Weather Records on 23 July 1988

1,124 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 1988. Highest significance: Reading Wb City, US.

Key Facts for 23 July 1988

On 23 July 1988, 1,124 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
566 were record highs and 274 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,095 daily.
Reading Wb City set a daily record precipitation of 90.7 mm (3.6 in) on 23 July 1988.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

1,124 stations

1,124 station records on 23 July 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Montcornet	France	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Orly	France	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bourges	France	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Issik	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mill	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kropotkin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bretigny-Sur-Orge	France	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Murmansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gottingen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Konstantinovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dinther	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Appelscha	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dedemsvaart	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gemert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cockaponset Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fowlerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Top Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tsipa	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Balbay	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood Leflore AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Landor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heino_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vega de Alatorre	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eindhoven-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cumming 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Candor 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oak City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,124 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 219, Lowest daily maximum 135, Highest daily minimum 347, Lowest daily minimum 139, Heaviest daily rainfall 284.

Records on 23 July 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	219
Lowest daily maximum	135
Highest daily minimum	347
Lowest daily minimum	139
Heaviest daily rainfall	284
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 1988 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 22, daily 1,095.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

940 broken records

Margins by which the 940 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 1988

Top 20 records on 23 July 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 1988	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1988	Montcornet, FR	monthly rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1988	Helmond, NL	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1988	Orly, FR	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1988	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1988	Bourges, FR	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1988	Vouziers, FR	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1988	Issik, KZ	monthly rain	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1988	Oneonta, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1988	Le Bourget, FR	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1988	Mill, NL	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1988	Kropotkin, RU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1988	Talbotton, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1988	Bretigny-Sur-Orge, FR	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1988	Murmansk, RU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1988	Pontiac Wwtp, US	monthly rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	91 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1988	Moree, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1988	Leeds, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1988	Gottingen, DE	all-time high min	20.3 C (68.5 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1988	Konstantinovsk, RU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	43 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 1,124 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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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	899
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1