Weather Records on 8 February 1998

1,148 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1998. Highest significance: Lexington Bluegrass AP, US.

Key Facts for 8 February 1998

On 8 February 1998, 1,148 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
280 were record highs and 150 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 1,125 daily.
Lexington Bluegrass AP set a daily record snow depth of 33.0 cm (13.0 in) on 8 February 1998.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

1,148 stations

1,148 station records on 8 February 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Hampshire (Neena Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lavik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lowan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Preolenna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hustadvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroonook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Seven Mile Beach (Royal Hobart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stonyford	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrangobilly Caves	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hagley (Fairbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Penguin (Ironcliffe Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Forthside Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tarraleah Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Butlers Gorge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stearns 2S	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mungallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wonthaggi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yass (Derringullen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cowangie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vigra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Renmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wallendbeen (Corang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Davey (Melaleuca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Markleeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Dimas Fire Fc 95	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Belmont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnie Doon Garage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alonnah Area School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rosendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Represa	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murrayville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Devonport Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lascelles	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Narraport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newstead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Captains Flat (Foxlow St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tottington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gellibrand River West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,148 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 117, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 163, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 665, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 41.

Records on 8 February 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	117
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	163
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	665
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	41

Records on 8 February 1998 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 20, daily 1,125.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,004 broken records

Margins by which the 1,004 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 1998

Top 20 records on 8 February 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1998	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	98 years	79 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1998	Hampshire (Neena Road), AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	74 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1998	Bridgeport, US	daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	83 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1998	Lavik, NO	monthly rain	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1998	Lowan Hills, AU	monthly rain	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	81 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1998	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	122 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1998	Preolenna, AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1998	Hustadvatn, NO	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1998	Wooroonook, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	87 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1998	Gormanston (Gould Street), AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1998	Queenstown (Copper Mine), AU	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1998	Stockwell, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1998	Seven Mile Beach (Royal Hobart, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1998	Stonyford, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	83 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1998	Canowindra (Canowindra Street), AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	103 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1998	Yarrangobilly Caves, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1998	Hagley (Fairbank), AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1998	Penguin (Ironcliffe Road), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1998	Forthside Research Station, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1998	Tarraleah Village, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	50 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 1,148 records.

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

Records on 02-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1822	1
1829	1
1838	1
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	4
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	14
1896	1
1898	1
1899	9
1900	9
1901	5
1902	3
1903	18
1904	8
1905	2
1906	9
1907	16
1908	36
1909	8
1910	16
1911	47
1912	67
1913	22
1914	25
1915	30
1916	16
1917	45
1918	44
1919	39
1920	43
1921	39
1922	60
1923	41
1924	147
1925	685
1926	205
1927	59
1928	263
1929	458
1930	181
1931	398
1932	526
1933	1,064
1934	418
1935	370
1936	717
1937	738
1938	575
1939	315
1940	235
1941	342
1942	224
1943	459
1944	500
1945	530
1946	239
1947	553
1948	417
1949	346
1950	500
1951	811
1952	198
1953	462
1954	1,111
1955	448
1956	584
1957	998
1958	323
1959	274
1960	551
1961	863
1962	448
1963	933
1964	305
1965	793
1966	1,116
1967	539
1968	229
1969	561
1970	342
1971	1,146
1972	348
1973	759
1974	560
1975	346
1976	771
1977	704
1978	1,331
1979	1,355
1980	1,345
1981	736
1982	808
1983	492
1984	630
1985	1,256
1986	819
1987	835
1988	837
1989	2,241
1990	2,042
1991	1,376
1992	833
1993	894
1994	2,056
1995	1,004
1996	1,697
1997	725
1998	1,148
1999	1,633
2000	786
2001	1,743
2002	863
2003	719
2004	692
2005	865
2006	614
2007	657
2008	797
2009	1,217
2010	1,023
2011	883
2012	876
2013	733
2014	1,125
2015	1,344
2016	777
2017	1,648
2018	851
2019	1,386
2020	597
2021	970
2022	273
2023	414
2024	1,347
2025	886
2026	912

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 8 February 1998
Margin	Records
0 to 100	991
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	2