Weather Records on 26 August 1988

658 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1988. Highest significance: Loa, US.

Key Facts for 26 August 1988

On 26 August 1988, 658 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
399 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 642 daily.
Loa set a monthly record daily precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 26 August 1988.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

658 stations

658 station records on 26 August 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Loa	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Norwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Beaver Canyon Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Isabel 2 ENE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chumphon	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Junta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yerington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kanosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tonichi	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zimnegorskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Philip AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Asahikawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kolba	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blue	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gilroy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cayey 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Horda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huoshan	China	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bartlett Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Antioch Pumping Plt #3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kern River Ph 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tiraspol	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Corrales	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Natitingou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iwamizawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blackdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

658 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 177, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 222, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 121.

Records on 26 August 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	177
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	222
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	121
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 1988 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 642.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

484 broken records

Margins by which the 484 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1988

Top 20 records on 26 August 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1988	Loa, US	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	87 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1988	Norwood, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1988	Beaver Canyon Pwr House, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1988	Santa Isabel 2 ENE, PR	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1988	Goliad, US	daily high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1988	Chumphon, TH	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1988	Bodie California St Historic P, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	89 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1988	La Junta, MX	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1988	Valdez WSO, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1988	The Towers, ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1988	Yerington, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	93 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1988	Kanosh, US	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	78 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1988	Babuskin, RU	all-time high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1988	Hawthorne AP, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1988	Glenwood 3SW, US	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1988	Tonichi, MX	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1988	Corozal Substn, PR	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1988	Zimnegorskij Majak, RU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1988	Redlands, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1988	Washington, US	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	38 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

1797 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1988. 1988 had 658 records.

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

Records on 08-26 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1800	2
1802	1
1807	3
1809	1
1810	1
1811	1
1812	1
1813	2
1814	1
1816	1
1835	1
1837	1
1838	2
1850	1
1851	1
1854	4
1855	2
1858	2
1859	1
1861	1
1864	4
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1879	1
1881	2
1885	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	8
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	8
1901	21
1902	5
1903	16
1904	7
1905	9
1906	24
1907	7
1908	27
1909	27
1910	18
1911	17
1912	48
1913	20
1914	41
1915	20
1916	40
1917	44
1918	24
1919	106
1920	39
1921	41
1922	84
1923	83
1924	651
1925	107
1926	184
1927	287
1928	141
1929	116
1930	201
1931	183
1932	298
1933	330
1934	290
1935	327
1936	701
1937	417
1938	428
1939	310
1940	509
1941	555
1942	576
1943	682
1944	855
1945	456
1946	419
1947	458
1948	1,063
1949	506
1950	294
1951	276
1952	354
1953	726
1954	700
1955	611
1956	283
1957	566
1958	662
1959	607
1960	381
1961	503
1962	493
1963	526
1964	312
1965	553
1966	639
1967	569
1968	375
1969	599
1970	939
1971	515
1972	610
1973	633
1974	567
1975	581
1976	427
1977	763
1978	535
1979	1,098
1980	933
1981	916
1982	754
1983	1,144
1984	660
1985	944
1986	804
1987	1,576
1988	658
1989	949
1990	779
1991	883
1992	1,743
1993	1,063
1994	668
1995	1,085
1996	950
1997	1,297
1998	1,277
1999	1,023
2000	778
2001	1,654
2002	1,100
2003	815
2004	1,093
2005	878
2006	935
2007	1,039
2008	1,050
2009	654
2010	1,600
2011	1,374
2012	657
2013	807
2014	670
2015	990
2016	1,029
2017	527
2018	620
2019	858
2020	769
2021	527
2022	583
2023	1,144
2024	714
2025	1,344
2026	906

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Data for records on 1988-08-26: 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	464
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1