Weather Records on 2 December 1988

613 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 1988. Highest significance: Darwin Botanic Gardens, AU.

Key Facts for 2 December 1988

On 2 December 1988, 613 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
196 were record highs and 234 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 594 daily.
Darwin Botanic Gardens set a daily record precipitation of 100.0 mm (3.9 in) on 2 December 1988.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

613 stations

613 station records on 2 December 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Darwin Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Edjudina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Boddington Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Daly River Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Broomehill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dellyanine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rawlinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alcomunga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arundel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Celle (Stadt)	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Sebastian del Oeste	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aniak AP	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Majkop	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mata de Limones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Denton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
"Kageon" Dawes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cuxhaven	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tweespruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Placerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
O'Neill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Purdum	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chipata	Zambia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nienburg	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad-Airport	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sarina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rygge	Norway	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arvika	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oslo Blindern	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Remningstorp	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Meadville 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Don	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

613 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 153, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 40.

Records on 2 December 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	153
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	40

Records on 2 December 1988 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 594.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

501 broken records

Margins by which the 501 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 1988

Top 20 records on 2 December 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 1988	Darwin Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	98 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 December 1988	Edjudina, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1988	Boddington Shire, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1988	Daly River Mission, AU	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1988	Flahult, SE	daily low max	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1988	San Miguel Ejutla, MX	all-time low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1988	Man, CI	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1988	Palmerville, AU	monthly high min	27.0 C (80.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	82 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1988	Magdeburg, DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	97 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1988	Broomehill, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1988	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low min	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	86 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1988	Dellyanine, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1988	Saint Paul Is AP, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1988	Rawlinna, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1988	Alcomunga, MX	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1988	Arundel, AU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1988	Celle (Stadt), DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1988	San Sebastian del Oeste, MX	monthly high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1988	Flahult, SE	daily low min	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	11.5 C (20.7 F)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 1988	Proserpine Post Office, AU	daily rain	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	34 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

1797 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1988. 1988 had 613 records.

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

Records on 12-02 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1807	2
1810	2
1817	1
1823	1
1828	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1852	1
1856	4
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1867	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	2
1875	4
1876	5
1878	1
1879	9
1884	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	10
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	9
1904	1
1905	17
1906	10
1907	8
1908	15
1909	37
1910	18
1911	56
1912	81
1913	67
1914	101
1915	19
1916	169
1917	40
1918	50
1919	99
1920	43
1921	113
1922	59
1923	28
1924	168
1925	156
1926	167
1927	460
1928	77
1929	545
1930	272
1931	305
1932	525
1933	485
1934	194
1935	143
1936	331
1937	265
1938	335
1939	345
1940	551
1941	752
1942	835
1943	179
1944	276
1945	222
1946	198
1947	633
1948	211
1949	254
1950	598
1951	629
1952	614
1953	482
1954	317
1955	561
1956	594
1957	217
1958	442
1959	412
1960	410
1961	341
1962	1,144
1963	250
1964	726
1965	496
1966	1,117
1967	804
1968	753
1969	548
1970	1,232
1971	764
1972	547
1973	1,031
1974	1,019
1975	721
1976	920
1977	723
1978	1,056
1979	862
1980	1,428
1981	739
1982	3,111
1983	1,041
1984	701
1985	3,666
1986	887
1987	1,118
1988	613
1989	981
1990	616
1991	1,970
1992	719
1993	632
1994	632
1995	1,002
1996	1,180
1997	816
1998	1,732
1999	706
2000	735
2001	639
2002	615
2003	554
2004	798
2005	944
2006	1,388
2007	1,704
2008	871
2009	1,013
2010	1,602
2011	730
2012	1,265
2013	557
2014	546
2015	818
2016	269
2017	737
2018	1,152
2019	615
2020	534
2021	1,988
2022	771
2023	591
2024	715
2025	889

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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 50	484
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1