Weather Records on 15 July 1988

1,157 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 July 1988. Highest significance: Chernjaevo, RU.

Key Facts for 15 July 1988

On 15 July 1988, 1,157 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
770 were record highs and 167 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 29 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 1,099 daily.
Chernjaevo set an all-time record daily precipitation of 224.8 mm (8.9 in) on 15 July 1988.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

1,157 stations

1,157 station records on 15 July 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 July 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnodar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vitoria de Santo Antao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shaki	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	India	Record daily precipitation	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hua Hin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Engelskirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gogland	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	394.5 mm (15.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marinette	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vega de Alatorre	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Groznyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dolgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Longford	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Croix Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston - Yeager AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lovsta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,157 records

Records set or tied on 15 July 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 337, Lowest daily maximum 125, Highest daily minimum 433, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 220.

Records on 15 July 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	337
Lowest daily maximum	125
Highest daily minimum	433
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 July 1988 by timescale: all-time 29, monthly 29, daily 1,099.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

829 broken records

Margins by which the 829 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 July 1988

Top 20 records on 15 July 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 July 1988	Chernjaevo, RU	all-time rain	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	112.9 mm (4.4 in)	12 years	71 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1988	Walthill 1E, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	73 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1988	Manchester, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1988	Meringa Sugar Exp STN, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1988	Krasnodar, RU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1988	Mather 3 NW, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1988	Vitoria de Santo Antao, BR	daily rain	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1988	Frederick Police Brks, US	monthly high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	87 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1988	Shaki, AZ	daily rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1988	Surat, IN	daily rain	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1988	Huajintlan, MX	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1988	Hua Hin, TH	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1988	Gloversville, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1988	Engelskirchen, DE	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1988	Gogland, RU	monthly high min	22.5 C (72.5 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1988	Arcadia, US	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	85 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1988	Tribes Hill, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1988	Reedsburg Wwtp, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1988	Hamada, JP	all-time rain	394.5 mm (15.5 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1988	Marinette, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	42 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 1,157 records.

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

Records on 07-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	1
1808	1
1824	2
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1838	1
1839	1
1840	2
1866	1
1868	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	10
1899	1
1900	1
1901	7
1902	4
1903	24
1904	9
1905	1
1906	10
1907	8
1908	7
1909	7
1910	14
1911	11
1912	44
1913	19
1914	35
1915	34
1916	27
1917	134
1918	33
1919	59
1920	78
1921	55
1922	111
1923	120
1924	126
1925	137
1926	487
1927	151
1928	367
1929	213
1930	503
1931	591
1932	649
1933	205
1934	554
1935	208
1936	905
1937	279
1938	227
1939	394
1940	320
1941	444
1942	275
1943	338
1944	228
1945	693
1946	421
1947	373
1948	397
1949	455
1950	503
1951	606
1952	825
1953	398
1954	784
1955	612
1956	351
1957	304
1958	859
1959	411
1960	576
1961	386
1962	724
1963	291
1964	670
1965	282
1966	494
1967	1,419
1968	661
1969	670
1970	542
1971	552
1972	681
1973	800
1974	692
1975	869
1976	790
1977	766
1978	815
1979	585
1980	1,168
1981	646
1982	938
1983	1,241
1984	841
1985	793
1986	773
1987	968
1988	1,157
1989	827
1990	1,202
1991	589
1992	904
1993	1,198
1994	1,027
1995	1,347
1996	1,076
1997	688
1998	1,170
1999	1,428
2000	1,276
2001	1,004
2002	1,177
2003	1,256
2004	714
2005	932
2006	1,535
2007	1,171
2008	532
2009	816
2010	941
2011	989
2012	927
2013	761
2014	1,016
2015	547
2016	672
2017	467
2018	645
2019	561
2020	614
2021	674
2022	621
2023	1,157
2024	823
2025	720
2026	961

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Data for records on 1988-07-15: 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 20	797
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1