Weather Records on 10 September 1988

783 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 September 1988. Highest significance: Zuara, LY.

Key Facts for 10 September 1988

On 10 September 1988, 783 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
245 were record highs and 344 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 763 daily.
Zuara set a monthly record daily precipitation of 90.9 mm (3.6 in) on 10 September 1988.
Across 166 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 426 records.

Record Map

783 stations

783 station records on 10 September 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 September 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zuara	Libya	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bealiba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Anna	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	221.7 mm (8.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Whiting Fld NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Logan 4 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Morrl Morrl (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leting	China	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moonambel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Izium	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sernovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kolo 1033	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Danxho	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huamantla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tuxcueca	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Taxhimay	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Mixcoac	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alpharetta 4 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Temascales	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nochistlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chaoyang	China	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sandersville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Madero	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huejotzingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Russell Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Park City G.C.	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crediton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Las Flores	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Salto	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zapotitlan de Mendez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago Zautla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

783 records

Records set or tied on 10 September 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 114, Highest daily minimum 165, Lowest daily minimum 230, Heaviest daily rainfall 190, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 10 September 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	114
Highest daily minimum	165
Lowest daily minimum	230
Heaviest daily rainfall	190
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 10 September 1988 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 763.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

607 broken records

Margins by which the 607 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 157.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 September 1988

Top 20 records on 10 September 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 September 1988	Zuara, LY	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	56 years	73 of 100 (Major)
10 September 1988	Bealiba, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
10 September 1988	Anna, RU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1988	Milton Exp STN, US	daily rain	221.7 mm (8.7 in)	152.1 mm (6.0 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1988	Whiting Fld NAS, US	daily rain	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1988	Wewahitchka, US	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1988	Ft Logan 4 ESE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	91 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1988	Virginia City, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	94 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1988	Brewton 3 SSE, US	daily rain	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1988	Morrl Morrl (Valley View), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1988	Leting, CN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1988	Wallace 2 E, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1988	Butte Bert Mooney AP, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	93 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1988	Greenville, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1988	Moonambel, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1988	Izium, UA	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1988	Evergreen, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1988	Sernovodsk, RU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1988	Kolo 1033, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1988	Presa Danxho, MX	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	24 years	42 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

1812 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1988. 1988 had 783 records.

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

Records on 09-10 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1813	1
1814	2
1818	1
1838	2
1841	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1850	2
1854	3
1857	1
1858	1
1865	5
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	1
1897	7
1898	4
1899	10
1901	1
1902	10
1903	13
1904	5
1905	7
1906	23
1907	15
1908	15
1909	25
1910	26
1911	8
1912	62
1913	24
1914	43
1915	53
1916	15
1917	79
1918	33
1919	42
1920	132
1921	207
1922	78
1923	38
1924	335
1925	197
1926	68
1927	262
1928	109
1929	282
1930	161
1931	724
1932	258
1933	333
1934	247
1935	478
1936	336
1937	376
1938	369
1939	386
1940	410
1941	389
1942	271
1943	352
1944	470
1945	334
1946	295
1947	534
1948	432
1949	793
1950	394
1951	344
1952	476
1953	250
1954	271
1955	376
1956	834
1957	332
1958	435
1959	670
1960	376
1961	459
1962	798
1963	384
1964	710
1965	355
1966	330
1967	512
1968	846
1969	635
1970	582
1971	400
1972	477
1973	559
1974	522
1975	528
1976	1,041
1977	391
1978	883
1979	563
1980	716
1981	629
1982	687
1983	1,329
1984	824
1985	1,140
1986	960
1987	574
1988	783
1989	1,098
1990	782
1991	827
1992	745
1993	936
1994	816
1995	643
1996	1,003
1997	829
1998	1,832
1999	1,068
2000	1,088
2001	1,129
2002	1,298
2003	1,149
2004	652
2005	1,173
2006	1,110
2007	866
2008	975
2009	636
2010	1,273
2011	1,235
2012	793
2013	1,198
2014	894
2015	789
2016	1,085
2017	674
2018	1,030
2019	816
2020	2,105
2021	1,311
2022	633
2023	1,114
2024	933
2025	583
2026	832

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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 20	573
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	2