Weather Records on 25 January 1998

488 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 January 1998. Highest significance: Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 25 January 1998

On 25 January 1998, 488 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
188 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 472 daily.
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 72.8 mm (2.9 in) on 25 January 1998.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

488 stations

488 station records on 25 January 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 January 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ngukurr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.2 mm (5.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Kiaora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Boro (Calderwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Green Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bredbo (Bredbo Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nerriga Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Narara Research Stati	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Turramurra (Kissing Point Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mittagong (High Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Fairy (Merigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wenceslau Guimaraes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
High Range (Wanganderry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saetermoen II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Nardoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gurrundah (Ashwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zoquitlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Darriman (Tarralangi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millthorpe (Inala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rockley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manly Vale (Manly Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glenorie (Old Northern Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Iporanga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria del Mar	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Storsteinnes I Balsfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tamaqua 4 N Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cashton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton AP	United States	Record snow depth	175.3 cm (69.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Palmdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woy Woy (Everglades Country Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

488 records

Records set or tied on 25 January 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 178, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 25 January 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 25 January 1998 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 12, daily 472.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

363 broken records

Margins by which the 363 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 January 1998

Top 20 records on 25 January 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 January 1998	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	101 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
25 January 1998	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	94 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1998	Machias, US	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1998	Mittagong (Beatrice Street), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	99 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1998	Ngukurr, AU	daily rain	144.2 mm (5.7 in)	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1998	Jonesboro, US	monthly rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1998	Alvin, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1998	Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1998	Giffard, AU	monthly rain	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1998	Namdalseid, NO	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	99 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1998	Milan 1NW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	98 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1998	Taralga Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1998	Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park, AU	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	110 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1998	Canowindra (Canowindra Street), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1998	Cooma (Kiaora), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1998	Sans Souci (Public School), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1998	Lajas Substn, PR	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1998	Lewisburg 3 N, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1998	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1998	Winona, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	31 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

1795 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1998. 1998 had 488 records.

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

Records on 01-25 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1813	1
1823	3
1834	2
1845	1
1846	2
1849	2
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	3
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1887	2
1890	8
1891	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	12
1904	17
1905	19
1906	7
1907	19
1908	7
1909	43
1910	21
1911	16
1912	20
1913	28
1914	60
1915	65
1916	89
1917	42
1918	53
1919	36
1920	61
1921	34
1922	75
1923	218
1924	118
1925	54
1926	80
1927	88
1928	179
1929	323
1930	317
1931	521
1932	219
1933	513
1934	457
1935	631
1936	429
1937	1,110
1938	665
1939	189
1940	1,215
1941	1,246
1942	683
1943	640
1944	1,344
1945	296
1946	320
1947	796
1948	708
1949	1,337
1950	2,290
1951	557
1952	569
1953	548
1954	373
1955	404
1956	311
1957	493
1958	457
1959	399
1960	263
1961	673
1962	492
1963	990
1964	533
1965	246
1966	541
1967	836
1968	592
1969	953
1970	510
1971	679
1972	737
1973	621
1974	685
1975	888
1976	713
1977	773
1978	1,209
1979	1,356
1980	704
1981	1,042
1982	975
1983	627
1984	758
1985	811
1986	406
1987	833
1988	926
1989	895
1990	1,476
1991	1,018
1992	1,077
1993	851
1994	911
1995	845
1996	1,292
1997	913
1998	488
1999	1,457
2000	1,332
2001	603
2002	1,074
2003	1,242
2004	1,174
2005	929
2006	1,112
2007	1,135
2008	823
2009	849
2010	1,222
2011	664
2012	864
2013	839
2014	1,094
2015	685
2016	974
2017	1,008
2018	613
2019	469
2020	459
2021	1,094
2022	281
2023	941
2024	931
2025	958
2026	2,391

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Data for records on 1998-01-25: 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 25	335
25 to 50	16
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1