Weather Records on 24 September 1988

740 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 September 1988. Highest significance: Anna Jacoba Polder, NL.

Key Facts for 24 September 1988

On 24 September 1988, 740 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
310 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 698 daily.
Anna Jacoba Polder set an all-time record daily precipitation of 82.0 mm (3.2 in) on 24 September 1988.
Across 166 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 425 records.

Record Map

740 stations

740 station records on 24 September 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 September 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anna Jacoba Polder	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Oosterhout	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Stavenisse	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Stiege	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ludinghausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kortgene	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Munfordville 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Geldern-Walbeck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dortmund	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ijsselsteyn (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mill	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oirschot	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Strijen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tilburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gilze-Rijen_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oud Alblas	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nijmegen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zundert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nuland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwendijk (Nb)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wolphaartsdijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eindhoven-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Borken In Westfalen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wilhelminadorp-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
'S Heerenhoek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Herzberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tapoco	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lippspringe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wahlsburg-Lippoldsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gottingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dinther	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ginneken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Westkapelle	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Venice	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Numansdorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Den Bommel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Middelburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brilon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bocholt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ijsselmonde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Andel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ammerzoden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Herwijnen_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hoogerheide	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen Op Zoom	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kapelle	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Krabbendijke	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zaltbommel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

740 records

Records set or tied on 24 September 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 148, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 162, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 350.

Records on 24 September 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	148
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	162
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	350
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 September 1988 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 31, daily 698.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

607 broken records

Margins by which the 607 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 September 1988

Top 20 records on 24 September 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 September 1988	Anna Jacoba Polder, NL	all-time rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1988	Kleve, DE	daily rain	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1988	Oudenbosch, NL	monthly rain	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1988	Oosterhout, NL	all-time rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1988	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1988	Stavenisse, NL	all-time rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1988	Stiege, DE	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1988	Ludinghausen, DE	monthly rain	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1988	Kortgene, NL	all-time rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1988	Munfordville 5 NW, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	57 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1988	Geldern-Walbeck, DE	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1988	Kerkwerve, NL	all-time rain	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	75 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1988	Dortmund, DE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1988	Ijsselsteyn (L), NL	monthly rain	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1988	Mill, NL	monthly rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1988	Oirschot, NL	all-time rain	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1988	Strijen, NL	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1988	Tilburg, NL	monthly rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1988	Gilze-Rijen_1, NL	monthly rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1988	Newport, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	94 years	54 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

1803 to 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1988. 1988 had 740 records.

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

Records on 09-24 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1847	1
1852	2
1854	2
1857	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1881	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	1
1889	5
1890	1
1891	2
1892	5
1893	1
1894	2
1895	7
1896	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	3
1902	10
1903	8
1904	9
1905	7
1906	5
1907	20
1908	23
1909	31
1910	8
1911	11
1912	49
1913	9
1914	23
1915	159
1916	253
1917	87
1918	7
1919	26
1920	69
1921	23
1922	49
1923	70
1924	175
1925	146
1926	630
1927	194
1928	603
1929	137
1930	488
1931	463
1932	354
1933	424
1934	367
1935	449
1936	329
1937	237
1938	355
1939	331
1940	319
1941	319
1942	918
1943	413
1944	334
1945	475
1946	425
1947	704
1948	422
1949	554
1950	778
1951	580
1952	425
1953	346
1954	269
1955	577
1956	427
1957	370
1958	725
1959	414
1960	487
1961	680
1962	360
1963	715
1964	329
1965	624
1966	410
1967	394
1968	433
1969	278
1970	1,046
1971	485
1972	480
1973	1,208
1974	1,204
1975	1,116
1976	556
1977	814
1978	619
1979	577
1980	633
1981	604
1982	702
1983	1,128
1984	1,565
1985	771
1986	1,207
1987	729
1988	740
1989	1,668
1990	969
1991	519
1992	1,250
1993	1,055
1994	842
1995	1,251
1996	676
1997	1,238
1998	945
1999	933
2000	1,966
2001	1,097
2002	885
2003	863
2004	600
2005	1,256
2006	1,306
2007	1,244
2008	633
2009	866
2010	1,340
2011	770
2012	545
2013	514
2014	764
2015	770
2016	732
2017	1,402
2018	497
2019	516
2020	754
2021	457
2022	395
2023	689
2024	778
2025	576
2026	389

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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 10	458
10 to 20	74
20 to 30	45
30 to 40	21
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	6
60 to 70	1