Weather Records on 9 February 1998

857 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 February 1998. Highest significance: Bajramaly, TM.

Key Facts for 9 February 1998

On 9 February 1998, 857 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
414 were record highs and 124 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 819 daily.
Bajramaly set a monthly record daily precipitation of 45.2 mm (1.8 in) on 9 February 1998.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

857 stations

857 station records on 9 February 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 February 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Amby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Carawatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Eversfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pingine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Palco	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Point Pass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rockdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Capivari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stearns 2S	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Frogmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.0 mm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Redington	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shell	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chimkurgan	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waverley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ekari Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wylie Creek (Aloomba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Altadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woleebee Nevasa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Westbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carinya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yuleba State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Airlie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mungallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wallumbilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warkon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record high minimum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taroom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha (Pindari)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jaboticatubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Laranjeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hawarden Bridge	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

857 records

Records set or tied on 9 February 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 225, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 189, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 265, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 9 February 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	225
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	189
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	265
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 9 February 1998 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 34, daily 819.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

683 broken records

Margins by which the 683 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 February 1998

Top 20 records on 9 February 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 February 1998	Bajramaly, TM	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	88 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1998	Jamestown, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	110 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1998	Amby, AU	daily rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1998	Surat, AU	daily rain	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	109 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 February 1998	Carawatha, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1998	Hazelton, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1998	Eversfield, AU	daily rain	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1998	Pingine, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1998	Gila Bend 2SE, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1998	Palco, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1998	Point Pass, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1998	Riverton, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	87 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1998	Legume (New Koreelah), AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1998	Rockdale, AU	all-time rain	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1998	Juncos 1 SE, PR	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1998	Virginia City, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1998	Killarney Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	91 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1998	Armagh, GB	daily high min	9.7 C (49.5 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	95 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1998	Bison 3NW, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1998	Capivari, BR	daily rain	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	43 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 857 records.

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

Records on 02-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1809	1
1847	1
1849	1
1855	2
1856	5
1857	1
1858	2
1860	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	4
1879	1
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	5
1894	7
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	3
1899	17
1900	4
1901	3
1902	4
1903	13
1904	22
1905	7
1906	13
1907	9
1908	18
1909	6
1910	9
1911	65
1912	38
1913	27
1914	57
1915	16
1916	53
1917	39
1918	43
1919	59
1920	63
1921	22
1922	43
1923	65
1924	50
1925	642
1926	151
1927	76
1928	176
1929	433
1930	191
1931	205
1932	652
1933	986
1934	618
1935	427
1936	437
1937	638
1938	772
1939	838
1940	380
1941	178
1942	468
1943	438
1944	546
1945	400
1946	337
1947	541
1948	342
1949	467
1950	463
1951	758
1952	334
1953	569
1954	1,034
1955	482
1956	754
1957	1,072
1958	375
1959	578
1960	453
1961	693
1962	546
1963	635
1964	267
1965	677
1966	1,610
1967	362
1968	312
1969	1,116
1970	518
1971	1,015
1972	270
1973	501
1974	425
1975	569
1976	1,406
1977	514
1978	1,274
1979	1,657
1980	1,124
1981	705
1982	1,368
1983	361
1984	559
1985	1,218
1986	1,140
1987	687
1988	786
1989	1,249
1990	1,535
1991	720
1992	844
1993	871
1994	2,208
1995	999
1996	1,781
1997	759
1998	857
1999	1,622
2000	920
2001	2,173
2002	1,390
2003	758
2004	644
2005	1,025
2006	566
2007	703
2008	807
2009	1,354
2010	1,312
2011	1,361
2012	887
2013	598
2014	949
2015	1,228
2016	1,294
2017	1,412
2018	677
2019	871
2020	1,384
2021	826
2022	585
2023	745
2024	1,392
2025	823
2026	660

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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	659
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1