Weather Records on 14 July 1988

806 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 July 1988. Highest significance: Chalobay, KZ.

Key Facts for 14 July 1988

On 14 July 1988, 806 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
492 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 777 daily.
Chalobay set an all-time record daily precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 14 July 1988.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

806 stations

806 station records on 14 July 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 July 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chalobay	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Manley Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Algaras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vadstena	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bezeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bajanaul	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Overum	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sorbytorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kredarica	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saffle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Holmbo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sarah 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Juchitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kharkiv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ogestad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jermentau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsborg_Mo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottenberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saigo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	203.5 mm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolotlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kegg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Faisan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ringgold 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McGrath AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Addington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harbin	China	Record daily precipitation	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Diredawa	Ethiopia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Juana Diaz Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colony	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sojna	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	38.4 C (101.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Krasno-Armeysk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mascota (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Meade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monteagle	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arvika	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tapachula (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kisa_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

806 records

Records set or tied on 14 July 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 185, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 307, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 216.

Records on 14 July 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	185
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	307
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	216
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 July 1988 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 19, daily 777.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

570 broken records

Margins by which the 570 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 July 1988

Top 20 records on 14 July 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 July 1988	Chalobay, KZ	all-time rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1988	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1988	Maceio (Aeroporto), BR	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	73 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1988	Manley Hot Springs, US	all-time high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	78 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1988	Algaras, SE	all-time rain	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1988	Vysnij Volocek, RU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1988	Vadstena, SE	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1988	Bezeck, RU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	93 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1988	Bajanaul, KZ	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1988	Overum, SE	daily rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1988	Lugansk, UA	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1988	Sorbytorp, SE	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1988	Kredarica, SI	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1988	Saffle, SE	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1988	Vastervik, SE	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1988	Holmbo_D, SE	daily rain	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1988	Sarah 3 SE, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1988	Juchitlan, MX	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1988	Olands Norra Udde, SE	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1988	Srinagar, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	46 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

1802 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1988. 1988 had 806 records.

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

Records on 07-14 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1808	1
1824	1
1832	1
1840	2
1845	1
1856	1
1860	2
1864	2
1866	1
1875	1
1876	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1883	3
1884	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	4
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	10
1899	6
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	21
1904	18
1905	11
1906	18
1907	13
1908	15
1909	7
1910	23
1911	28
1912	116
1913	21
1914	43
1915	17
1916	18
1917	55
1918	72
1919	44
1920	44
1921	105
1922	31
1923	127
1924	156
1925	138
1926	500
1927	212
1928	221
1929	87
1930	497
1931	430
1932	623
1933	378
1934	413
1935	278
1936	1,019
1937	282
1938	202
1939	367
1940	536
1941	548
1942	278
1943	364
1944	240
1945	466
1946	229
1947	379
1948	422
1949	436
1950	726
1951	335
1952	995
1953	518
1954	1,141
1955	1,058
1956	360
1957	368
1958	455
1959	349
1960	554
1961	441
1962	922
1963	535
1964	618
1965	256
1966	668
1967	1,124
1968	553
1969	595
1970	477
1971	436
1972	588
1973	652
1974	654
1975	1,054
1976	693
1977	544
1978	495
1979	559
1980	1,178
1981	708
1982	809
1983	930
1984	862
1985	720
1986	722
1987	1,035
1988	806
1989	640
1990	1,748
1991	860
1992	999
1993	1,432
1994	1,250
1995	1,459
1996	1,038
1997	723
1998	1,350
1999	1,536
2000	999
2001	870
2002	1,401
2003	1,037
2004	638
2005	758
2006	998
2007	862
2008	683
2009	920
2010	1,678
2011	1,093
2012	1,114
2013	539
2014	711
2015	622
2016	682
2017	674
2018	475
2019	415
2020	635
2021	788
2022	575
2023	724
2024	784
2025	756
2026	1,037

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Data for records on 1988-07-14: 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	507
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1