Weather Records on 1 September 1988

651 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 September 1988. Highest significance: Menindee (Weinteriga), AU.

Key Facts for 1 September 1988

On 1 September 1988, 651 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
219 were record highs and 146 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 601 daily.
Menindee (Weinteriga) set a daily record precipitation of 44.2 mm (1.7 in) on 1 September 1988.
Across 161 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

651 stations

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

Weather records on 1 September 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Menindee (Weinteriga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Gorjacinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ust-Barguzin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Keanae 346	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lupi Upper 442	United States	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Welverdiend (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Horinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Solnethnaya	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Weltevreden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Liman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moshi	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	196.1 mm (7.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rietvallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mac Mac Bos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stockdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oorschot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Suchiate	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cacahoatan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra (Onepah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chengdu	China	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Swaziland Ranch-Homest	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Waterbag)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zwartruggens (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pearl	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vlakplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mosdene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Suchiate	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frontera Hidalgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Borns (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bolshoj Ushkanij Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leyden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ceylon (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Doornfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Luqa	Malta	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zamokta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Doornkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Besonderheid"Byzonderhd."	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jungapeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hoidalen I Solum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Talisman I	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Katdoornput 29	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sullivans Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

651 records

Records set or tied on 1 September 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 130, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 284, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 1 September 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	130
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	284
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 1 September 1988 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 45, daily 601.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

517 broken records

Margins by which the 517 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 167.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 September 1988

Top 20 records on 1 September 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 September 1988	Menindee (Weinteriga), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	77 years	73 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1988	Gorjacinsk, RU	monthly rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1988	Ust-Barguzin, RU	all-time rain	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1988	Keanae 346, US	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	80 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1988	Lupi Upper 442, US	daily rain	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	167.4 mm (6.6 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1988	Welverdiend (Pol), ZA	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1988	Bierbank, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1988	Horinsk, RU	monthly rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1988	Solnethnaya, RU	monthly rain	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1988	Weltevreden, ZA	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1988	Liman, RU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1988	Moshi, TZ	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1988	El Dorado, MX	daily rain	196.1 mm (7.7 in)	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1988	Rietvallei, ZA	monthly rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1988	Mac Mac Bos, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1988	Eureka, ZA	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1988	Wrangell AP, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1988	Stockdale, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1988	Oorschot, ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1988	Suchiate, MX	daily rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	10 years	47 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 651 records.

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

Records on 09-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1806	1
1819	1
1827	1
1831	1
1838	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1869	3
1871	1
1873	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1881	5
1883	1
1886	3
1887	3
1888	2
1890	2
1892	2
1894	3
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	14
1902	5
1903	16
1904	9
1905	6
1906	26
1907	14
1908	26
1909	34
1910	22
1911	16
1912	47
1913	32
1914	23
1915	46
1916	16
1917	24
1918	31
1919	19
1920	31
1921	46
1922	67
1923	75
1924	210
1925	127
1926	182
1927	136
1928	166
1929	324
1930	264
1931	233
1932	550
1933	622
1934	654
1935	584
1936	385
1937	502
1938	373
1939	303
1940	333
1941	497
1942	532
1943	578
1944	377
1945	497
1946	642
1947	555
1948	460
1949	1,102
1950	849
1951	668
1952	644
1953	937
1954	407
1955	413
1956	504
1957	320
1958	427
1959	519
1960	408
1961	531
1962	368
1963	416
1964	621
1965	657
1966	596
1967	1,263
1968	604
1969	493
1970	502
1971	464
1972	518
1973	874
1974	895
1975	939
1976	627
1977	500
1978	809
1979	459
1980	671
1981	649
1982	642
1983	1,167
1984	619
1985	901
1986	964
1987	909
1988	651
1989	823
1990	749
1991	687
1992	1,010
1993	1,122
1994	1,291
1995	1,165
1996	823
1997	1,161
1998	1,159
1999	925
2000	1,613
2001	904
2002	778
2003	1,254
2004	827
2005	901
2006	1,157
2007	976
2008	1,204
2009	1,003
2010	1,313
2011	1,071
2012	874
2013	775
2014	515
2015	661
2016	522
2017	686
2018	399
2019	800
2020	689
2021	751
2022	1,016
2023	720
2024	938
2025	359
2026	521

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Data for records on 1988-09-01: 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 25	470
25 to 50	36
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1