Weather Records on 21 July 1988

1,015 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 1988. Highest significance: Lensk, RU.

Key Facts for 21 July 1988

On 21 July 1988, 1,015 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
360 were record highs and 240 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 968 daily.
Lensk set an all-time record daily precipitation of 121.0 mm (4.8 in) on 21 July 1988.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

1,015 stations

1,015 station records on 21 July 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 July 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bagdad Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chalobay	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ross (Macquarie River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Northway AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Karaganda	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sayre	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (the Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
De Cocksdorps	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Den Burg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville McAlpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Troupsburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Galax Radio Wbrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
West Hickory River	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barnes	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charleroi Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lewis Hill (St Pauls River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Valley 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
De Koog	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tihvin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glens Falls Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hunt 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warffum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Contact	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chemung	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,015 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 168, Lowest daily maximum 119, Highest daily minimum 192, Lowest daily minimum 121, Heaviest daily rainfall 415.

Records on 21 July 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	168
Lowest daily maximum	119
Highest daily minimum	192
Lowest daily minimum	121
Heaviest daily rainfall	415
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 1988 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 37, daily 968.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

807 broken records

Margins by which the 807 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 1988

Top 20 records on 21 July 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 1988	Lensk, RU	all-time rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	43 years	77 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1988	Beachport, AU	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1988	Scottsburg, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	83 years	73 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1988	Cranbrook (Cranbrook House), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1988	Oatlands Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1988	Brenham, US	daily rain	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1988	Swansea (Kelvedon), AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1988	Bagdad Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1988	Apslawn, AU	monthly rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	97 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1988	Chalobay, KZ	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1988	Millicent, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1988	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	97 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1988	Kellevie, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	97 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1988	Ross (Macquarie River), AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1988	Greenville 2 NE, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1988	Northway AP, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1988	Swansea Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	97 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1988	Karaganda, KZ	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1988	Avon, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1988	Sayre, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 years	53 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

1794 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1988. 1988 had 1,015 records.

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

Records on 07-21 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1797	1
1813	2
1832	2
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1844	2
1854	1
1859	3
1865	3
1868	3
1872	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	2
1900	6
1901	13
1902	12
1903	10
1904	8
1905	13
1906	13
1907	12
1908	25
1909	18
1910	12
1911	37
1912	52
1913	41
1914	48
1915	81
1916	72
1917	136
1918	130
1919	51
1920	33
1921	55
1922	48
1923	132
1924	286
1925	202
1926	401
1927	191
1928	205
1929	360
1930	521
1931	549
1932	322
1933	208
1934	965
1935	236
1936	322
1937	253
1938	638
1939	415
1940	318
1941	226
1942	318
1943	253
1944	716
1945	300
1946	398
1947	795
1948	403
1949	603
1950	662
1951	427
1952	657
1953	351
1954	656
1955	582
1956	490
1957	447
1958	531
1959	940
1960	651
1961	388
1962	263
1963	470
1964	457
1965	748
1966	626
1967	313
1968	334
1969	636
1970	1,241
1971	475
1972	1,046
1973	871
1974	536
1975	380
1976	477
1977	708
1978	1,155
1979	964
1980	926
1981	1,352
1982	588
1983	1,234
1984	764
1985	554
1986	791
1987	1,025
1988	1,015
1989	973
1990	914
1991	812
1992	1,562
1993	866
1994	773
1995	1,247
1996	1,141
1997	849
1998	1,674
1999	814
2000	1,230
2001	889
2002	990
2003	1,250
2004	694
2005	1,420
2006	1,479
2007	1,145
2008	989
2009	1,306
2010	1,148
2011	1,414
2012	815
2013	526
2014	762
2015	704
2016	645
2017	433
2018	942
2019	755
2020	363
2021	574
2022	866
2023	816
2024	873
2025	881
2026	874

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Data for records on 1988-07-21: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	711
20 to 40	80
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1