Weather Records on 30 October 1988

972 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 October 1988. Highest significance: Pullagaroo, AU.

Key Facts for 30 October 1988

On 30 October 1988, 972 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
201 were record highs and 578 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 120 monthly and 851 daily.
Pullagaroo set a daily record precipitation of 27.0 mm (1.1 in) on 30 October 1988.
Across 153 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

972 stations

972 station records on 30 October 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 October 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pullagaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Butlers Gorge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tarraleah Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kutchan	Japan	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tkvarcheli	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Sahalinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aniak AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ouse (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Echo Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Evart	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Margaret Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorchy (Glenorchy Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hofors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bemidji	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cradle Valley (Waldheim)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guangzhou	China	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guaianas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Taguai (Ribeiropolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cerqueira Cesar	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Prentice #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warroad	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hinckley 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.9 C (100.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Big Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kewaunee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

972 records

Records set or tied on 30 October 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 118, Lowest daily maximum 232, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 346, Heaviest daily rainfall 129, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 41.

Records on 30 October 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	118
Lowest daily maximum	232
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	346
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	41

Records on 30 October 1988 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 120, daily 851.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

765 broken records

Margins by which the 765 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 October 1988

Top 20 records on 30 October 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 October 1988	Pullagaroo, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1988	Butlers Gorge, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1988	Tarraleah Village, AU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1988	Uppsala_Aut, SE	monthly low max	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	136 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1988	Kutchan, JP	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1988	Dodgeville Wwtp, US	monthly low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1988	Tkvarcheli, GE	daily rain	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1988	Juzhno-Sahalinsk, RU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1988	Cambridge, US	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	94 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1988	Wisconsin Rapids, US	monthly low min	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	83 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1988	Putbus, DE	daily low min	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	106 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1988	Nueva Esperanza, MX	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1988	Karlshamn, SE	daily low max	3.0 C (37.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1988	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily low max	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1988	Stockholm, SE	daily low max	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1988	Beaver Dam Wwtp, US	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	94 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1988	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	91 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1988	Moscow U of I, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	90 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1988	Red Oak, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	89 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1988	Aniak AP, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	46 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

1799 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1988. 1988 had 972 records.

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

Records on 10-30 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1815	1
1837	1
1839	1
1841	1
1849	1
1856	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	5
1870	1
1871	1
1873	2
1877	1
1881	4
1885	3
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1894	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	3
1901	9
1902	6
1903	3
1904	1
1905	12
1906	25
1907	12
1908	14
1909	15
1910	22
1911	19
1912	28
1913	38
1914	22
1915	39
1916	23
1917	85
1918	189
1919	80
1920	73
1921	31
1922	108
1923	202
1924	246
1925	755
1926	131
1927	259
1928	195
1929	277
1930	228
1931	144
1932	181
1933	454
1934	198
1935	739
1936	253
1937	496
1938	245
1939	240
1940	251
1941	393
1942	877
1943	255
1944	497
1945	446
1946	826
1947	252
1948	326
1949	528
1950	1,186
1951	373
1952	635
1953	522
1954	276
1955	494
1956	716
1957	531
1958	366
1959	859
1960	258
1961	781
1962	382
1963	353
1964	488
1965	439
1966	490
1967	665
1968	555
1969	656
1970	636
1971	1,663
1972	902
1973	534
1974	1,039
1975	427
1976	760
1977	882
1978	359
1979	809
1980	885
1981	547
1982	534
1983	549
1984	1,270
1985	848
1986	422
1987	883
1988	972
1989	904
1990	685
1991	2,772
1992	1,228
1993	2,095
1994	777
1995	831
1996	1,299
1997	1,033
1998	771
1999	897
2000	1,659
2001	1,233
2002	1,564
2003	973
2004	1,188
2005	1,144
2006	886
2007	773
2008	1,310
2009	1,513
2010	619
2011	1,022
2012	1,413
2013	622
2014	297
2015	395
2016	981
2017	783
2018	507
2019	1,931
2020	683
2021	486
2022	762
2023	969
2024	1,393
2025	322

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Data for records on 1988-10-30: 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	709
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2