Weather Records on 9 October 1988

1,060 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 October 1988. Highest significance: Komisarivka, UA.

Key Facts for 9 October 1988

On 9 October 1988, 1,060 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
263 were record highs and 394 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 1,043 daily.
Komisarivka set a daily record precipitation of 48.1 mm (1.9 in) on 9 October 1988.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

1,060 stations

1,060 station records on 9 October 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 October 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Komisarivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Faverges-de-la-Tour	France	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Huma	China	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mazanovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Callantsoog	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Makkum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tvingelshed	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
De Kooy	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Framingham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minchumina	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hayfield Pumping Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carawatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
De Cocksdorps	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Groenkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sumy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Norderney	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morko	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Council	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tlaquepaque	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anna Paulowna	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hoogeveen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rumbulara Vineyards	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ronneby-Bredakra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,060 records

Records set or tied on 9 October 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 152, Lowest daily maximum 187, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 207, Heaviest daily rainfall 375, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 9 October 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	152
Lowest daily maximum	187
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	207
Heaviest daily rainfall	375
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 9 October 1988 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 1,043.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

843 broken records

Margins by which the 843 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 October 1988

Top 20 records on 9 October 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 1988	Komisarivka, UA	daily rain	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1988	McKinley Park, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1988	Faverges-de-la-Tour, FR	monthly rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1988	Huma, CN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1988	Mazanovo, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1988	Gardiner, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	99 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1988	Muenster, DE	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1988	Callantsoog, NL	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1988	Kherson, UA	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1988	Makkum, NL	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1988	Storrs, US	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1988	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1988	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1988	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1988	Nueva Esperanza, MX	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1988	Tvingelshed, SE	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1988	Eastport, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	86 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1988	New Bedford Coop, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1988	Sussex 1 NW, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1988	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	92 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

1793 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1988. 1988 had 1,060 records.

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

Records on 10-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1834	1
1837	1
1846	2
1847	1
1854	2
1858	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1893	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	1
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	3
1903	15
1904	8
1905	14
1906	29
1907	6
1908	19
1909	34
1910	20
1911	16
1912	23
1913	57
1914	22
1915	25
1916	126
1917	65
1918	16
1919	68
1920	36
1921	217
1922	40
1923	72
1924	95
1925	272
1926	123
1927	107
1928	290
1929	196
1930	276
1931	298
1932	271
1933	187
1934	298
1935	208
1936	569
1937	405
1938	462
1939	877
1940	119
1941	570
1942	330
1943	442
1944	144
1945	539
1946	317
1947	277
1948	438
1949	1,531
1950	618
1951	347
1952	658
1953	343
1954	341
1955	643
1956	468
1957	256
1958	639
1959	1,432
1960	397
1961	622
1962	508
1963	474
1964	841
1965	349
1966	489
1967	347
1968	538
1969	389
1970	1,805
1971	423
1972	371
1973	1,454
1974	513
1975	552
1976	1,448
1977	586
1978	589
1979	914
1980	627
1981	653
1982	1,579
1983	548
1984	579
1985	1,724
1986	556
1987	850
1988	1,060
1989	679
1990	1,714
1991	707
1992	1,050
1993	1,043
1994	772
1995	1,139
1996	1,047
1997	2,113
1998	622
1999	1,017
2000	3,177
2001	855
2002	701
2003	1,386
2004	665
2005	807
2006	640
2007	1,450
2008	473
2009	1,772
2010	1,311
2011	1,046
2012	706
2013	562
2014	652
2015	780
2016	463
2017	1,457
2018	1,290
2019	964
2020	738
2021	751
2022	696
2023	643
2024	963
2025	503
2026	691

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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 50	834
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1