Weather Records on 3 October 1988

525 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 1988. Highest significance: Poronajsk, RU.

Key Facts for 3 October 1988

On 3 October 1988, 525 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
248 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 495 daily.
Poronajsk set a daily record precipitation of 83.7 mm (3.3 in) on 3 October 1988.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

525 stations

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

Weather records on 3 October 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	83.7 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bujumbura	Burundi	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta Bush Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Villahermosa (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	254.3 mm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tylertown 5ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pueblo Nuevo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record low minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Casar	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laurens	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cradle Valley (Waldheim)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salto de Agua (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	218.2 mm (8.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dona Francisca (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Headland	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Usher Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Macon Middle Ga Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Girua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record low maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hamlet	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.1 C (104.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lowman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goldfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Talisman I	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tapachula (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leeds	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

525 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 182, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 October 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 October 1988 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 30, daily 495.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

406 broken records

Margins by which the 406 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 1988

Top 20 records on 3 October 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 1988	Poronajsk, RU	daily rain	83.7 mm (3.3 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1988	Bujumbura, BI	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1988	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1988	Augusta Bush Fld AP, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1988	Live Oak, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	66 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1988	Greenwood, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	89 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1988	Newberry, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1988	Thomasville 7 NE, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1988	Manati 2 E, PR	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	82 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1988	Villahermosa (Dge), MX	daily rain	254.3 mm (10.0 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1988	Tylertown 5ESE, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1988	Oxford 1 E, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1988	Salisbury, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	94 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1988	Pueblo Nuevo, MX	daily rain	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1988	Glennville 3NW, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1988	Podor, SN	daily low min	21.8 C (71.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	127 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1988	Greenville, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1988	Troy, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1988	Milton Exp STN, US	monthly rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1988	Carrollton, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	39 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

1834 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 1988. 1988 had 525 records.

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

Records on 10-03 in each year
Year	Records
1834	1
1838	1
1841	1
1844	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1859	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1890	3
1891	5
1893	4
1894	3
1895	1
1897	4
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	6
1902	20
1903	3
1904	1
1905	7
1906	29
1907	5
1908	21
1909	13
1910	13
1911	22
1912	53
1913	17
1914	31
1915	13
1916	93
1917	77
1918	28
1919	46
1920	25
1921	82
1922	38
1923	46
1924	41
1925	171
1926	233
1927	335
1928	213
1929	223
1930	184
1931	256
1932	185
1933	178
1934	122
1935	423
1936	192
1937	386
1938	464
1939	352
1940	175
1941	662
1942	212
1943	306
1944	489
1945	521
1946	296
1947	725
1948	272
1949	426
1950	1,038
1951	706
1952	731
1953	645
1954	1,142
1955	426
1956	222
1957	469
1958	951
1959	704
1960	189
1961	804
1962	433
1963	431
1964	503
1965	281
1966	618
1967	610
1968	547
1969	624
1970	481
1971	511
1972	452
1973	613
1974	1,999
1975	809
1976	943
1977	480
1978	410
1979	573
1980	860
1981	1,138
1982	476
1983	648
1984	1,050
1985	1,013
1986	1,501
1987	1,324
1988	525
1989	906
1990	680
1991	862
1992	990
1993	926
1994	1,433
1995	1,249
1996	962
1997	1,085
1998	1,413
1999	1,683
2000	859
2001	846
2002	1,388
2003	1,107
2004	534
2005	1,406
2006	973
2007	872
2008	690
2009	1,322
2010	989
2011	1,024
2012	778
2013	856
2014	574
2015	824
2016	756
2017	1,064
2018	826
2019	1,427
2020	817
2021	635
2022	478
2023	1,024
2024	876
2025	733
2026	649

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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	358
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2