Weather Records on 8 August 1988

733 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1988. Highest significance: Bad Konigshofen, DE.

Key Facts for 8 August 1988

On 8 August 1988, 733 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
379 were record highs and 190 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 716 daily.
Bad Konigshofen set an all-time record daily precipitation of 126.8 mm (5.0 in) on 8 August 1988.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

733 stations

733 station records on 8 August 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bad Konigshofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	126.8 mm (5.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Strelka Chunja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mazanovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blankenrath	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Klippeneck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saarbrucken-Sankt Johann	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tianshui	China	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Sugar Factory	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Penza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ilcir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Svobodnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Narva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Las Cruces	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palpan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Partoun	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hana AP 355	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Juchitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barter Island WSO AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anaconda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Halfway	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Wildungen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Antioch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blackleaf	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manila	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lucin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milaca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

733 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 182, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 197, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 163, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 8 August 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	182
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	197
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1988 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 716.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

500 broken records

Margins by which the 500 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1988

Top 20 records on 8 August 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1988	Bad Konigshofen, DE	all-time rain	126.8 mm (5.0 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1988	Strelka Chunja, RU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1988	Mazanovo, RU	daily rain	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1988	Titusville, US	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1988	Blankenrath, DE	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1988	Klippeneck, DE	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1988	Hangzhou, CN	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1988	Saarbrucken-Sankt Johann, DE	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1988	Tianshui, CN	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1988	Kurnool, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1988	Milledgeville, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1988	Ogden Sugar Factory, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1988	Penza, RU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1988	Ilcir, RU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1988	Svobodnyj, RU	daily rain	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1988	Narva, EE	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1988	Cuitzeo, MX	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1988	Las Cruces, MX	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1988	Denton 2 E, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1988	Talbotton, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	90 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 733 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

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Data for records on 1988-08-08: 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	476
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1