Weather Records on 13 November 1988

641 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 November 1988. Highest significance: Lake City, US.

Key Facts for 13 November 1988

On 13 November 1988, 641 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
240 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 637 daily.
Lake City set a daily record precipitation of 47.2 mm (1.9 in) on 13 November 1988.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

641 stations

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

Weather records on 13 November 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Eucla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caiua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	147.4 mm (5.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Chayabe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taciba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Narandiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lethebrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ione 18 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Redmond AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Redmond AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Magnolia	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gavar	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mirante Do Paranapanema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rize	Turkey	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sattahip	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hinckley	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shuqualak	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moroni	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Siwa	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goshen Springs 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Senatobia	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Falls 46 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vancleave	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Purvis 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Atlanta	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shemya USAF Base	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tierra Blanca (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sarah 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paraguacu Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

641 records

Records set or tied on 13 November 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 129, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 13 November 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	129
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 13 November 1988 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 637.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

526 broken records

Margins by which the 526 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 November 1988

Top 20 records on 13 November 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 November 1988	Lake City, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1988	Eucla, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1988	Huntington, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1988	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	98 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1988	Hastings Dam 2, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1988	Caiua, BR	daily rain	147.4 mm (5.8 in)	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1988	Stillwater 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	83 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1988	Yerevan, AM	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	90 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1988	Finca Chayabe, MX	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1988	Drobeta Turnu Severin, RO	daily low max	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	90 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1988	Taciba, BR	daily rain	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1988	Narandiba, BR	daily rain	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1988	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	4.4 cm (1.7 in)	74 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1988	Lethebrook, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1988	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high max	35.7 C (96.3 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	74 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1988	Ione 18 S, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1988	Redmond AP, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1988	Redmond AP, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1988	Magnolia, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1988	Mansfield 4 NW, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	89 years	37 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

1795 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1988. 1988 had 641 records.

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

Records on 11-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1823	2
1825	1
1826	1
1835	2
1848	1
1852	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	2
1866	4
1869	3
1870	1
1873	4
1874	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	2
1883	1
1886	2
1888	1
1890	3
1893	1
1894	5
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	8
1902	17
1903	6
1904	14
1905	13
1906	29
1907	13
1908	9
1909	33
1910	11
1911	62
1912	30
1913	112
1914	43
1915	26
1916	162
1917	66
1918	10
1919	162
1920	88
1921	100
1922	49
1923	178
1924	188
1925	240
1926	129
1927	93
1928	213
1929	426
1930	346
1931	528
1932	357
1933	252
1934	225
1935	317
1936	292
1937	335
1938	429
1939	266
1940	1,131
1941	321
1942	116
1943	144
1944	759
1945	606
1946	566
1947	241
1948	171
1949	440
1950	321
1951	516
1952	246
1953	465
1954	282
1955	1,493
1956	262
1957	395
1958	644
1959	873
1960	397
1961	540
1962	212
1963	360
1964	618
1965	442
1966	388
1967	467
1968	818
1969	620
1970	433
1971	425
1972	1,035
1973	657
1974	658
1975	763
1976	1,219
1977	570
1978	1,014
1979	500
1980	524
1981	884
1982	1,086
1983	1,057
1984	678
1985	1,636
1986	2,629
1987	722
1988	641
1989	1,107
1990	1,155
1991	984
1992	831
1993	1,582
1994	1,091
1995	1,248
1996	1,076
1997	1,330
1998	1,168
1999	2,053
2000	1,597
2001	818
2002	609
2003	867
2004	804
2005	1,071
2006	897
2007	525
2008	768
2009	1,065
2010	1,631
2011	695
2012	507
2013	718
2014	1,591
2015	623
2016	629
2017	266
2018	1,144
2019	2,622
2020	577
2021	473
2022	1,145
2023	566
2024	364
2025	1,238

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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 20	471
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	1