Weather Records on 23 January 1998

724 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 1998. Highest significance: Inverness 3 SE, US.

Key Facts for 23 January 1998

On 23 January 1998, 724 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
221 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 696 daily.
Inverness 3 SE set a daily record precipitation of 73.7 mm (2.9 in) on 23 January 1998.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

724 stations

724 station records on 23 January 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Charleston Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Merluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Penedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ochoco Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
McClellanville	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Reagan Natl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstown Pittsgrov 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dalecarlia Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jfk Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alma Bacon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rimini 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Igor I Sikorsky Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Porter Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nahunta 6NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashburnham	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marcus Hook	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hilton Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Islip-Li Macarthur AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Reynolds Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Folkston 9 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeland 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington New Castle Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore-Washington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trombudo Central	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iturbide	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

724 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 370, Heaviest daily snowfall 48, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 23 January 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	370
Heaviest daily snowfall	48
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 23 January 1998 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 27, daily 696.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

596 broken records

Margins by which the 596 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 1998

Top 20 records on 23 January 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 1998	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	84 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1998	Charleston Intl AP, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1998	Merluna, AU	daily rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1998	Blackville 3 W, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1998	Ashland, US	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	90 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1998	Penedo, BR	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1998	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	94 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1998	Indian Mills 2 W, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1998	Ochoco Rs, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1998	Melbourne WFO, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1998	McClellanville, US	monthly rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1998	Washington Reagan Natl AP, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1998	Abbeville 4S, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1998	Chestertown, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1998	St Petersburg, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1998	Dwtn Charleston, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	94 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1998	Beaufort MCAS, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1998	Milford, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1998	Woodstown Pittsgrov 4E, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1998	Dalecarlia Rsvr, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	44 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

1795 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1998. 1998 had 724 records.

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

Records on 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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Data for records on 1998-01-23: 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 50	577
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1