Weather Records on 6 December 1988

660 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1988. Highest significance: Kahului AP, US.

Key Facts for 6 December 1988

On 6 December 1988, 660 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
279 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 638 daily.
Kahului AP set a daily record precipitation of 113.0 mm (4.4 in) on 6 December 1988.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

660 stations

660 station records on 6 December 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kahului AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lockhart Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
UNIV of Hawaii 713	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cobram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe Bay MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tocumwal Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson (Anda-Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beretania Pump STN 705	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Argalong (the Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Benambra (Evandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dandongadale (Mountain View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria da Vitoria (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rooiwal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tootool (Bryntirion)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Victory Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bogong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Crown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Willow Point)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tawonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mocambo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.7 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boorhaman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eurobin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Naradhan (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ariah Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adin Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vero Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Black Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Olowalu 296.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Humula (Rylands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Horeb (Marathorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cargelligo (Merri-Merriga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Booroorban (Ramsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eldorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Is	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cabramurra Smhea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shahat	Libya	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Onder-Geluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

660 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 156, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 123, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 271, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 6 December 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	156
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	123
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 6 December 1988 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 20, daily 638.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

542 broken records

Margins by which the 542 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1988

Top 20 records on 6 December 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1988	Kahului AP, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	78 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1988	Lockhart Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1988	UNIV of Hawaii 713, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1988	Conargo (Willurah), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1988	Moanalua 770, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	71 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1988	Cobram Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1988	Kaneohe Bay MCAS, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1988	Tocumwal Airport, AU	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1988	Kalihi Rsch Site 777, US	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	70 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1988	Dawson (Anda-Vale), AU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	85 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1988	Manoa 712.1, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	66 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1988	Marquette, US	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	126 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1988	Beretania Pump STN 705, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1988	Lawn Hill, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	98 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1988	Argalong (the Farm), AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1988	Hay (Miller Street), AU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	105 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1988	Benambra (Evandale), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1988	Ewa Plantation 741, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1988	Yarrawonga Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1988	Groongal (Gundaline), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	45 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

1804 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1988. 1988 had 660 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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Data for records on 1988-12-06: 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	524
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3