Weather Records on 1 July 1988

1,542 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 July 1988. Highest significance: Beaver, US.

Key Facts for 1 July 1988

On 1 July 1988, 1,542 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
274 were record highs and 963 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 283 monthly and 1,257 daily.
Beaver set a monthly record daily precipitation of 112.8 mm (4.4 in) on 1 July 1988.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

1,542 stations

1,542 station records on 1 July 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 July 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brazzaville	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	225.0 mm (8.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Webster Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blunt	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunisvaara	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Ahumada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Akeboda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ovesholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Levelland	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Peamiller (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Isim	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ugerup	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Evening Shade 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Steinhatchee 6 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Peterboro 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Herzberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maljamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Norderney	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jalostotitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,542 records

Records set or tied on 1 July 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 102, Lowest daily maximum 453, Highest daily minimum 172, Lowest daily minimum 510, Heaviest daily rainfall 304, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 1 July 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	102
Lowest daily maximum	453
Highest daily minimum	172
Lowest daily minimum	510
Heaviest daily rainfall	304
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 1 July 1988 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 283, daily 1,257.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,185 broken records

Margins by which the 1,185 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 133.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 July 1988

Top 20 records on 1 July 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 July 1988	Beaver, US	monthly rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	90 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 July 1988	Chernjaevo, RU	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 July 1988	Madison 3NNW, US	monthly low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	93 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1988	Brazzaville, CG	monthly rain	225.0 mm (8.9 in)	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	2 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1988	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	87 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1988	Enosburg Falls, US	monthly low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	93 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1988	Blue Hill Coop, US	monthly low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1988	Webster Springs, US	monthly low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1988	Alicia 2 NNE, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1988	Blunt, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1988	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1988	Kaunisvaara, SE	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1988	Lowville, US	monthly low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	92 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1988	Spencer, US	monthly low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	93 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1988	Villa Ahumada, MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1988	Creighton, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	94 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1988	Avon, US	monthly low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1988	Bedford, US	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1988	Cresco 1 NE, US	monthly low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1988	Maysville Wwtp, US	monthly low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	91 years	47 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

1793 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1988. 1988 had 1,542 records.

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

Records on 07-01 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1811	2
1816	1
1832	1
1833	1
1835	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1846	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1872	3
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1887	1
1888	4
1889	2
1890	2
1891	6
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	7
1896	1
1897	4
1898	10
1899	8
1900	2
1901	16
1902	6
1903	13
1904	18
1905	20
1906	14
1907	11
1908	11
1909	21
1910	30
1911	24
1912	51
1913	62
1914	126
1915	22
1916	30
1917	34
1918	57
1919	32
1920	293
1921	239
1922	55
1923	298
1924	350
1925	166
1926	95
1927	163
1928	65
1929	146
1930	163
1931	763
1932	300
1933	601
1934	220
1935	263
1936	425
1937	491
1938	355
1939	287
1940	393
1941	528
1942	510
1943	494
1944	252
1945	614
1946	432
1947	493
1948	278
1949	301
1950	435
1951	484
1952	271
1953	618
1954	619
1955	535
1956	420
1957	657
1958	496
1959	738
1960	386
1961	370
1962	280
1963	663
1964	403
1965	358
1966	504
1967	488
1968	721
1969	472
1970	632
1971	421
1972	474
1973	627
1974	738
1975	554
1976	768
1977	672
1978	718
1979	722
1980	959
1981	828
1982	1,606
1983	749
1984	766
1985	1,019
1986	965
1987	954
1988	1,542
1989	832
1990	1,405
1991	1,021
1992	1,689
1993	623
1994	936
1995	1,326
1996	637
1997	1,145
1998	1,280
1999	1,395
2000	593
2001	897
2002	1,090
2003	1,031
2004	768
2005	941
2006	674
2007	719
2008	857
2009	1,159
2010	1,146
2011	1,038
2012	1,295
2013	1,151
2014	517
2015	917
2016	515
2017	667
2018	764
2019	531
2020	820
2021	957
2022	759
2023	514
2024	660
2025	1,181
2026	958

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Data for records on 1988-07-01: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	1,135
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1