Weather Records on 13 October 1988

1,499 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1988. Highest significance: Nkhata Bay, MW.

Key Facts for 13 October 1988

On 13 October 1988, 1,499 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
252 were record highs and 1,006 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 1,485 daily.
Nkhata Bay set a daily record precipitation of 63.6 mm (2.5 in) on 13 October 1988.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

1,499 stations

1,499 station records on 13 October 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nkhata Bay	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Ventersburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Adamsonsvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hertzogville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grootkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nazareth House Farm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nelsdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasgat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mansfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oorlogshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingham Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palpan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Porto	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Schweizer-Reneke (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrix	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler Heights	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,499 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 428, Highest daily minimum 158, Lowest daily minimum 578, Heaviest daily rainfall 190, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 13 October 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	428
Highest daily minimum	158
Lowest daily minimum	578
Heaviest daily rainfall	190
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 13 October 1988 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 1,485.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,217 broken records

Margins by which the 1,217 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1988

Top 20 records on 13 October 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1988	Nkhata Bay, MW	daily rain	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	89 years	72 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1988	Ventersburg (Mag), ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1988	Adamsonsvlei, ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1988	Hertzogville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1988	Newry, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1988	Ohotsk, RU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1988	Grootkuil, ZA	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1988	Nazareth House Farm, ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1988	St George, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	81 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1988	Nelsdrift, ZA	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1988	Odendaalsrus, ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1988	Marquette, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	106 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1988	Thomasgat, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1988	Winburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1988	Mt Mansfield, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1988	Oorlogshoek, ZA	all-time rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1988	Chasm Falls, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1988	Leon Virgen del Camino, ES	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1988	Warrenton (Mun), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1988	Bellingham Intl AP, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	40 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 1,499 records.

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

Records on 10-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1817	1
1831	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	6
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	8
1902	16
1903	10
1904	18
1905	5
1906	10
1907	16
1908	13
1909	39
1910	26
1911	13
1912	21
1913	29
1914	21
1915	79
1916	52
1917	30
1918	28
1919	47
1920	41
1921	74
1922	22
1923	159
1924	77
1925	208
1926	137
1927	225
1928	470
1929	169
1930	375
1931	317
1932	315
1933	186
1934	445
1935	310
1936	251
1937	371
1938	525
1939	203
1940	267
1941	555
1942	351
1943	501
1944	350
1945	252
1946	374
1947	399
1948	294
1949	599
1950	704
1951	411
1952	335
1953	275
1954	1,071
1955	535
1956	857
1957	629
1958	535
1959	536
1960	383
1961	433
1962	840
1963	519
1964	515
1965	180
1966	878
1967	307
1968	577
1969	2,308
1970	672
1971	576
1972	534
1973	811
1974	423
1975	1,002
1976	900
1977	1,036
1978	800
1979	922
1980	742
1981	973
1982	1,328
1983	1,412
1984	495
1985	979
1986	1,468
1987	1,155
1988	1,499
1989	571
1990	1,391
1991	807
1992	1,150
1993	932
1994	904
1995	1,224
1996	619
1997	1,790
1998	840
1999	696
2000	768
2001	1,112
2002	922
2003	764
2004	735
2005	761
2006	1,571
2007	602
2008	1,479
2009	1,777
2010	626
2011	772
2012	819
2013	478
2014	552
2015	853
2016	572
2017	708
2018	1,475
2019	874
2020	532
2021	1,413
2022	972
2023	1,060
2024	962
2025	760
2026	776

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Data for records on 1988-10-13: 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 25	1,170
25 to 50	27
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1