Weather Records on 28 September 1988

623 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 September 1988. Highest significance: Tatura Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 28 September 1988

On 28 September 1988, 623 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
202 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 605 daily.
Tatura Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 44.0 mm (1.7 in) on 28 September 1988.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

623 stations

623 station records on 28 September 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 September 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Central City	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tooraweenah (Denham St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Broke (Harrowby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eugowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bajanaul	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston (Hunthawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Puckawidgee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 2WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beemer	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gresham 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Naradhan (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winside	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton No.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hana AP 355	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Notla 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kerrabee (Murrumbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville Rch 1117	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waiahole 837	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

623 records

Records set or tied on 28 September 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 356, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 28 September 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	356
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 September 1988 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 605.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

553 broken records

Margins by which the 553 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 September 1988

Top 20 records on 28 September 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 September 1988	Tatura Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	82 years	71 of 100 (Major)
28 September 1988	Grenfell (Quondong Rd), AU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	95 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 September 1988	Carroll, US	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	65 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 September 1988	Chatsbury (Maryland), AU	monthly rain	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1988	Arcadia, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1988	Woodhouselee (Leeston), AU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1988	Onawa 3NW, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1988	Kailua 446, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1988	Wayne, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1988	Central City, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1988	Tooraweenah (Denham St), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1988	Geneva, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	94 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1988	Hastings 4N, US	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1988	Broke (Harrowby), AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1988	Eugowra Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	97 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1988	Bajanaul, KZ	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1988	Jerrys Plains Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1988	Hillston (Hunthawang), AU	monthly rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1988	Artichoke Lake 1 E, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1988	Emerald 1 W, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	15 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

1794 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1988. 1988 had 623 records.

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

Records on 09-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1826	1
1832	1
1849	2
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	3
1868	1
1869	2
1873	3
1874	3
1877	3
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	3
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	4
1899	6
1900	9
1901	2
1902	5
1903	19
1904	17
1905	17
1906	37
1907	27
1908	23
1909	16
1910	39
1911	62
1912	32
1913	37
1914	28
1915	57
1916	61
1917	35
1918	55
1919	38
1920	23
1921	39
1922	34
1923	150
1924	139
1925	191
1926	305
1927	194
1928	205
1929	432
1930	116
1931	233
1932	195
1933	459
1934	237
1935	282
1936	502
1937	313
1938	311
1939	552
1940	419
1941	479
1942	1,187
1943	440
1944	367
1945	1,034
1946	347
1947	647
1948	617
1949	359
1950	233
1951	441
1952	366
1953	842
1954	512
1955	409
1956	590
1957	695
1958	509
1959	874
1960	226
1961	385
1962	705
1963	666
1964	723
1965	582
1966	477
1967	978
1968	262
1969	244
1970	932
1971	954
1972	671
1973	886
1974	583
1975	502
1976	900
1977	784
1978	513
1979	915
1980	750
1981	752
1982	1,001
1983	941
1984	1,326
1985	1,189
1986	1,264
1987	825
1988	623
1989	847
1990	414
1991	821
1992	643
1993	627
1994	836
1995	794
1996	1,069
1997	681
1998	1,541
1999	1,533
2000	652
2001	791
2002	743
2003	929
2004	852
2005	1,088
2006	704
2007	837
2008	536
2009	792
2010	1,139
2011	1,025
2012	624
2013	790
2014	878
2015	673
2016	520
2017	755
2018	527
2019	1,388
2020	531
2021	740
2022	727
2023	772
2024	1,364
2025	464
2026	531

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Data for records on 1988-09-28: 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 10	428
10 to 20	71
20 to 30	29
30 to 40	13
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1