorang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Louth (Bloxham Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.1 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Careacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roundup	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Propria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guaxupe Aneel/Cesp	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pontal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Freguesia da Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Junta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buritizal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ituverava	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Webster Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Briceni	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pineville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,468 records

Records set or tied on 4 June 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 358, Lowest daily maximum 195, Highest daily minimum 260, Lowest daily minimum 295, Heaviest daily rainfall 359, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 4 June 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	358
Lowest daily maximum	195
Highest daily minimum	260
Lowest daily minimum	295
Heaviest daily rainfall	359
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 June 1988 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 57, daily 1,407.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,134 broken records

Margins by which the 1,134 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 107.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 June 1988

Top 20 records on 4 June 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 June 1988	Cobar (Lerida), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
4 June 1988	Morkalla North, AU	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 June 1988	Whyalla (Norrie), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1988	Pacific Heights, AU	monthly rain	200.4 mm (7.9 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1988	Cobar (Tambua), AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1988	Yongala, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1988	Batatais, BR	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1988	Wilsons Peak, AU	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1988	Cairo 3N, US	monthly low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	78 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1988	Cowra Ag Research Station, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1988	Usina Esmeril (Cpfl) B4-005, BR	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1988	Yaamba, AU	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1988	Byfield Childs Road, AU	daily rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1988	Palestine, US	monthly low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1988	Moorang, AU	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1988	Louth (Bloxham Street), AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1988	Estancia, BR	daily rain	95.1 mm (3.7 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1988	Careacu, BR	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1988	College Park, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	91 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1988	Melstone, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	79 years	44 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

1796 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1988. 1988 had 1,468 records.

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

Records on 06-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1804	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	4
1822	1
1834	1
1840	1
1845	1
1849	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1866	2
1868	1
1869	1
1871	7
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	6
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	5
1897	1
1898	4
1899	2
1900	6
1901	3
1903	13
1904	4
1905	17
1906	6
1907	18
1908	26
1909	21
1910	45
1911	15
1912	20
1913	18
1914	36
1915	15
1916	33
1917	31
1918	27
1919	122
1920	74
1921	68
1922	106
1923	827
1924	140
1925	388
1926	269
1927	352
1928	391
1929	610
1930	175
1931	100
1932	164
1933	343
1934	435
1935	250
1936	216
1937	231
1938	226
1939	315
1940	260
1941	371
1942	320
1943	778
1944	482
1945	1,330
1946	457
1947	456
1948	369
1949	553
1950	518
1951	553
1952	382
1953	304
1954	549
1955	293
1956	698
1957	567
1958	346
1959	309
1960	385
1961	609
1962	592
1963	562
1964	452
1965	246
1966	465
1967	477
1968	516
1969	870
1970	722
1971	453
1972	580
1973	467
1974	501
1975	436
1976	522
1977	809
1978	756
1979	843
1980	884
1981	1,020
1982	1,245
1983	896
1984	700
1985	1,546
1986	896
1987	941
1988	1,468
1989	1,244
1990	997
1991	1,197
1992	947
1993	974
1994	627
1995	736
1996	991
1997	1,054
1998	2,389
1999	859
2000	986
2001	1,222
2002	1,217
2003	1,352
2004	1,007
2005	939
2006	957
2007	867
2008	1,285
2009	796
2010	984
2011	1,208
2012	862
2013	419
2014	657
2015	588
2016	1,099
2017	484
2018	539
2019	496
2020	662
2021	1,604
2022	488
2023	630
2024	756
2025	566
2026	518

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Data for records on 1988-06-04: 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	1,085
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1