Weather Records on 7 August 1988

897 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1988. Highest significance: Socorro, US.

Key Facts for 7 August 1988

On 7 August 1988, 897 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
487 were record highs and 201 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 873 daily.
Socorro set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 7 August 1988.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

897 stations

897 station records on 7 August 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Vanavara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Waiakea Scd 88.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	278.1 mm (10.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Irbejskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tastyp	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kajlastuj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tulihe	China	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
N Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dairy Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sayre	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas (Bisbee) Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	45.4 C (113.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaverhead R/S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sandhill Rsch - Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corinne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aginskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pedernal 9 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Soljanka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Neozhidannyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mazanovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bugt	China	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Juarez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Safford Ag Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Mt 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stratton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whitney Point Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Tuna 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huma	China	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

897 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 193, Lowest daily maximum 112, Highest daily minimum 294, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 209.

Records on 7 August 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	193
Lowest daily maximum	112
Highest daily minimum	294
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1988 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 22, daily 873.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

612 broken records

Margins by which the 612 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 191.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1988

Top 20 records on 7 August 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1988	Socorro, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1988	Vanavara, RU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1988	Waiakea Scd 88.2, US	daily rain	278.1 mm (10.9 in)	191.7 mm (7.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1988	Irbejskoe, RU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1988	Tastyp, RU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1988	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1988	Kajlastuj, RU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1988	Willow City, US	monthly high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1988	Tulihe, CN	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1988	N Stratford, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1988	Dairy Creek, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1988	Sayre, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1988	Douglas (Bisbee) Intl AP, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1988	Cortland, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1988	Biskra, DZ	daily high max	45.4 C (113.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1988	Ft Madison, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	93 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1988	Micurinsk, RU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1988	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1988	Montevideo 1SW, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1988	Beaverhead R/S, US	monthly rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	29 years	39 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

1808 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1988. 1988 had 897 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,047

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Data for records on 1988-08-07: 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	591
25 to 50	17
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1