Weather Records on 27 August 1988

601 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1988. Highest significance: Rybacje, KG.

Key Facts for 27 August 1988

On 27 August 1988, 601 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
276 were record highs and 177 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 584 daily.
Rybacje set a daily record precipitation of 32.8 mm (1.3 in) on 27 August 1988.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

601 stations

601 station records on 27 August 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 August 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rybacje	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wickenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Scofield Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dno	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atil	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Opsoek (Pos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aguila	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Boqueron	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Raoul Isl/Kermadec	New Zealand	Record low maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quartzsite	United States	Record low maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Estes Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rantoul	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Denton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lista Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tunka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise Beryl Jct	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Panguitch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bilbao Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Darby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kirovohrad	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
London Locks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Archer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Heber (Black Mesa) Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

601 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 133, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 147, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 27 August 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	133
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1988 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 584.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

427 broken records

Margins by which the 427 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1988

Top 20 records on 27 August 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1988	Rybacje, KG	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1988	Goliad, US	daily high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1988	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1988	Wickenburg, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1988	Chama, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1988	Scofield Dam, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1988	Dno, RU	daily rain	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1988	Clermont 9 S, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1988	Colorado Nm, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1988	Atil, MX	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1988	Santander Centro, ES	daily high max	34.2 C (93.6 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1988	Cimarron, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1988	Opsoek (Pos), ZA	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1988	Aguila, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1988	Nevada City, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	93 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1988	Virginia City, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	94 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1988	The Towers, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1988	University Exp STN, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1988	El Boqueron, MX	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1988	Benton Harbor AP, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	93 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

1807 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1988. 1988 had 601 records.

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

Records on 08-27 in each year
Year	Records
1807	3
1810	1
1811	1
1813	1
1816	1
1827	1
1829	1
1834	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	3
1865	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1876	1
1877	4
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	10
1891	4
1892	1
1894	7
1895	1
1896	4
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	2
1903	22
1904	4
1905	16
1906	27
1907	9
1908	10
1909	10
1910	6
1911	16
1912	40
1913	10
1914	31
1915	37
1916	106
1917	57
1918	18
1919	78
1920	36
1921	27
1922	52
1923	63
1924	245
1925	102
1926	143
1927	395
1928	197
1929	80
1930	247
1931	205
1932	355
1933	368
1934	249
1935	348
1936	806
1937	679
1938	374
1939	191
1940	468
1941	504
1942	476
1943	581
1944	811
1945	414
1946	345
1947	291
1948	987
1949	475
1950	380
1951	415
1952	402
1953	712
1954	594
1955	485
1956	387
1957	615
1958	213
1959	522
1960	365
1961	365
1962	577
1963	335
1964	400
1965	440
1966	406
1967	887
1968	517
1969	780
1970	1,361
1971	640
1972	722
1973	1,519
1974	722
1975	506
1976	565
1977	793
1978	671
1979	917
1980	478
1981	998
1982	828
1983	823
1984	683
1985	660
1986	1,072
1987	1,356
1988	601
1989	854
1990	761
1991	813
1992	1,657
1993	1,087
1994	696
1995	1,143
1996	968
1997	1,189
1998	1,387
1999	1,258
2000	865
2001	1,304
2002	1,027
2003	916
2004	1,037
2005	733
2006	1,090
2007	958
2008	885
2009	701
2010	1,045
2011	1,518
2012	626
2013	629
2014	582
2015	832
2016	968
2017	838
2018	933
2019	1,013
2020	777
2021	635
2022	470
2023	953
2024	600
2025	1,218
2026	815

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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 10	388
10 to 20	22
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1