Weather Records on 1 January 1998

964 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1998. Highest significance: Palmerville, AU.

Key Facts for 1 January 1998

On 1 January 1998, 964 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
563 were record highs and 228 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 941 daily.
Palmerville set a daily record precipitation of 129.0 mm (5.1 in) on 1 January 1998.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

964 stations

964 station records on 1 January 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Lihue WSO AP 1020.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Stearns 2S	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 1 NE Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chorozinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pulaski 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sosnovka-1	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chileka	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ellijay	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rapelje	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Polson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flying Fish Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cooper Lake Project	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Jeronimo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wilton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Tecomate	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

964 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 377, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 186, Lowest daily minimum 163, Heaviest daily rainfall 100, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 63.

Records on 1 January 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	377
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	186
Lowest daily minimum	163
Heaviest daily rainfall	100
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	63

Records on 1 January 1998 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 941.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

756 broken records

Margins by which the 756 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1998

Top 20 records on 1 January 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1998	Palmerville, AU	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	94 years	74 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1998	Lihue WSO AP 1020.1, US	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1998	Stearns 2S, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1998	Libby 1 NE Rs, US	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1998	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1998	Chorozinho, BR	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1998	Luverne, US	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1998	Martinsdale 3 NNW, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1998	Springview 2NW, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1998	Pulaski 2 E, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1998	Woodstock 2 NE, US	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	88 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1998	Albion, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	80 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1998	Ft Yates 4 SW, US	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1998	Wellsboro, US	daily low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1998	Waverly, US	daily low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	97 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1998	Aberdeen, US	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1998	Schwerin, DE	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	96 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1998	Cottbus, DE	daily high min	5.7 C (42.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	96 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1998	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high max	11.3 C (52.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	96 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1998	Canton, US	monthly snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	51 years	38 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

1798 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1998. 1998 had 964 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	724
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1