Weather Records on 16 August 1988

1,594 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1988. Highest significance: Bannockburn, AU.

Key Facts for 16 August 1988

On 16 August 1988, 1,594 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,200 were record highs and 137 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 26 were all-time records, 98 monthly and 1,470 daily.
Bannockburn set a daily record precipitation of 28.0 mm (1.1 in) on 16 August 1988.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

1,594 stations

1,594 station records on 16 August 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Karabutak	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Slidell	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tampa Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Skipton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pinega	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 2WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Westmere (Montreux)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jonacatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Star Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carrera Larga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Empleado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Laporte	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Macuspana (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Macuspana (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Volochanka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque L&D 11	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith (Darra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
White Sands Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bonbeach (Carrum)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,594 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 651, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 549, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 257.

Records on 16 August 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	651
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	549
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	257
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1988 by timescale: all-time 26, monthly 98, daily 1,470.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,210 broken records

Margins by which the 1,210 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 142.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1988

Top 20 records on 16 August 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1988	Bannockburn, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1988	Geelong Salines (Moolap), AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1988	Karabutak, KZ	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1988	San Simon, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1988	Wessington Springs, US	all-time high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	79 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1988	Slidell, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1988	Tampa Intl AP, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1988	Skipton Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1988	Ballarat Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	75 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1988	Beaufort, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	75 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1988	Pinega, RU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1988	Glenwood 2WNW, US	monthly high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1988	Chilton, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1988	Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1988	Trawalla, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1988	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	88 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1988	Brownsville, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1988	Westmere (Montreux), AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1988	Tsu, JP	daily rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1988	Jonacatepec, MX	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	44 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 1,594 records.

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

Records on 08-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	2
1811	1
1827	1
1833	1
1835	1
1838	1
1841	1
1844	2
1850	1
1856	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	5
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1882	2
1883	2
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1890	5
1891	2
1893	6
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	4
1898	6
1899	2
1900	3
1901	7
1902	5
1903	12
1904	9
1905	9
1906	11
1907	20
1908	31
1909	25
1910	14
1911	16
1912	30
1913	88
1914	10
1915	32
1916	147
1917	27
1918	72
1919	13
1920	144
1921	42
1922	148
1923	135
1924	139
1925	92
1926	165
1927	314
1928	207
1929	509
1930	158
1931	336
1932	348
1933	260
1934	504
1935	496
1936	728
1937	818
1938	700
1939	340
1940	287
1941	371
1942	447
1943	579
1944	467
1945	370
1946	313
1947	477
1948	342
1949	345
1950	305
1951	423
1952	552
1953	558
1954	648
1955	558
1956	413
1957	402
1958	1,013
1959	354
1960	518
1961	866
1962	423
1963	897
1964	831
1965	565
1966	433
1967	829
1968	824
1969	684
1970	386
1971	641
1972	997
1973	592
1974	689
1975	766
1976	1,153
1977	831
1978	835
1979	1,698
1980	855
1981	766
1982	516
1983	1,251
1984	662
1985	1,063
1986	811
1987	1,120
1988	1,594
1989	730
1990	702
1991	601
1992	2,027
1993	820
1994	1,075
1995	1,542
1996	678
1997	1,284
1998	865
1999	697
2000	873
2001	1,136
2002	1,258
2003	1,220
2004	1,239
2005	813
2006	894
2007	1,442
2008	1,183
2009	1,128
2010	1,239
2011	896
2012	670
2013	770
2014	640
2015	841
2016	786
2017	672
2018	412
2019	430
2020	1,382
2021	825
2022	1,145
2023	1,354
2024	765
2025	661
2026	661

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Data for records on 1988-08-16: 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	1,180
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1