Weather Records on 4 December 1988

764 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 1988. Highest significance: Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH.

Key Facts for 4 December 1988

On 4 December 1988, 764 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
144 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 731 daily.
Col du Grand St-Bernard set a monthly record daily precipitation of 110.3 mm (4.3 in) on 4 December 1988.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

764 stations

764 station records on 4 December 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	110.3 mm (4.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Yundamindra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Neudenau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Kreuznach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Simmern-Wahlbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Freudenstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eberbach/Neckar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mundrabilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leonora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Commodore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisheim-Neuhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nagold	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Villingen-Schwenningen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rawlinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alcobaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.3 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eichstatt-Landershofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gossweinstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mauth-Finsterau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Korong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Merklingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nidderau-Windecken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nufringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brombachtal-Kirch-Brombach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Michelstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Qunu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sebeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshuld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Petrusville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Luxembourg Airport	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilo (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ipiau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schwabisch Gmund-Strassdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Schwalbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Menangina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bulgunnia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oderen	France	Record daily precipitation	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miltenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wasserburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lusikisiki (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Witklip (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcoola (Mobella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

764 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 454, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 4 December 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	454
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 4 December 1988 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 33, daily 731.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

683 broken records

Margins by which the 683 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

4 December 1988

Top 20 records on 4 December 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 1988	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	monthly rain	110.3 mm (4.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	69 years	69 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1988	Ellwangen-Rindelbach, DE	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1988	Yundamindra, AU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1988	Metten, DE	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1988	Regensburg, DE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1988	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	88 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1988	Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen, DE	daily rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1988	Neudenau, DE	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1988	Bad Kreuznach, DE	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1988	Simmern-Wahlbach, DE	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1988	Freudenstadt, DE	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1988	Eberbach/Neckar, DE	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1988	Mundrabilla Station, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1988	Leonora, AU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1988	Commodore, AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1988	Kaisheim-Neuhof, DE	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1988	Nagold, DE	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1988	Villingen-Schwenningen, DE	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1988	Willowvale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1988	Rawlinna, AU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	49 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

1796 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1988. 1988 had 764 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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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	669
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1