Weather Records on 4 September 1988

1,259 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 September 1988. Highest significance: Kingston, US.

Key Facts for 4 September 1988

On 4 September 1988, 1,259 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
521 were record highs and 200 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 81 monthly and 1,165 daily.
Kingston set a daily record precipitation of 100.6 mm (4.0 in) on 4 September 1988.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

1,259 stations

1,259 station records on 4 September 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 September 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Severo-Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Moyoguarda	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
La Huerta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Roads 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cuautitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	246.9 mm (9.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cihuatlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tecoman (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hackberry 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Celina	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lithopolis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mary College	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeye Lake 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tiirikoja	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brjansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kamensk-Sahtinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maclear (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
W Blocton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huahuaxtla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	269.7 mm (10.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oyameles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Willits 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Grove Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dorset	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marshallville 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Askeryd	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meadville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tomatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Los Limones (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chatom	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,259 records

Records set or tied on 4 September 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 274, Lowest daily maximum 155, Highest daily minimum 247, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 538.

Records on 4 September 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	274
Lowest daily maximum	155
Highest daily minimum	247
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	538
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 September 1988 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 81, daily 1,165.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,028 broken records

Margins by which the 1,028 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 174.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 September 1988

Top 20 records on 4 September 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 September 1988	Kingston, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	89 years	76 of 100 (Major)
4 September 1988	Orenburg, RU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	93 years	71 of 100 (Major)
4 September 1988	Sparta, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 September 1988	Linesville 1 S, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 September 1988	Severo-Enisejsk, RU	monthly rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1988	Hiram, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1988	Sevastopol',Mgs, UA	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1988	Shubuta, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	82 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1988	Atzalan, MX	daily rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1988	Moyoguarda, MX	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1988	La Huerta, MX	daily rain	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1988	New Roads 5 NE, US	daily rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1988	Circleville, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1988	Spencer, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1988	Cuautitlan, MX	all-time rain	246.9 mm (9.7 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1988	Baton Rouge Metro AP, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1988	Cihuatlan (Dge), MX	daily rain	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	122.5 mm (4.8 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1988	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	7 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1988	Tecoman (Dge), MX	daily rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1988	Iguala (Smn), MX	all-time rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	49 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

1802 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1988. 1988 had 1,259 records.

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

Records on 09-04 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1823	1
1833	1
1837	1
1839	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1854	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	4
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	4
1900	1
1901	4
1902	4
1903	2
1904	7
1905	18
1906	16
1907	22
1908	9
1909	23
1910	91
1911	25
1912	29
1913	29
1914	19
1915	37
1916	24
1917	40
1918	96
1919	48
1920	105
1921	105
1922	62
1923	325
1924	167
1925	339
1926	256
1927	68
1928	341
1929	371
1930	102
1931	477
1932	429
1933	424
1934	393
1935	514
1936	309
1937	411
1938	236
1939	434
1940	287
1941	528
1942	323
1943	472
1944	341
1945	542
1946	431
1947	618
1948	409
1949	370
1950	642
1951	404
1952	645
1953	869
1954	372
1955	465
1956	586
1957	250
1958	384
1959	316
1960	552
1961	909
1962	733
1963	443
1964	507
1965	611
1966	428
1967	786
1968	546
1969	510
1970	644
1971	717
1972	513
1973	530
1974	2,279
1975	432
1976	582
1977	386
1978	940
1979	461
1980	355
1981	582
1982	617
1983	1,040
1984	1,107
1985	915
1986	663
1987	685
1988	1,259
1989	681
1990	787
1991	708
1992	1,132
1993	859
1994	1,001
1995	1,287
1996	907
1997	1,452
1998	1,564
1999	1,479
2000	1,336
2001	833
2002	767
2003	1,094
2004	898
2005	998
2006	1,268
2007	1,077
2008	1,335
2009	914
2010	1,804
2011	1,310
2012	1,209
2013	630
2014	461
2015	893
2016	597
2017	881
2018	758
2019	616
2020	957
2021	544
2022	1,256
2023	1,290
2024	985
2025	635
2026	1,222

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Data for records on 1988-09-04: 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	888
25 to 50	97
50 to 75	30
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1