Weather Records on 22 August 1988

1,133 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1988. Highest significance: Manfred Downs Station, AU.

Key Facts for 22 August 1988

On 22 August 1988, 1,133 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
350 were record highs and 281 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 71 monthly and 1,057 daily.
Manfred Downs Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 68.8 mm (2.7 in) on 22 August 1988.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

1,133 stations

1,133 station records on 22 August 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
Headingly Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Pabellon Campo Experimental	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Diamantina Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Birdsville Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Maxwelton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Burenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kidston Gold Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cordalba Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tannymorel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Woleebee Nevasa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Samarskoe	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hawarden	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton No.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Nash	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wilburra Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
The Hirsel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hillview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Munkfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Telemon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yandaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Brenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yacamunda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nanango East Forest 618	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Mogila)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Milray Station Wrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dotswood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mudgeacca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lightning Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Holstein	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dynevor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hebel Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saxby Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,133 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 260, Lowest daily minimum 155, Heaviest daily rainfall 502.

Records on 22 August 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	260
Lowest daily minimum	155
Heaviest daily rainfall	502
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1988 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 71, daily 1,057.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

901 broken records

Margins by which the 901 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 1988

Top 20 records on 22 August 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1988	Manfred Downs Station, AU	monthly rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	89 years	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
22 August 1988	Headingly Station, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
22 August 1988	Pabellon Campo Experimental, MX	all-time rain	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	77 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1988	Alton, US	monthly rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	75 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1988	Diamantina Lakes, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	72 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1988	Millungera Station, AU	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	71 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1988	Birdsville Police Station, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1988	Sac City, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	67 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1988	Pocahontas, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	67 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1988	Maxwelton Post Office, AU	monthly rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1988	Le Mars, US	daily rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	67 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1988	Elgin Downs, AU	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1988	Carroll, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	67 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1988	Canobie, AU	monthly rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1988	Burenda, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	94 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1988	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1988	Cordalba Store, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1988	Tannymorel, AU	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1988	Woleebee Nevasa, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1988	Samarskoe, KZ	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	57 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

1802 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1988. 1988 had 1,133 records.

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

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	781
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,359
2026	992

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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	801
20 to 40	66
40 to 60	26
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1