Weather Records on 28 October 1988

816 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1988. Highest significance: Idkerberget, SE.

Key Facts for 28 October 1988

On 28 October 1988, 816 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
325 were record highs and 244 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 789 daily.
Idkerberget set a daily record precipitation of 46.0 mm (1.8 in) on 28 October 1988.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

816 stations

816 station records on 28 October 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 October 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Idkerberget	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Omu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jose Cardel	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Horken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 20 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Idabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tapachula (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Munkfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grangesberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
May 2SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clovis 13 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Voru	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt R	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
El Cuchillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arvika	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sala	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lovsta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cerralvo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lees Ferry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grandfalls 3SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dyersburg Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

816 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 159, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 166, Lowest daily minimum 146, Heaviest daily rainfall 203, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 28 October 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	159
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	166
Lowest daily minimum	146
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 28 October 1988 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 789.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

622 broken records

Margins by which the 622 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1988

Top 20 records on 28 October 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1988	Idkerberget, SE	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1988	Wibaux 2 E, US	daily low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1988	Nashville, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1988	Jordan, US	daily low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	78 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1988	San Saba, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	87 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1988	Princeton, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1988	Bergland Dam, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	78 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1988	Fredericksburg, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1988	River Falls, US	monthly low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	62 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1988	Pecs Pogany, HU	daily low min	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	83 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1988	Shelbyville 1 E, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	85 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1988	Santa Rosa, MX	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1988	Elephant Butte Dam, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	79 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1988	Omu, JP	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1988	Lugansk, UA	daily low min	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1988	Watsonville Wtr Wks, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1988	Murray, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1988	Tower 2S, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	55 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1988	Trier, DE	daily high min	13.4 C (56.1 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	65 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1988	Kaiserslautern, DE	daily high min	12.6 C (54.7 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	65 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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

1802 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1988. 1988 had 816 records.

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

Records on 10-28 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1827	1
1842	1
1856	2
1861	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1873	1
1876	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	2
1890	3
1891	1
1892	7
1893	4
1894	1
1895	3
1896	5
1897	4
1898	5
1899	8
1900	8
1901	15
1902	18
1903	11
1904	13
1905	8
1906	15
1907	15
1908	12
1909	18
1910	26
1911	16
1912	28
1913	153
1914	31
1915	66
1916	13
1917	31
1918	79
1919	87
1920	48
1921	32
1922	90
1923	74
1924	109
1925	598
1926	123
1927	504
1928	77
1929	224
1930	144
1931	205
1932	164
1933	240
1934	227
1935	406
1936	578
1937	697
1938	170
1939	279
1940	652
1941	324
1942	355
1943	310
1944	501
1945	462
1946	712
1947	462
1948	370
1949	341
1950	544
1951	195
1952	485
1953	341
1954	486
1955	462
1956	353
1957	812
1958	198
1959	430
1960	225
1961	437
1962	432
1963	492
1964	332
1965	402
1966	254
1967	404
1968	523
1969	651
1970	846
1971	1,666
1972	1,012
1973	444
1974	805
1975	282
1976	1,606
1977	616
1978	292
1979	387
1980	1,657
1981	922
1982	578
1983	427
1984	1,553
1985	754
1986	590
1987	973
1988	816
1989	1,083
1990	917
1991	2,462
1992	676
1993	576
1994	675
1995	1,049
1996	1,396
1997	1,767
1998	1,457
1999	1,092
2000	935
2001	1,089
2002	982
2003	1,403
2004	1,641
2005	949
2006	1,295
2007	906
2008	1,207
2009	984
2010	1,029
2011	655
2012	1,097
2013	1,007
2014	850
2015	753
2016	1,139
2017	755
2018	710
2019	1,437
2020	1,646
2021	605
2022	879
2023	1,381
2024	650
2025	462

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Data for records on 1988-10-28: 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 10	552
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	3