Weather Records on 27 December 1988

1,855 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1988. Highest significance: Edgeley 3WNW, US.

Key Facts for 27 December 1988

On 27 December 1988, 1,855 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
377 were record highs and 613 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 61 monthly and 1,782 daily.
Edgeley 3WNW set a monthly record daily snowfall of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 27 December 1988.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 530 records.

Record Map

1,855 stations

1,855 station records on 27 December 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wishek	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Warroad	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Maddock	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Shusha	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oakes	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gertspan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kapan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Weilmoringle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Big Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Verona	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 8 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warroo (Geeron)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Britstown (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vaalhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
High Landing 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pelican Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri (Mollee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Snowball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kowen Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart 2 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Washburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kolka	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,855 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 202, Lowest daily maximum 298, Highest daily minimum 175, Lowest daily minimum 315, Heaviest daily rainfall 522, Heaviest daily snowfall 253, Deepest snow cover 90.

Records on 27 December 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	202
Lowest daily maximum	298
Highest daily minimum	175
Lowest daily minimum	315
Heaviest daily rainfall	522
Heaviest daily snowfall	253
Deepest snow cover	90

Records on 27 December 1988 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 61, daily 1,782.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,540 broken records

Margins by which the 1,540 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 267.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1988

Top 20 records on 27 December 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1988	Edgeley 3WNW, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	87 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 December 1988	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily rain	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	67 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1988	Valley City 3 NNW, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	69 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1988	Medina, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	83 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1988	Bungendore (Gidleigh), AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1988	Devils Lake Kdlr, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1988	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1988	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1988	Wishek, US	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1988	Wadena 3 S, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	65 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1988	Warroad, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	72 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1988	Campbell, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	74 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1988	Maddock, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	65 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1988	Shusha, AZ	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1988	Itasca UNIV of Minn, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1988	Larimore 4SW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1988	Oakes, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1988	Gertspan, ZA	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1988	Gravette, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	14.3 cm (5.6 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1988	Red Lake Falls, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	71 years	56 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 1,855 records.

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

Records on 12-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	2
1810	1
1839	2
1845	1
1849	1
1860	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	1
1872	3
1875	1
1876	2
1881	1
1882	2
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1894	6
1896	5
1897	6
1898	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	6
1903	12
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	38
1908	3
1909	25
1910	13
1911	12
1912	51
1913	24
1914	44
1915	42
1916	43
1917	67
1918	42
1919	188
1920	148
1921	336
1922	37
1923	292
1924	340
1925	509
1926	208
1927	175
1928	282
1929	394
1930	142
1931	314
1932	219
1933	474
1934	199
1935	706
1936	972
1937	241
1938	396
1939	429
1940	526
1941	204
1942	880
1943	246
1944	274
1945	406
1946	878
1947	356
1948	445
1949	730
1950	481
1951	266
1952	118
1953	241
1954	511
1955	533
1956	628
1957	316
1958	425
1959	1,114
1960	385
1961	217
1962	490
1963	243
1964	897
1965	473
1966	715
1967	817
1968	993
1969	778
1970	352
1971	1,207
1972	401
1973	819
1974	782
1975	622
1976	613
1977	815
1978	775
1979	578
1980	1,778
1981	832
1982	1,449
1983	2,382
1984	814
1985	821
1986	484
1987	2,166
1988	1,855
1989	925
1990	880
1991	477
1992	500
1993	1,329
1994	1,122
1995	1,317
1996	1,758
1997	850
1998	924
1999	867
2000	1,392
2001	642
2002	944
2003	1,242
2004	853
2005	913
2006	965
2007	838
2008	1,708
2009	1,005
2010	1,851
2011	1,094
2012	1,118
2013	506
2014	482
2015	2,877
2016	884
2017	1,415
2018	1,039
2019	558
2020	402
2021	1,532
2022	1,025
2023	750
2024	680
2025	1,100

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Data for records on 1988-12-27: 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	1,393
50 to 100	95
100 to 150	41
150 to 200	9
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1