Weather Records on 16 July 1988

1,306 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 1988. Highest significance: Berlik, KZ.

Key Facts for 16 July 1988

On 16 July 1988, 1,306 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
916 were record highs and 151 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 61 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 1,215 daily.
Berlik set an all-time record daily precipitation of 85.0 mm (3.3 in) on 16 July 1988.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

1,306 stations

1,306 station records on 16 July 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Berlik	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	277.9 mm (10.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wytheville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bol'soe-Almaatinskoe-Ozero	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Burdett 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Huron	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yinchuan	China	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beemer	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mito	Japan	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leksand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mathias	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kurcum	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lapeer Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aginskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Rothenfelde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,306 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 498, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 418, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 239.

Records on 16 July 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	498
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	418
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 1988 by timescale: all-time 61, monthly 30, daily 1,215.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

970 broken records

Margins by which the 970 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 179.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 1988

Top 20 records on 16 July 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 1988	Berlik, KZ	all-time rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1988	Rajkot, IN	daily rain	277.9 mm (10.9 in)	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1988	Hancock Exp Farm, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1988	Wytheville, US	all-time high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	87 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1988	Bol'soe-Almaatinskoe-Ozero, KZ	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1988	Burdett 3S, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1988	Wasserkuppe, DE	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1988	Denison, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1988	Port Huron, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1988	Sorve, EE	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1988	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	86 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1988	Yinchuan, CN	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1988	Jefferson, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1988	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1988	Mt Sterling, US	all-time high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1988	Winter, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1988	Beemer, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1988	Cooperstown, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1988	Mito, JP	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1988	Leksand, SE	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	6 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

1798 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1988. 1988 had 1,306 records.

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

Records on 07-16 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1808	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1840	2
1845	1
1852	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1875	2
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1890	5
1891	2
1892	5
1894	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	9
1902	2
1903	18
1904	20
1905	4
1906	23
1907	7
1908	21
1909	17
1910	9
1911	24
1912	28
1913	23
1914	53
1915	41
1916	39
1917	90
1918	18
1919	56
1920	46
1921	66
1922	303
1923	180
1924	75
1925	179
1926	295
1927	170
1928	405
1929	192
1930	402
1931	527
1932	446
1933	224
1934	432
1935	284
1936	715
1937	307
1938	213
1939	599
1940	255
1941	363
1942	321
1943	297
1944	193
1945	702
1946	454
1947	568
1948	259
1949	417
1950	542
1951	537
1952	560
1953	366
1954	592
1955	548
1956	417
1957	221
1958	1,270
1959	341
1960	329
1961	402
1962	538
1963	251
1964	341
1965	437
1966	415
1967	1,067
1968	788
1969	702
1970	674
1971	766
1972	641
1973	880
1974	666
1975	742
1976	840
1977	829
1978	1,095
1979	543
1980	1,457
1981	569
1982	985
1983	1,362
1984	937
1985	528
1986	845
1987	916
1988	1,306
1989	1,074
1990	955
1991	627
1992	943
1993	1,053
1994	730
1995	929
1996	739
1997	707
1998	1,051
1999	998
2000	1,207
2001	1,073
2002	1,029
2003	1,492
2004	724
2005	1,023
2006	1,527
2007	1,186
2008	669
2009	839
2010	927
2011	1,221
2012	829
2013	853
2014	1,448
2015	605
2016	706
2017	419
2018	694
2019	476
2020	464
2021	661
2022	538
2023	1,150
2024	938
2025	764
2026	727

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Data for records on 1988-07-16: 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 25	944
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1