Weather Records on 22 December 1988

699 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1988. Highest significance: Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US.

Key Facts for 22 December 1988

On 22 December 1988, 699 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
327 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 686 daily.
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca set a daily record precipitation of 55.4 mm (2.2 in) on 22 December 1988.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

699 stations

699 station records on 22 December 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Portola	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kookabookra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodfords	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sandakan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meadowbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscarora	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quapaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adin Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oakes	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rodovia Anchieta-Cota 400	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	156.8 mm (6.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elsberry 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guanhaes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	134.2 mm (5.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Round Spring 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Glenowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Evangelista de Souza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kaawaloa 29	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aceituna Wtp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uralla (Lana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Unity	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago Ixcuintla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Verma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Medora 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tabapua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	117.7 mm (4.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

699 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 126, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 201, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 230, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 22 December 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	126
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	201
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	230
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 22 December 1988 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 686.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

553 broken records

Margins by which the 553 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1988

Top 20 records on 22 December 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1988	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	81 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1988	Portola, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1988	Clinton 1SSW, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1988	Kookabookra, AU	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1988	Carlinville, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1988	Champaign 3S, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1988	Jerome, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1988	Keflavik, IS	all-time snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1988	Woodfords, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1988	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1988	Sandakan, MY	daily rain	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1988	Stephan 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	78 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1988	Meadowbank, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1988	Mt Douglas, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1988	Tuscarora, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1988	Quapaw, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1988	Joplin Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1988	Adin Rs, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	93 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1988	Perry, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	90 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1988	Hesperia 4 WNW, US	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	93 years	39 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

1793 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1988. 1988 had 699 records.

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

Records on 12-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1804	1
1808	3
1824	1
1825	1
1844	1
1846	1
1855	6
1857	2
1859	1
1860	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	1
1875	5
1877	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	1
1886	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	2
1901	7
1902	9
1903	11
1904	3
1905	6
1906	13
1907	8
1908	29
1909	32
1910	28
1911	31
1912	37
1913	29
1914	159
1915	58
1916	62
1917	12
1918	64
1919	23
1920	36
1921	196
1922	29
1923	267
1924	396
1925	135
1926	188
1927	101
1928	114
1929	285
1930	97
1931	723
1932	219
1933	729
1934	119
1935	536
1936	274
1937	301
1938	248
1939	143
1940	436
1941	850
1942	812
1943	237
1944	624
1945	700
1946	264
1947	445
1948	378
1949	1,063
1950	428
1951	536
1952	447
1953	350
1954	510
1955	1,041
1956	878
1957	425
1958	544
1959	274
1960	1,353
1961	215
1962	521
1963	1,305
1964	1,184
1965	343
1966	279
1967	1,252
1968	1,478
1969	917
1970	984
1971	621
1972	719
1973	1,055
1974	498
1975	647
1976	605
1977	493
1978	363
1979	731
1980	580
1981	1,099
1982	637
1983	4,061
1984	794
1985	867
1986	523
1987	815
1988	699
1989	4,643
1990	3,228
1991	1,034
1992	522
1993	1,087
1994	920
1995	1,130
1996	939
1997	866
1998	1,106
1999	939
2000	925
2001	491
2002	652
2003	1,046
2004	899
2005	880
2006	1,390
2007	1,478
2008	1,000
2009	992
2010	1,632
2011	779
2012	837
2013	1,867
2014	915
2015	1,562
2016	550
2017	488
2018	514
2019	763
2020	948
2021	293
2022	1,047
2023	893
2024	477
2025	1,417

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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	510
50 to 100	35
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1