Weather Records on 11 October 1988

621 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 October 1988. Highest significance: Rock 1 E, US.

Key Facts for 11 October 1988

On 11 October 1988, 621 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
292 were record highs and 154 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 605 daily.
Rock 1 E set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 11 October 1988.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

621 stations

621 station records on 11 October 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 October 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rock 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coroaci	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rock 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aasiaat	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Northway AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palmaryville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Faverges-de-la-Tour	France	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Centenario	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chipinge	Zimbabwe	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Postville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rock 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Klipspruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anaconda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ben Lomond	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Libby 32 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tancochapa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mutoko	Zimbabwe	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wilson 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ingwavuma (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Udon Thani	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plaisance (Mauritiu	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Steuben	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Minchumina	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cakir	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Okeechobee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Colden 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

621 records

Records set or tied on 11 October 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 164, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 11 October 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	164
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 11 October 1988 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 605.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

494 broken records

Margins by which the 494 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 October 1988

Top 20 records on 11 October 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 October 1988	Rock 1 E, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	82 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 October 1988	Montelimar, FR	monthly rain	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	5 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1988	Oswego, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1988	Coroaci, BR	daily rain	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1988	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily rain	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1988	Rock 1 E, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1988	Aasiaat, GL	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1988	Wyndham Port, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	89 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1988	Winburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1988	Northway AP, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1988	Palmaryville, ZA	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1988	Salekhard, RU	daily high min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1988	Kargopol, RU	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	91 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1988	Kirov, RU	daily high min	10.8 C (51.4 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	91 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1988	Huntington Lake, US	monthly high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	66 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1988	Cheboygan, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1988	Faverges-de-la-Tour, FR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1988	Tbilisi, GE	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1988	Presa Centenario, MX	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1988	Redlands, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	89 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 621 records.

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

Records on 10-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1807	1
1811	1
1814	2
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	2
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1880	2
1884	2
1885	5
1887	4
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1900	1
1901	8
1902	14
1903	10
1904	20
1905	17
1906	52
1907	10
1908	11
1909	17
1910	31
1911	14
1912	21
1913	48
1914	40
1915	14
1916	25
1917	48
1918	32
1919	76
1920	140
1921	92
1922	35
1923	231
1924	149
1925	196
1926	137
1927	176
1928	713
1929	259
1930	656
1931	396
1932	235
1933	200
1934	862
1935	245
1936	243
1937	242
1938	438
1939	249
1940	201
1941	190
1942	537
1943	414
1944	247
1945	284
1946	770
1947	405
1948	736
1949	835
1950	450
1951	538
1952	472
1953	408
1954	672
1955	434
1956	894
1957	258
1958	795
1959	1,027
1960	333
1961	610
1962	857
1963	570
1964	927
1965	202
1966	279
1967	643
1968	312
1969	1,032
1970	859
1971	521
1972	708
1973	1,325
1974	356
1975	559
1976	565
1977	655
1978	426
1979	1,260
1980	478
1981	776
1982	1,141
1983	542
1984	552
1985	977
1986	961
1987	1,603
1988	621
1989	571
1990	1,617
1991	1,055
1992	527
1993	883
1994	726
1995	975
1996	842
1997	1,809
1998	750
1999	996
2000	1,782
2001	962
2002	1,000
2003	1,191
2004	593
2005	1,044
2006	840
2007	610
2008	1,369
2009	2,594
2010	964
2011	1,176
2012	696
2013	666
2014	620
2015	1,032
2016	378
2017	1,101
2018	1,517
2019	1,760
2020	680
2021	873
2022	244
2023	858
2024	842
2025	711
2026	897

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Data for records on 1988-10-11: 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 20	466
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1