Weather Records on 1 August 1988

880 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 1988. Highest significance: Socorro, US.

Key Facts for 1 August 1988

On 1 August 1988, 880 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
617 were record highs and 129 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 31 were all-time records, 80 monthly and 769 daily.
Socorro set a daily record precipitation of 37.1 mm (1.5 in) on 1 August 1988.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

880 stations

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

Weather records on 1 August 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Keanae 346	United States	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lupi Upper 442	United States	Record daily precipitation	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Villahermosa (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Ansaldo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cnory	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kullen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Mitchell AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Junta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cihuatlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thoreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bailing-Miao	China	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Desviacion Alta Al Pedregal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Kara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Preobrazhenie	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emblem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Phanom	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vikulovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell Caverns	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

880 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 375, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 242, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 134.

Records on 1 August 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	375
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	242
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 1988 by timescale: all-time 31, monthly 80, daily 769.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

602 broken records

Margins by which the 602 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 175.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 1988

Top 20 records on 1 August 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 1988	Socorro, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	93 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 August 1988	Keanae 346, US	daily rain	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	51 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 August 1988	Lupi Upper 442, US	daily rain	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 August 1988	Hartford Wwtp, US	all-time high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1988	Caledonia, US	monthly high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	93 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1988	Hutchinson 1 N, US	monthly high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	91 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1988	Villahermosa (Dge), MX	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1988	Animas 3ESE, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1988	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1988	Presa Ansaldo, MX	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1988	Fond du Lac Wwtp, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	93 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1988	Lancaster 4 WSW, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	93 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1988	Cnory, GE	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1988	Antioch, US	monthly high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1988	Valparaiso Wtr Wks, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	93 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1988	Sibley, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	87 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1988	Windom, US	all-time high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1988	Halmstad, SE	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1988	Rushville, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	93 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1988	Toledo 3N, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	93 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

1797 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1988. 1988 had 880 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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Data for records on 1988-08-01: 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	587
25 to 50	9
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2