Weather Records on 12 October 1988

1,015 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1988. Highest significance: Lake City Exp Farm, US.

Key Facts for 12 October 1988

On 12 October 1988, 1,015 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
252 were record highs and 518 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 1,006 daily.
Lake City Exp Farm set a daily record snowfall of 16.5 cm (6.5 in) on 12 October 1988.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

1,015 stations

1,015 station records on 12 October 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Reivilo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Olyfenfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Salima	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Town Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rooijantjiesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rock 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oorlogshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Windsorton (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuk	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corry	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leliefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hartbeesfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rietpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rock 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Delareyville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Julian (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hollowaysrust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morningside (Macquarie River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tecuanapa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Welgeleven	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palmyra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,015 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 249, Highest daily minimum 116, Lowest daily minimum 269, Heaviest daily rainfall 194, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 12 October 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	249
Highest daily minimum	116
Lowest daily minimum	269
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 12 October 1988 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 1,006.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

799 broken records

Margins by which the 799 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1988

Top 20 records on 12 October 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1988	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	89 years	75 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1988	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	86 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1988	Reivilo, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1988	Olyfenfontein, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 October 1988	Milan, IT	daily rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	89 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1988	Salima, MW	monthly rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1988	Korsakov, RU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1988	Campbell Town Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1988	Rooijantjiesfontein, ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1988	Rock 1 E, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	82 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1988	Oorlogshoek, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1988	Windsorton (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1988	Elsinore, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	89 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1988	Kanalohuluhulu 1075, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1988	Nuuk, GL	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1988	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily rain	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1988	Bradford Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1988	Shelbyville 1 E, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	82 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1988	Corry, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1988	Leliefontein, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	41 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

1805 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1988. 1988 had 1,015 records.

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

Records on 10-12 in each year
Year	Records
1805	2
1809	1
1810	1
1814	3
1822	1
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1875	2
1876	5
1879	2
1881	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	3
1898	2
1899	3
1900	2
1901	6
1902	14
1903	16
1904	30
1905	13
1906	16
1907	10
1908	13
1909	30
1910	13
1911	10
1912	30
1913	33
1914	17
1915	34
1916	29
1917	53
1918	29
1919	53
1920	79
1921	102
1922	21
1923	200
1924	129
1925	107
1926	201
1927	195
1928	714
1929	165
1930	606
1931	283
1932	398
1933	155
1934	477
1935	209
1936	301
1937	185
1938	470
1939	198
1940	235
1941	226
1942	540
1943	418
1944	274
1945	321
1946	554
1947	358
1948	311
1949	725
1950	594
1951	391
1952	352
1953	252
1954	911
1955	383
1956	899
1957	473
1958	448
1959	501
1960	449
1961	436
1962	971
1963	459
1964	636
1965	157
1966	423
1967	623
1968	443
1969	1,828
1970	763
1971	382
1972	412
1973	673
1974	369
1975	830
1976	582
1977	832
1978	525
1979	898
1980	741
1981	1,201
1982	777
1983	992
1984	636
1985	872
1986	1,510
1987	1,530
1988	1,015
1989	543
1990	1,325
1991	948
1992	865
1993	1,145
1994	934
1995	1,238
1996	816
1997	1,851
1998	741
1999	641
2000	1,095
2001	1,194
2002	1,139
2003	1,043
2004	750
2005	872
2006	1,357
2007	566
2008	1,669
2009	2,300
2010	797
2011	906
2012	921
2013	558
2014	514
2015	964
2016	374
2017	1,068
2018	1,195
2019	1,321
2020	655
2021	1,294
2022	439
2023	904
2024	958
2025	624
2026	768

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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	785
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1