Weather Records on 19 January 1998

784 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 1998. Highest significance: Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH.

Key Facts for 19 January 1998

On 19 January 1998, 784 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
278 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 770 daily.
Col du Grand St-Bernard set a daily record precipitation of 87.2 mm (3.4 in) on 19 January 1998.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

784 stations

784 station records on 19 January 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Muna	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rijeka	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Formiga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alder 17 S	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iturbide	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carmo Do Cajuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ogulin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Big Piney	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waialua 847	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Split Marjan	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eberbach/Neckar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plaisance (Mauritiu	Mauritius	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rifle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alder 17 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Springs 5 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tremonton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cotonou	Benin	Record high maximum temperature	34.3 C (93.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bernie	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baerami Creek (Bronwyn Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ponte Fernao Dias	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rita	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deaver	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Itaju Do Colonia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Silvituc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Praia Grande (Parana)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Knin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tlaxcala de Xicontecatl (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tequesquitengo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lovsta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zajsan	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-33.5 C (-28.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Tecomate	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bilbao Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Breadalbane (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-28.0 C (-18.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glenbrook	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dixville Notch	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pineview Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tuxtla Gutierrez (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jasso	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

784 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 180, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 309, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 19 January 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	180
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	309
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 19 January 1998 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 11, daily 770.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

648 broken records

Margins by which the 648 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

19 January 1998

Top 20 records on 19 January 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 1998	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	88 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1998	Muna, MX	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1998	Greenville, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	120 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1998	Rijeka, HR	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1998	Formiga, BR	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1998	Gospic, HR	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	124 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1998	Alder 17 S, US	all-time snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1998	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	25.4 C (77.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1998	Iturbide, MX	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1998	Fairfield, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1998	Carmo Do Cajuru, BR	daily rain	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1998	Ogulin, HR	daily rain	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1998	Big Piney, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1998	Kaycee, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1998	Sun Rvr 4 S, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	4.9 cm (1.9 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1998	Beulah, US	all-time rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1998	Waialua 847, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1998	Huetamo, MX	monthly high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1998	Virginia City, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1998	Split Marjan, HR	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	35 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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1998. 1998 had 784 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	625
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1