Weather Records on 28 June 1988

1,224 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 June 1988. Highest significance: Kalkfontein, ZA.

Key Facts for 28 June 1988

On 28 June 1988, 1,224 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
549 were record highs and 316 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 1,160 daily.
Kalkfontein set a daily record precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 28 June 1988.
Across 158 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

1,224 stations

1,224 station records on 28 June 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 June 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kalkfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Versamelhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Elim (Hosp)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Waaihoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Broadlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cortez	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sandrivierspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bezeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Entabeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Severo-Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aniak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Haenertsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Laramie AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvoll Verk	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leksand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burno-Oktyabrsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tynda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tepalcingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McGaffey 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cuautla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kotel'nikovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Svartsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Washburn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
El Platanito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Liffey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Ixcuintla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ludvika	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma Castle Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gorodovikovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston (Kings Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amazar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bochum	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vallecito Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ticuman	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,224 records

Records set or tied on 28 June 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 243, Lowest daily maximum 117, Highest daily minimum 306, Lowest daily minimum 199, Heaviest daily rainfall 359.

Records on 28 June 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	243
Lowest daily maximum	117
Highest daily minimum	306
Lowest daily minimum	199
Heaviest daily rainfall	359
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 June 1988 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 60, daily 1,160.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

961 broken records

Margins by which the 961 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 June 1988

Top 20 records on 28 June 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 June 1988	Kalkfontein, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	82 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 June 1988	Versamelhoek, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 June 1988	Elim (Hosp), ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 June 1988	Waaihoek, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 June 1988	Broadlands, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 June 1988	Cortez, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 June 1988	Sandrivierspoort, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1988	Bezeck, RU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1988	East London -Signal STN, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	97 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1988	Entabeni (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1988	Rinconada, MX	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1988	Severo-Enisejsk, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1988	Aniak AP, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1988	Haenertsburg (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1988	Budapest, HU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1988	Laramie AP, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1988	Eidsvoll Verk, NO	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1988	Leksand, SE	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1988	Burno-Oktyabrsk, KZ	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1988	Tynda, RU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	49 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

1815 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1988. 1988 had 1,224 records.

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

Records on 06-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1823	1
1824	1
1827	1
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1841	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1867	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1884	1
1887	3
1888	4
1889	2
1890	5
1891	1
1892	4
1893	5
1895	1
1896	2
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	19
1902	8
1903	2
1904	12
1905	19
1906	24
1907	12
1908	10
1909	26
1910	51
1911	30
1912	21
1913	57
1914	50
1915	64
1916	99
1917	20
1918	46
1919	69
1920	146
1921	68
1922	45
1923	222
1924	105
1925	168
1926	335
1927	256
1928	176
1929	146
1930	195
1931	843
1932	218
1933	475
1934	594
1935	332
1936	556
1937	378
1938	591
1939	333
1940	256
1941	454
1942	570
1943	422
1944	386
1945	489
1946	401
1947	818
1948	435
1949	316
1950	340
1951	420
1952	685
1953	293
1954	427
1955	369
1956	582
1957	636
1958	749
1959	647
1960	290
1961	405
1962	333
1963	672
1964	328
1965	363
1966	394
1967	398
1968	1,286
1969	961
1970	897
1971	629
1972	503
1973	696
1974	953
1975	611
1976	661
1977	397
1978	797
1979	542
1980	1,754
1981	870
1982	737
1983	1,336
1984	448
1985	1,223
1986	657
1987	615
1988	1,224
1989	736
1990	1,006
1991	1,389
1992	1,306
1993	753
1994	1,209
1995	959
1996	1,094
1997	860
1998	1,271
1999	1,348
2000	1,297
2001	712
2002	1,020
2003	748
2004	965
2005	995
2006	1,051
2007	1,086
2008	554
2009	839
2010	1,186
2011	1,051
2012	1,204
2013	934
2014	695
2015	1,257
2016	424
2017	595
2018	711
2019	685
2020	915
2021	1,472
2022	853
2023	619
2024	694
2025	454
2026	1,942

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Data for records on 1988-06-28: 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	844
10 to 20	67
20 to 30	30
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1