Weather Records on 10 August 1988

792 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 August 1988. Highest significance: Kovda, RU.

Key Facts for 10 August 1988

On 10 August 1988, 792 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
450 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 758 daily.
Kovda set an all-time record daily precipitation of 165.1 mm (6.5 in) on 10 August 1988.
Across 160 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

792 stations

792 station records on 10 August 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 August 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kovda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Yichang	China	Record daily precipitation	229.1 mm (9.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moncegorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Morehead City 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Teriberka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lovozero	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Narva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Serov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jonacatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mulungu (Camarazal)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shionomisaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	195.0 mm (7.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cihuatlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murmansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ivdel	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palo Pinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Juarez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	48.9 C (120.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ijsselmonde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gari	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Otis 11 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Porter Rsch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bogalusa	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Picayune	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jersey City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Park River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tlacotepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Pwr Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Xai Xai	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Menza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Belle	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Okeechobee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Baudette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

792 records

Records set or tied on 10 August 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 186, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 264, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 206.

Records on 10 August 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	186
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	264
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	206
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 August 1988 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 27, daily 758.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

578 broken records

Margins by which the 578 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 145.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 August 1988

Top 20 records on 10 August 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 August 1988	Kovda, RU	all-time rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	109.3 mm (4.3 in)	4 years	66 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1988	Klerkskraal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	84 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1988	Yichang, CN	all-time rain	229.1 mm (9.0 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1988	Moncegorsk, RU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1988	Nelson Bay (Nelson Head), AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	90 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1988	Morehead City 2 WNW, US	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1988	Teriberka, RU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	79 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1988	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	83 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1988	Lovozero, RU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1988	Narva, EE	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1988	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	1 year	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1988	Serov, RU	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1988	Jonacatepec, MX	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1988	Seal Rocks Camping Reserve, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1988	Mulungu (Camarazal), BR	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1988	Talbotton, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1988	Shionomisaki, JP	daily rain	195.0 mm (7.7 in)	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1988	Houma, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1988	Cihuatlan (Dge), MX	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1988	Murmansk, RU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	7 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

1814 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1988. 1988 had 792 records.

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

Records on 08-10 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1815	1
1838	1
1845	2
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1857	2
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1869	2
1871	1
1877	1
1879	4
1881	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	7
1898	4
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	8
1904	12
1905	5
1906	16
1907	9
1908	7
1909	33
1910	10
1911	40
1912	39
1913	44
1914	27
1915	26
1916	88
1917	51
1918	43
1919	51
1920	101
1921	66
1922	78
1923	175
1924	245
1925	430
1926	80
1927	294
1928	160
1929	264
1930	299
1931	424
1932	251
1933	305
1934	662
1935	480
1936	487
1937	399
1938	382
1939	593
1940	386
1941	459
1942	420
1943	304
1944	1,006
1945	360
1946	303
1947	766
1948	339
1949	586
1950	324
1951	425
1952	395
1953	431
1954	372
1955	309
1956	522
1957	322
1958	443
1959	528
1960	470
1961	640
1962	761
1963	479
1964	553
1965	700
1966	1,231
1967	766
1968	784
1969	588
1970	702
1971	760
1972	1,175
1973	597
1974	719
1975	664
1976	855
1977	786
1978	495
1979	700
1980	849
1981	857
1982	1,070
1983	915
1984	956
1985	918
1986	535
1987	896
1988	792
1989	1,291
1990	736
1991	819
1992	1,051
1993	774
1994	1,338
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,504
1998	1,112
1999	945
2000	990
2001	1,192
2002	1,080
2003	1,556
2004	976
2005	1,225
2006	980
2007	1,476
2008	871
2009	869
2010	1,704
2011	1,247
2012	995
2013	599
2014	516
2015	583
2016	893
2017	636
2018	1,018
2019	754
2020	816
2021	553
2022	687
2023	782
2024	882
2025	659
2026	1,149

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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	545
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1