Weather Records on 7 July 1988

1,251 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 July 1988. Highest significance: Ivanhoe (Wokabity), AU.

Key Facts for 7 July 1988

On 7 July 1988, 1,251 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
829 were record highs and 200 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 39 were all-time records, 73 monthly and 1,139 daily.
Ivanhoe (Wokabity) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 57.4 mm (2.3 in) on 7 July 1988.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

1,251 stations

1,251 station records on 7 July 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 July 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bredbo (Bredbo Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mc Lean	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.4 mm (7.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Fairy (Merigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wallacia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.2 mm (5.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Daysdale (Dennison Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hkorol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Agadir	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Torrington Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Imbil Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coimbatore/Peelamed	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Borger	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Montague Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Snowball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sengilej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhnyaya Pesha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Botlih	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral Ridge Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canberra Airport Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dunbar Forest Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,251 records

Records set or tied on 7 July 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 547, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 282, Lowest daily minimum 140, Heaviest daily rainfall 222.

Records on 7 July 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	547
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	282
Lowest daily minimum	140
Heaviest daily rainfall	222
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 July 1988 by timescale: all-time 39, monthly 73, daily 1,139.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

963 broken records

Margins by which the 963 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 July 1988

Top 20 records on 7 July 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 July 1988	Ivanhoe (Wokabity), AU	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	101 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
7 July 1988	Bredbo (Bredbo Station), AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1988	Mc Lean, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1988	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	monthly rain	179.4 mm (7.1 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1988	Cobargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1988	Eden (Timbillica), AU	daily rain	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1988	Mount Fairy (Merigan), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1988	Wallacia Post Office, AU	monthly rain	147.2 mm (5.8 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1988	Bemboka Post Office, AU	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1988	Solon Springs, US	all-time high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1988	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1988	Daysdale (Dennison Street), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1988	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1988	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1988	Hkorol, RU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1988	Cathcart (Mount Darragh), AU	daily rain	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1988	Cathcart (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1988	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	12.3 C (54.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	105 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1988	Agadir, KZ	all-time rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1988	Torrington Exp Farm, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	48 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 1,251 records.

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

Records on 07-07 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1812	1
1813	1
1815	1
1819	3
1821	1
1825	1
1828	2
1835	1
1845	1
1850	1
1856	2
1857	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	1
1870	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	1
1877	3
1878	2
1879	1
1883	1
1887	4
1889	2
1890	8
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	3
1899	2
1900	14
1901	5
1902	13
1903	10
1904	4
1905	11
1906	12
1907	6
1908	26
1909	22
1910	16
1911	67
1912	31
1913	17
1914	49
1915	72
1916	126
1917	120
1918	42
1919	37
1920	42
1921	65
1922	135
1923	166
1924	166
1925	198
1926	135
1927	184
1928	200
1929	122
1930	332
1931	442
1932	315
1933	337
1934	390
1935	311
1936	795
1937	280
1938	268
1939	359
1940	467
1941	334
1942	516
1943	309
1944	411
1945	299
1946	208
1947	532
1948	404
1949	374
1950	431
1951	416
1952	515
1953	623
1954	622
1955	485
1956	1,170
1957	394
1958	749
1959	391
1960	663
1961	318
1962	294
1963	510
1964	549
1965	388
1966	304
1967	430
1968	624
1969	967
1970	391
1971	467
1972	1,155
1973	1,120
1974	652
1975	571
1976	679
1977	828
1978	794
1979	924
1980	848
1981	1,025
1982	795
1983	1,013
1984	1,044
1985	939
1986	770
1987	728
1988	1,251
1989	1,040
1990	781
1991	1,040
1992	938
1993	1,762
1994	1,394
1995	576
1996	1,218
1997	752
1998	1,382
1999	971
2000	823
2001	983
2002	667
2003	664
2004	1,084
2005	949
2006	1,061
2007	1,067
2008	1,174
2009	930
2010	1,411
2011	749
2012	1,423
2013	549
2014	539
2015	1,263
2016	717
2017	904
2018	550
2019	506
2020	556
2021	930
2022	744
2023	577
2024	1,277
2025	562
2026	522

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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	926
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1