Weather Records on 3 February 1998

1,175 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 1998. Highest significance: Los Banos, US.

Key Facts for 3 February 1998

On 3 February 1998, 1,175 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
350 were record highs and 384 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 20 were all-time records, 103 monthly and 1,052 daily.
Los Banos set a daily record precipitation of 44.7 mm (1.8 in) on 3 February 1998.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 550 records.

Record Map

1,175 stations

1,175 station records on 3 February 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 February 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Los Banos	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Tavernier	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Palo Alto	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
San Jose	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Redwood City	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lakeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Guantanamo Bay NAS	Cuba	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Las Escobas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
San Clemente Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sonoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Rodriguez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gilroy	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Diablo Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kettleman STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Graton	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Olivares Mexicanos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Modesto AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brookgreen Gardens	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Vicente	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Malaga Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blythe ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
La Puerta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Tomas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalupe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Mesa	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Red Springs 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento AP ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jian	China	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ahome	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gibraltar Dam #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Markleeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hyden	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Isabel 2 ENE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moulton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pinnacles Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Miami WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pt Mugu Nf	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Rvr McAf	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Balikesir	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,175 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 152, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 198, Lowest daily minimum 328, Heaviest daily rainfall 414, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 3 February 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	152
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	198
Lowest daily minimum	328
Heaviest daily rainfall	414
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 3 February 1998 by timescale: all-time 20, monthly 103, daily 1,052.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

976 broken records

Margins by which the 976 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 660.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 1998

Top 20 records on 3 February 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 1998	Los Banos, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	70 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1998	Tavernier, US	monthly rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1998	Petaluma AP, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1998	Chico UNIV Farm, US	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	87 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1998	Palo Alto, US	all-time rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1998	San Jose, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1998	Redwood City, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1998	Willows 6 W, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1998	Monterey, US	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1998	Newark, US	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1998	Waynesboro 2 S, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	95 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1998	Santa Rosa, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	71 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1998	Lakeport, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1998	Ft Lauderdale, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	79 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1998	Guantanamo Bay NAS, CU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1998	Las Escobas, MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1998	San Clemente Dam, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1998	Sonoma, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1998	Presa Rodriguez, MX	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1998	East Park Rsvr, US	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	56 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 1,175 records.

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

Records on 02-03 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1809	1
1812	1
1830	2
1839	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1862	3
1866	2
1869	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	3
1897	5
1898	5
1899	2
1900	2
1901	7
1902	6
1903	11
1904	5
1905	13
1906	5
1907	19
1908	9
1909	28
1910	13
1911	44
1912	69
1913	13
1914	77
1915	28
1916	57
1917	113
1918	29
1919	126
1920	51
1921	81
1922	68
1923	148
1924	343
1925	171
1926	147
1927	650
1928	250
1929	132
1930	174
1931	317
1932	438
1933	148
1934	553
1935	308
1936	446
1937	176
1938	349
1939	708
1940	492
1941	315
1942	260
1943	469
1944	352
1945	340
1946	435
1947	227
1948	379
1949	434
1950	974
1951	727
1952	540
1953	766
1954	767
1955	633
1956	1,026
1957	326
1958	294
1959	515
1960	584
1961	701
1962	1,104
1963	1,073
1964	270
1965	369
1966	562
1967	637
1968	750
1969	382
1970	1,260
1971	749
1972	777
1973	1,038
1974	586
1975	516
1976	759
1977	450
1978	652
1979	1,362
1980	617
1981	732
1982	1,574
1983	1,667
1984	521
1985	1,918
1986	1,557
1987	684
1988	1,033
1989	3,626
1990	1,839
1991	1,432
1992	1,313
1993	765
1994	679
1995	1,138
1996	3,705
1997	775
1998	1,175
1999	893
2000	634
2001	1,031
2002	1,447
2003	1,166
2004	1,663
2005	1,711
2006	949
2007	1,159
2008	760
2009	524
2010	1,720
2011	2,215
2012	1,638
2013	457
2014	801
2015	852
2016	1,698
2017	500
2018	1,001
2019	1,018
2020	1,595
2021	896
2022	951
2023	330
2024	837
2025	1,667
2026	509

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Data for records on 1998-02-03: 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 100	973
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1