Weather Records on 13 August 1988

1,363 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 1988. Highest significance: Purdum, US.

Key Facts for 13 August 1988

On 13 August 1988, 1,363 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
939 were record highs and 176 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 1,321 daily.
Purdum set a daily record precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 13 August 1988.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

1,363 stations

1,363 station records on 13 August 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Purdum	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Raevsky	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bogorodskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Villahermosa (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Njaksimvol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dzaore	Russia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Dam 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hiroo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sokode	Togo	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Angel R. Cabada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	308.4 mm (12.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Watersmeet	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Birsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dequeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ufa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hudiksvall	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Juchitan de Zaragoza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Towson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cernuska	Russia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brimson 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,363 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 313, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 626, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 248.

Records on 13 August 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	313
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	626
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	248
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 1988 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 35, daily 1,321.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

999 broken records

Margins by which the 999 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 1988

Top 20 records on 13 August 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 1988	Purdum, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 August 1988	Montpelier, US	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 August 1988	Two Harbors, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 August 1988	Wallace 2W, US	monthly rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1988	Grand Rapids Forestry Lab, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1988	Van Wert 1 S, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1988	Palenque (Dge), MX	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1988	Napoleon, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	93 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1988	Raevsky, RU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1988	Bogorodskoe, RU	daily rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1988	Palisade, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1988	Villahermosa (Dge), MX	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1988	Njaksimvol, RU	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1988	Dzaore, RU	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1988	Trenton Dam 1N, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1988	Hiroo, JP	daily rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1988	Sokode, TG	daily high max	37.7 C (99.9 F)	6.8 C (12.2 F)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1988	Angel R. Cabada, MX	daily rain	308.4 mm (12.1 in)	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1988	Watersmeet, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1988	Pokegama Dam, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	46 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

1793 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1988. 1988 had 1,363 records.

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

Records on 08-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1843	2
1849	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	3
1864	3
1867	3
1868	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	3
1878	1
1879	1
1881	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	5
1889	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	9
1898	2
1899	4
1900	3
1901	3
1902	23
1903	12
1904	11
1905	11
1906	8
1907	3
1908	36
1909	33
1910	9
1911	41
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	32
1916	64
1917	62
1918	68
1919	38
1920	56
1921	34
1922	39
1923	84
1924	168
1925	145
1926	168
1927	113
1928	215
1929	184
1930	490
1931	596
1932	369
1933	291
1934	427
1935	400
1936	705
1937	370
1938	442
1939	276
1940	631
1941	516
1942	388
1943	611
1944	761
1945	355
1946	599
1947	685
1948	346
1949	420
1950	436
1951	373
1952	985
1953	238
1954	781
1955	732
1956	355
1957	432
1958	352
1959	363
1960	460
1961	503
1962	550
1963	583
1964	1,526
1965	734
1966	565
1967	1,091
1968	828
1969	663
1970	390
1971	431
1972	485
1973	452
1974	572
1975	462
1976	693
1977	678
1978	761
1979	1,198
1980	502
1981	534
1982	653
1983	647
1984	597
1985	829
1986	609
1987	1,106
1988	1,363
1989	637
1990	770
1991	845
1992	1,666
1993	993
1994	944
1995	1,910
1996	1,276
1997	1,009
1998	917
1999	1,363
2000	719
2001	861
2002	1,475
2003	1,993
2004	2,040
2005	1,418
2006	1,023
2007	1,243
2008	842
2009	806
2010	1,783
2011	736
2012	969
2013	430
2014	701
2015	653
2016	1,064
2017	523
2018	462
2019	653
2020	753
2021	928
2022	799
2023	763
2024	1,061
2025	714
2026	1,097

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Data for records on 1988-08-13: 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 20	948
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1