Weather Records on 3 July 1988

1,100 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 1988. Highest significance: Rico, US.

Key Facts for 3 July 1988

On 3 July 1988, 1,100 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
364 were record highs and 441 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 1,048 daily.
Rico set a daily record precipitation of 36.1 mm (1.4 in) on 3 July 1988.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

1,100 stations

1,100 station records on 3 July 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Karasjok	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Makkaur Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marmboo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Opelika	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kjahta	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McColl 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Esperanza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sihccajavri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quilberry Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newbern	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro del Gallo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Platanito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Proa Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Terrick Terrick Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cope Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Millaa Millaa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chester 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haamstede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,100 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 208, Highest daily minimum 224, Lowest daily minimum 233, Heaviest daily rainfall 295.

Records on 3 July 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	208
Highest daily minimum	224
Lowest daily minimum	233
Heaviest daily rainfall	295
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 1988 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 44, daily 1,048.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

863 broken records

Margins by which the 863 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 1988

Top 20 records on 3 July 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 1988	Rico, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	90 years	74 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1988	Viljujsk, RU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1988	Karasjok, NO	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 July 1988	Imperial, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1988	Vardoe, NO	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1988	Makkaur Fyr, NO	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1988	Marmboo, AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1988	Covington 3 SW, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1988	Strawberry Hill (Bos), ZA	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1988	Ashland, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1988	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1988	Lisboa Geofisica, PT	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1988	Opelika, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1988	Milan Exp STN, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1988	Anna Creek, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1988	Coimbra, PT	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1988	Kjahta, RU	monthly low min	1.4 C (34.5 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1988	Lumpkin 2 SE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1988	McColl 3 NNW, US	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1988	Madison 3NNW, US	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	79 years	45 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 1,100 records.

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

Records on 07-03 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1806	1
1812	1
1816	1
1825	1
1827	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1855	1
1856	2
1857	3
1858	2
1863	1
1864	2
1870	3
1871	2
1872	2
1874	5
1876	1
1878	3
1879	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	3
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	5
1899	3
1900	5
1901	1
1902	6
1903	6
1904	21
1905	19
1906	12
1907	38
1908	18
1909	30
1910	17
1911	61
1912	36
1913	16
1914	55
1915	29
1916	28
1917	67
1918	55
1919	27
1920	179
1921	68
1922	73
1923	244
1924	290
1925	136
1926	140
1927	281
1928	84
1929	315
1930	581
1931	450
1932	326
1933	467
1934	396
1935	275
1936	523
1937	266
1938	294
1939	250
1940	383
1941	395
1942	428
1943	404
1944	498
1945	203
1946	243
1947	466
1948	242
1949	572
1950	479
1951	355
1952	346
1953	584
1954	384
1955	447
1956	528
1957	589
1958	414
1959	240
1960	717
1961	491
1962	547
1963	424
1964	896
1965	370
1966	780
1967	801
1968	729
1969	555
1970	605
1971	472
1972	986
1973	666
1974	685
1975	678
1976	888
1977	362
1978	1,268
1979	738
1980	959
1981	685
1982	913
1983	861
1984	738
1985	766
1986	1,183
1987	706
1988	1,100
1989	962
1990	1,197
1991	993
1992	1,371
1993	804
1994	950
1995	1,024
1996	872
1997	1,071
1998	862
1999	1,228
2000	667
2001	1,222
2002	1,251
2003	775
2004	767
2005	735
2006	943
2007	977
2008	839
2009	1,030
2010	1,310
2011	979
2012	933
2013	1,166
2014	661
2015	1,216
2016	785
2017	451
2018	923
2019	495
2020	378
2021	873
2022	737
2023	595
2024	670
2025	865
2026	1,036

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Data for records on 1988-07-03: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 3 July 1988
Margin	Records
0 to 10	755
10 to 20	67
20 to 30	24
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	10
50 to 60	1