Weather Records on 4 August 1988

1,204 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 August 1988. Highest significance: Achinsk, RU.

Key Facts for 4 August 1988

On 4 August 1988, 1,204 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
630 were record highs and 308 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 1,156 daily.
Achinsk set a monthly record daily precipitation of 61.9 mm (2.4 in) on 4 August 1988.
Across 165 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

1,204 stations

1,204 station records on 4 August 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 August 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Achinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chaska	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kassler	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kuching	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Perevoz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kudymkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rzev	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tillamook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus del Monte	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hvojnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nazare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tihvin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Smolensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cloverdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gunter 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nanning	China	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
London Locks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valdaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Borovici	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rodino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Los Limones (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morovis 1 N	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belzoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,204 records

Records set or tied on 4 August 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 253, Lowest daily maximum 121, Highest daily minimum 377, Lowest daily minimum 187, Heaviest daily rainfall 266.

Records on 4 August 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	253
Lowest daily maximum	121
Highest daily minimum	377
Lowest daily minimum	187
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 August 1988 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 35, daily 1,156.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

922 broken records

Margins by which the 922 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 August 1988

Top 20 records on 4 August 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 1988	Achinsk, RU	monthly rain	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	83 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 August 1988	Frankfort Downtown, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	89 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1988	Kanalohuluhulu 1075, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1988	Chaska, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1988	Auburn 2 SSE, US	all-time high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1988	Kassler, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1988	Kuching, MY	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1988	Longmont 2 ESE, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1988	Perevoz, RU	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1988	Plainville 4WNW, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1988	Atkinson 3SW, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1988	Newport, US	monthly rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1988	Ulricehamn, SE	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	94 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1988	Bailey, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1988	Kudymkar, RU	all-time rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1988	Indian Lake 2SW, US	monthly high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	87 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1988	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily low min	3.6 C (38.5 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	95 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1988	Rzev, RU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1988	Tillamook, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1988	Nicosia, CY	daily high min	25.1 C (77.2 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	94 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

1815 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1988. 1988 had 1,204 records.

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

Records on 08-04 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1830	2
1833	1
1835	1
1843	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1857	1
1859	2
1860	2
1863	1
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1874	3
1875	1
1878	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1888	4
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	1
1899	7
1900	6
1902	4
1903	18
1904	11
1905	19
1906	14
1907	20
1908	31
1909	27
1910	17
1911	23
1912	51
1913	15
1914	33
1915	85
1916	97
1917	29
1918	95
1919	34
1920	79
1921	67
1922	68
1923	146
1924	132
1925	77
1926	334
1927	136
1928	352
1929	224
1930	698
1931	371
1932	258
1933	347
1934	521
1935	367
1936	719
1937	258
1938	489
1939	433
1940	236
1941	383
1942	303
1943	468
1944	662
1945	355
1946	265
1947	845
1948	558
1949	421
1950	666
1951	680
1952	465
1953	1,017
1954	426
1955	624
1956	437
1957	343
1958	533
1959	303
1960	331
1961	745
1962	470
1963	438
1964	885
1965	409
1966	552
1967	428
1968	280
1969	638
1970	415
1971	813
1972	773
1973	748
1974	1,040
1975	772
1976	801
1977	599
1978	1,051
1979	510
1980	998
1981	636
1982	703
1983	920
1984	722
1985	634
1986	905
1987	892
1988	1,204
1989	738
1990	1,013
1991	769
1992	754
1993	1,046
1994	1,265
1995	1,117
1996	1,143
1997	891
1998	1,423
1999	762
2000	840
2001	1,087
2002	928
2003	1,309
2004	968
2005	1,246
2006	1,131
2007	685
2008	883
2009	681
2010	1,665
2011	1,536
2012	738
2013	452
2014	980
2015	505
2016	732
2017	1,134
2018	760
2019	499
2020	778
2021	691
2022	1,185
2023	1,150
2024	809
2025	840
2026	1,044

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Data for records on 1988-08-04: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 4 August 1988
Margin	Records
0 to 10	816
10 to 20	57
20 to 30	32
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	3