Weather Records on 22 September 1988

665 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 September 1988. Highest significance: Fond du Lac Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 22 September 1988

On 22 September 1988, 665 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
338 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 650 daily.
Fond du Lac Wwtp set a daily record precipitation of 83.1 mm (3.3 in) on 22 September 1988.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

665 stations

665 station records on 22 September 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 September 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Telchac Puerto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenbushes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Collie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Platteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Balingup - Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Waste Wtp Facility	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Antonio Prado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Capel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Severo-Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palomar Mtn Obsy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dalton	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lansing Capital City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodperry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olenek	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Allegan 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Painel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tura	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zapaluta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saskylah	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Passo Migliavaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yautepec	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Venice	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dona Francisca (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jaguari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bratsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

665 records

Records set or tied on 22 September 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 185, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 192.

Records on 22 September 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	185
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 September 1988 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 650.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

508 broken records

Margins by which the 508 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 September 1988

Top 20 records on 22 September 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 September 1988	Fond du Lac Wwtp, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 September 1988	Prairie du Chien, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1988	La Crosse River, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1988	Bridgetown Comparison, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1988	Telchac Puerto, MX	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1988	Greenbushes, AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1988	Achinsk, RU	daily high min	14.3 C (57.7 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	75 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1988	Eaton Rapids, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1988	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1988	Enisejsk, RU	daily high min	11.5 C (52.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1988	Lancaster 4 WSW, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	89 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1988	Sterling, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1988	Owensboro 3ENE, US	monthly high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1988	Collie, AU	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1988	Platteville, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1988	Mercedes, UY	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1988	Brunswick Junction, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1988	Balingup - Lilydale, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1988	Tiskilwa 2 SE, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1988	Rockwell City, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	86 years	36 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

1793 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1988. 1988 had 665 records.

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

Records on 09-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1824	1
1825	1
1827	1
1830	1
1835	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	2
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1851	3
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1881	2
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	3
1898	8
1899	12
1900	3
1901	3
1902	7
1903	4
1904	34
1905	5
1906	16
1907	12
1908	10
1909	6
1910	18
1911	17
1912	17
1913	43
1914	48
1915	23
1916	236
1917	128
1918	25
1919	64
1920	35
1921	44
1922	27
1923	118
1924	132
1925	265
1926	214
1927	160
1928	119
1929	166
1930	231
1931	732
1932	189
1933	230
1934	348
1935	231
1936	448
1937	507
1938	394
1939	266
1940	621
1941	424
1942	323
1943	266
1944	299
1945	739
1946	288
1947	583
1948	345
1949	385
1950	394
1951	419
1952	383
1953	253
1954	359
1955	584
1956	490
1957	580
1958	633
1959	416
1960	360
1961	555
1962	732
1963	351
1964	249
1965	841
1966	595
1967	507
1968	526
1969	488
1970	1,197
1971	500
1972	448
1973	509
1974	1,075
1975	591
1976	538
1977	632
1978	620
1979	991
1980	1,199
1981	754
1982	1,122
1983	2,060
1984	614
1985	820
1986	729
1987	1,300
1988	665
1989	1,155
1990	795
1991	758
1992	1,011
1993	1,448
1994	941
1995	2,498
1996	916
1997	851
1998	1,251
1999	1,172
2000	1,508
2001	604
2002	718
2003	1,472
2004	948
2005	1,155
2006	1,260
2007	896
2008	830
2009	985
2010	1,217
2011	611
2012	568
2013	673
2014	812
2015	666
2016	1,096
2017	1,272
2018	574
2019	651
2020	687
2021	432
2022	985
2023	905
2024	502
2025	387
2026	309

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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	457
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1