Weather Records on 3 September 1988

1,224 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 1988. Highest significance: Kurcum, KZ.

Key Facts for 3 September 1988

On 3 September 1988, 1,224 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
521 were record highs and 197 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 110 monthly and 1,106 daily.
Kurcum set an all-time record daily precipitation of 80.0 mm (3.1 in) on 3 September 1988.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

1,224 stations

1,224 station records on 3 September 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kurcum	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Glenloth Shingle Hut Hmsd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Zalma 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bloemfontein Airpor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Galveston	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
La Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	236.0 mm (9.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Burcher Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Junee Reefs (Clear Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ostuta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	238.5 mm (9.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tonala (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	206.8 mm (8.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Advance 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manton Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Verma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Qulin	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alectown (Vanvilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Allegan 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moravia 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fokstua	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mora Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgogrin North (Roloma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Preststulen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Regnier	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boyd	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra (Pearsby Hall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hitra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nyabyberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,224 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 278, Lowest daily maximum 165, Highest daily minimum 243, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 506.

Records on 3 September 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	278
Lowest daily maximum	165
Highest daily minimum	243
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	506
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 1988 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 110, daily 1,106.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

965 broken records

Margins by which the 965 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 149.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 1988

Top 20 records on 3 September 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 1988	Kurcum, KZ	all-time rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 September 1988	Corning, US	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	70 years	70 of 100 (Major)
3 September 1988	Glenloth Shingle Hut Hmsd, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 September 1988	Zalma 4 E, US	monthly rain	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	36 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 September 1988	Alvin, US	daily rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	105.1 mm (4.1 in)	43 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 September 1988	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	86 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 September 1988	Bloemfontein Airpor, ZA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1988	Galveston, US	daily rain	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	31 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1988	Arcadia, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1988	Cape Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1988	Centerville 5 NE, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	93 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1988	La Union, MX	daily rain	236.0 mm (9.3 in)	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1988	Burcher Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1988	Cedar Lake, US	all-time high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	77 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1988	Junee Reefs (Clear Hills), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1988	Ostuta, MX	daily rain	238.5 mm (9.4 in)	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1988	Doniphan, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1988	Tonala (Smn), MX	daily rain	206.8 mm (8.1 in)	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1988	Advance 1 S, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1988	Manton Dam, AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	50 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

1811 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1988. 1988 had 1,224 records.

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

Records on 09-03 in each year
Year	Records
1811	1
1823	1
1835	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	1
1854	1
1856	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1880	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	4
1892	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	3
1898	8
1899	1
1900	3
1901	3
1902	3
1903	4
1904	12
1905	22
1906	14
1907	13
1908	10
1909	22
1910	28
1911	87
1912	76
1913	21
1914	14
1915	20
1916	32
1917	20
1918	135
1919	68
1920	65
1921	116
1922	51
1923	134
1924	189
1925	290
1926	225
1927	67
1928	302
1929	431
1930	120
1931	429
1932	411
1933	270
1934	587
1935	453
1936	342
1937	774
1938	336
1939	656
1940	213
1941	406
1942	451
1943	286
1944	282
1945	404
1946	524
1947	1,515
1948	453
1949	281
1950	654
1951	455
1952	823
1953	846
1954	350
1955	492
1956	482
1957	315
1958	539
1959	380
1960	462
1961	996
1962	415
1963	295
1964	422
1965	472
1966	387
1967	901
1968	378
1969	516
1970	566
1971	570
1972	691
1973	766
1974	2,122
1975	530
1976	795
1977	542
1978	635
1979	755
1980	517
1981	518
1982	699
1983	947
1984	838
1985	983
1986	735
1987	666
1988	1,224
1989	723
1990	773
1991	782
1992	1,127
1993	1,226
1994	1,249
1995	1,409
1996	683
1997	1,274
1998	1,333
1999	1,520
2000	1,722
2001	799
2002	605
2003	1,259
2004	704
2005	727
2006	1,512
2007	1,032
2008	1,183
2009	801
2010	1,204
2011	1,252
2012	944
2013	694
2014	535
2015	760
2016	833
2017	1,122
2018	680
2019	644
2020	756
2021	493
2022	1,587
2023	969
2024	851
2025	533
2026	1,240

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Data for records on 1988-09-03: 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	884
20 to 40	49
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	3
140 to 160	1