Weather Records on 11 December 1988

850 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 1988. Highest significance: Cambooya Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 11 December 1988

On 11 December 1988, 850 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
232 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 838 daily.
Cambooya Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 73.6 mm (2.9 in) on 11 December 1988.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

850 stations

850 station records on 11 December 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Dandaloo (Kelvin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Dandaloo (Skye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Barkly Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Narracan East (Lynnsmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Narrawa (Hollywood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Flora Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Golspie (Ayrston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Gingkin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Marra Creek (Womboin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Taylors Flat (Davislea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Prachuap Khiri Khan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saffle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vergemont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goombie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Doyles Creek (Wood Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cowra Ag Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bannaby (Hillasmount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wallendbeen (Corang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Callignee North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelwood North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barmedman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ilfracombe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morro Danta (Pedro Canario)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Harding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kahmoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Denman (Palace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Binda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yaraka State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trangie (Old Bundemar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wyanga (Barcoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gowan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Big Hill (Glen Dusk)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra (Landgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leichardt Farms	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

850 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 139, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 380, Heaviest daily snowfall 84, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 11 December 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	139
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	380
Heaviest daily snowfall	84
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 11 December 1988 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 838.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

726 broken records

Margins by which the 726 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 December 1988

Top 20 records on 11 December 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 1988	Cambooya Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	90 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1988	Dandaloo (Kelvin), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	98 years	64 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1988	Dandaloo (Skye), AU	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	66 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1988	Barkly Downs, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1988	Narracan East (Lynnsmere), AU	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1988	Narrawa (Hollywood), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1988	Flora Downs, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1988	Golspie (Ayrston), AU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1988	Peak Hill Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1988	Oberon (Gingkin), AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1988	Marra Creek (Womboin), AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	98 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1988	Bannockburn, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1988	Taylors Flat (Davislea), AU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1988	Tottenham (Burdenda), AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1988	Prachuap Khiri Khan, TH	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1988	Barraba (Mount Lindsay), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	90 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1988	Saffle, SE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1988	Vergemont, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1988	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1988	Ada, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	81 years	47 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 850 records.

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

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

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Data for records on 1988-12-11: 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 20	609
20 to 40	77
40 to 60	22
60 to 80	12
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2