Weather Records on 23 November 1988

1,162 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 November 1988. Highest significance: Plant City, US.

Key Facts for 23 November 1988

On 23 November 1988, 1,162 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
262 were record highs and 255 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 72 monthly and 1,090 daily.
Plant City set a daily record precipitation of 116.8 mm (4.6 in) on 23 November 1988.
Across 156 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

1,162 stations

1,162 station records on 23 November 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 November 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	235.5 mm (9.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Rennie (Pine View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Highlands (Glentannar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Broadford Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Vinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Northway AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala (Tarramia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Avenel (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Doyle	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Corowa Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kissimmee 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Challenge Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Epping	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sydenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	283.0 mm (11.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tavira	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsborough Rvr Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caniambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon (Samuel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeland Linder Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,162 records

Records set or tied on 23 November 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 128, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 127, Heaviest daily rainfall 518, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 95.

Records on 23 November 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	128
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	127
Heaviest daily rainfall	518
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	95

Records on 23 November 1988 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 72, daily 1,090.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,012 broken records

Margins by which the 1,012 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 November 1988

Top 20 records on 23 November 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 November 1988	Plant City, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	94 years	77 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1988	Nevada City, US	monthly rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1988	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	92 years	76 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1988	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1988	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	94 years	72 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1988	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	94 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1988	Saint Leo, US	monthly rain	235.5 mm (9.3 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	37 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1988	Rennie (Pine View), AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1988	Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek), AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1988	Highlands (Glentannar), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	71 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1988	Broadford Golf Course, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1988	Kilmore Assumption College, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1988	Keilor (Arundel), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1988	Strathbogie North, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1988	Weeaproinah, AU	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	75 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1988	Vinton, US	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1988	Dookie Agricultural College, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	91 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1988	Lancefield, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1988	Tahoe City, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	79 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1988	Yreka, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	58 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

1821 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 1988. 1988 had 1,162 records.

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

Records on 11-23 in each year
Year	Records
1821	3
1829	2
1831	2
1835	1
1846	1
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	5
1861	1
1864	1
1865	3
1871	1
1872	2
1874	2
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1888	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	3
1901	1
1902	7
1903	4
1904	22
1905	12
1906	21
1907	27
1908	47
1909	35
1910	8
1911	78
1912	22
1913	61
1914	43
1915	27
1916	73
1917	214
1918	31
1919	33
1920	36
1921	28
1922	36
1923	104
1924	261
1925	129
1926	130
1927	364
1928	185
1929	516
1930	147
1931	1,232
1932	201
1933	221
1934	317
1935	252
1936	249
1937	497
1938	494
1939	216
1940	540
1941	526
1942	460
1943	149
1944	212
1945	316
1946	361
1947	739
1948	513
1949	434
1950	1,012
1951	386
1952	385
1953	568
1954	515
1955	600
1956	1,038
1957	561
1958	440
1959	418
1960	195
1961	572
1962	349
1963	652
1964	775
1965	870
1966	721
1967	403
1968	443
1969	237
1970	861
1971	1,124
1972	679
1973	823
1974	495
1975	735
1976	420
1977	964
1978	840
1979	1,276
1980	879
1981	905
1982	1,035
1983	1,739
1984	1,228
1985	1,983
1986	501
1987	568
1988	1,162
1989	1,381
1990	756
1991	1,160
1992	1,462
1993	1,363
1994	900
1995	942
1996	1,284
1997	501
1998	1,394
1999	1,540
2000	731
2001	1,031
2002	1,099
2003	1,837
2004	977
2005	1,047
2006	1,154
2007	990
2008	1,288
2009	874
2010	1,529
2011	1,200
2012	661
2013	978
2014	774
2015	626
2016	642
2017	1,755
2018	692
2019	320
2020	422
2021	336
2022	298
2023	406
2024	622
2025	580

Download the Data

Data for records on 1988-11-23: 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 50	957
50 to 100	44
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1