Weather Records on 13 December 1988

906 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 December 1988. Highest significance: Finch Hatton Cook St, AU.

Key Facts for 13 December 1988

On 13 December 1988, 906 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
464 were record highs and 217 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 894 daily.
Finch Hatton Cook St set a daily record precipitation of 111.0 mm (4.4 in) on 13 December 1988.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

906 stations

906 station records on 13 December 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 December 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Jukes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.0 mm (6.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.4 mm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morro Danta (Pedro Canario)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roebuck Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grootkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adamsonsvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Washburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dalrymple Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thangoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lethebrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dudinka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mojave	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coronel Murta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Izucar de Matamoros (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Morgan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tweeling (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stamford 5 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Libby 32 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Julesburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dupree	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hilland 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marysvale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

906 records

Records set or tied on 13 December 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 315, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 146, Heaviest daily rainfall 140, Heaviest daily snowfall 71, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 13 December 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	315
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	146
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	71
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 13 December 1988 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 894.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

711 broken records

Margins by which the 711 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 December 1988

Top 20 records on 13 December 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 December 1988	Finch Hatton Cook St, AU	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1988	Mount Jukes, AU	daily rain	167.0 mm (6.6 in)	125.1 mm (4.9 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1988	Proserpine Post Office, AU	daily rain	140.4 mm (5.5 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1988	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily low min	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1988	Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1988	Morro Danta (Pedro Canario), BR	daily rain	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1988	Goshen, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1988	Mt Morris 2W, US	daily low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1988	Roebuck Plains, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	81 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1988	Grootkuil, ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1988	Placerville, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1988	Sherwood, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1988	Insizwa (Bos), ZA	daily rain	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1988	Avon, US	daily low min	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1988	Bolivar, US	daily low min	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	78 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1988	Fredericksburg Np, US	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	84 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1988	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1988	Belhaven 1 SE, US	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	71 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1988	Calen Post Office, AU	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1988	Adamsonsvlei, ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	38 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 906 records.

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

Records on 12-13 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	2
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	2
1855	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1878	6
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1887	1
1890	1
1891	9
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	5
1901	4
1902	13
1903	13
1904	8
1905	3
1906	7
1907	11
1908	6
1909	23
1910	45
1911	72
1912	42
1913	23
1914	35
1915	51
1916	207
1917	144
1918	87
1919	52
1920	55
1921	65
1922	84
1923	206
1924	139
1925	160
1926	228
1927	566
1928	227
1929	303
1930	52
1931	525
1932	385
1933	422
1934	186
1935	168
1936	242
1937	375
1938	89
1939	159
1940	426
1941	324
1942	312
1943	244
1944	426
1945	355
1946	455
1947	306
1948	450
1949	321
1950	290
1951	226
1952	431
1953	222
1954	345
1955	479
1956	477
1957	566
1958	855
1959	297
1960	981
1961	898
1962	1,365
1963	442
1964	398
1965	811
1966	653
1967	743
1968	593
1969	545
1970	221
1971	567
1972	991
1973	625
1974	291
1975	1,038
1976	411
1977	685
1978	446
1979	1,072
1980	536
1981	912
1982	740
1983	1,121
1984	1,172
1985	1,642
1986	381
1987	675
1988	906
1989	1,355
1990	649
1991	1,734
1992	1,113
1993	960
1994	1,094
1995	1,634
1996	833
1997	1,126
1998	1,221
1999	964
2000	2,914
2001	1,092
2002	602
2003	1,131
2004	493
2005	589
2006	957
2007	720
2008	1,583
2009	1,016
2010	1,776
2011	833
2012	837
2013	451
2014	1,046
2015	2,363
2016	397
2017	749
2018	380
2019	520
2020	445
2021	420
2022	1,122
2023	485
2024	296
2025	1,344

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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	692
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1