Weather Records on 19 January 1988

1,377 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 1988. Highest significance: Armour, US.

Key Facts for 19 January 1988

On 19 January 1988, 1,377 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
359 were record highs and 187 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 34 were all-time records, 114 monthly and 1,229 daily.
Armour set an all-time record daily snowfall of 45.7 cm (18.0 in) on 19 January 1988.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

1,377 stations

1,377 station records on 19 January 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Armour	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Akron Washington Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hawarden	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
St James Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Arnold	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Glenwood 2WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Taylor	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Platte	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Brewster	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Eustis 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ewing	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Menno	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Anselmo 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Platte	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Arnold	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Dam 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Potter	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 6 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ogallala	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Akron Washington Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bolton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dyersburg Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Summer Shade	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cagliari	Italy	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winner	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Osmond	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,377 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 124, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 235, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 499, Heaviest daily snowfall 226, Deepest snow cover 106.

Records on 19 January 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	124
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	235
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	499
Heaviest daily snowfall	226
Deepest snow cover	106

Records on 19 January 1988 by timescale: all-time 34, monthly 114, daily 1,229.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,115 broken records

Margins by which the 1,115 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 1988

Top 20 records on 19 January 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 1988	Armour, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	70 years	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
19 January 1988	Ainsworth, US	monthly snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 years	69 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1988	Akron Washington Co AP, US	monthly rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	45 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1988	Hawarden, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1988	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1988	Mullen 3S, US	all-time snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1988	St James Wwtp, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1988	Arnold, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1988	Glenwood 2WNW, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	91 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1988	Ravenna, US	all-time snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	86 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1988	Taylor, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1988	Platte, US	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1988	Alexandria, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	93 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1988	Armour, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1988	Brewster, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	66 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1988	Eustis 2 NW, US	monthly rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1988	Ewing, US	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1988	Menno, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	38 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1988	Castle Rock, US	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1988	Anselmo 2 WSW, US	monthly rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	57 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 1,377 records.

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

Records on 01-19 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1804	1
1822	1
1838	1
1843	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	2
1871	1
1873	2
1874	2
1875	6
1876	5
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	1
1893	5
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	7
1899	17
1900	8
1901	6
1902	5
1903	11
1904	26
1905	6
1906	6
1907	30
1908	7
1909	11
1910	37
1911	16
1912	11
1913	6
1914	39
1915	101
1916	46
1917	102
1918	66
1919	17
1920	116
1921	53
1922	45
1923	81
1924	141
1925	228
1926	190
1927	223
1928	526
1929	444
1930	617
1931	240
1932	160
1933	479
1934	147
1935	634
1936	777
1937	1,019
1938	361
1939	221
1940	1,781
1941	285
1942	471
1943	1,183
1944	452
1945	334
1946	850
1947	253
1948	540
1949	704
1950	1,044
1951	748
1952	704
1953	421
1954	276
1955	375
1956	457
1957	389
1958	627
1959	439
1960	368
1961	373
1962	1,086
1963	961
1964	327
1965	349
1966	583
1967	532
1968	759
1969	669
1970	1,128
1971	1,056
1972	636
1973	677
1974	964
1975	662
1976	846
1977	1,566
1978	953
1979	1,535
1980	656
1981	1,054
1982	776
1983	548
1984	1,499
1985	606
1986	1,737
1987	1,321
1988	1,377
1989	999
1990	1,356
1991	542
1992	757
1993	900
1994	2,752
1995	1,036
1996	1,824
1997	817
1998	784
1999	1,081
2000	1,061
2001	854
2002	712
2003	692
2004	813
2005	974
2006	1,418
2007	1,917
2008	1,731
2009	817
2010	814
2011	595
2012	1,133
2013	583
2014	489
2015	432
2016	682
2017	886
2018	622
2019	478
2020	428
2021	462
2022	456
2023	1,340
2024	828
2025	1,267
2026	293

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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	932
50 to 100	91
100 to 150	64
150 to 200	18
200 to 250	6
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	2