Weather Records on 24 August 1988

1,093 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1988. Highest significance: Coimbatore/Peelamed, IN.

Key Facts for 24 August 1988

On 24 August 1988, 1,093 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
427 were record highs and 174 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,068 daily.
Coimbatore/Peelamed set a monthly record daily precipitation of 84.1 mm (3.3 in) on 24 August 1988.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

1,093 stations

1,093 station records on 24 August 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coimbatore/Peelamed	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Peeramon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Yungaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ft Payne	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mareeba Qwrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Danbulla Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hemet	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
La Palma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Villalba 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ensenada 1 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maud	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coamo 2 SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Richland Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Molloy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Silkwood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Northville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jajome Alto	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Springlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Pomeroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tottori	Japan	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan L M Marin Intl AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nive Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Vale (Manly Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zinder	Niger	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Breadalbane (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jety-Konur	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
West Buxton 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saratoga Springs 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nelsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ferron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valkenburg-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,093 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 165, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 262, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 492.

Records on 24 August 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	165
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	262
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	492
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1988 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 1,068.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

882 broken records

Margins by which the 882 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 145.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1988

Top 20 records on 24 August 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1988	Coimbatore/Peelamed, IN	monthly rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1988	Peeramon, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1988	South Johnstone Exp STN, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1988	Yungaburra, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1988	Malanda Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1988	Ft Payne, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1988	Kairi Research Station, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1988	Coloso, PR	monthly rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1988	Mareeba Qwrc, AU	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1988	Hagerstown, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	21 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1988	Danbulla Forestry, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1988	Hemet, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1988	La Palma, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1988	Villalba 1 SE, PR	daily rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1988	Ensenada 1 W, PR	daily rain	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1988	Merrill, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1988	Maud, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1988	Goulburn (Kippilaw), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1988	Coamo 2 SW, PR	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1988	Richland Springs, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	48 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 1,093 records.

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

Records on 08-24 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1817	2
1818	1
1824	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1845	1
1848	1
1853	1
1855	2
1859	1
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	2
1881	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	5
1897	1
1898	5
1899	7
1900	9
1901	6
1902	6
1903	13
1904	8
1905	10
1906	22
1907	20
1908	18
1909	36
1910	22
1911	41
1912	37
1913	17
1914	24
1915	182
1916	33
1917	51
1918	79
1919	66
1920	568
1921	52
1922	98
1923	167
1924	153
1925	177
1926	133
1927	338
1928	288
1929	250
1930	240
1931	312
1932	218
1933	305
1934	617
1935	305
1936	937
1937	390
1938	483
1939	271
1940	706
1941	263
1942	549
1943	496
1944	556
1945	404
1946	425
1947	821
1948	794
1949	260
1950	378
1951	459
1952	528
1953	479
1954	631
1955	426
1956	364
1957	686
1958	547
1959	555
1960	549
1961	502
1962	413
1963	505
1964	670
1965	461
1966	707
1967	536
1968	1,039
1969	734
1970	622
1971	586
1972	587
1973	572
1974	481
1975	722
1976	493
1977	842
1978	588
1979	475
1980	669
1981	579
1982	932
1983	915
1984	600
1985	892
1986	726
1987	1,213
1988	1,093
1989	944
1990	654
1991	599
1992	1,724
1993	987
1994	618
1995	1,111
1996	1,275
1997	1,872
1998	1,113
1999	905
2000	830
2001	872
2002	1,114
2003	1,848
2004	979
2005	718
2006	859
2007	1,530
2008	954
2009	1,085
2010	1,278
2011	1,479
2012	647
2013	395
2014	832
2015	886
2016	906
2017	398
2018	442
2019	416
2020	1,055
2021	788
2022	795
2023	1,437
2024	1,338
2025	1,084
2026	618

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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	809
20 to 40	55
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1