Weather Records on 15 February 1998

1,483 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 February 1998. Highest significance: Koosharem, US.

Key Facts for 15 February 1998

On 15 February 1998, 1,483 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
806 were record highs and 295 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 1,436 daily.
Koosharem set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 15 February 1998.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

1,483 stations

1,483 station records on 15 February 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 February 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Koosharem	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Oak City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tamazula de Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
New Harmony	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grouse Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Partoun	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waterhouse(Barooga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Macabuzinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	131.9 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Falls 16 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kanab	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Waite Institute)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palomas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McAllen	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caribou 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ghost Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hebbronville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsborough Rvr Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chinipas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Descanso Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ferron	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-23.8 C (-10.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Izana	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Falcon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,483 records

Records set or tied on 15 February 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 411, Lowest daily maximum 184, Highest daily minimum 395, Lowest daily minimum 111, Heaviest daily rainfall 312, Heaviest daily snowfall 60, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 15 February 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	411
Lowest daily maximum	184
Highest daily minimum	395
Lowest daily minimum	111
Heaviest daily rainfall	312
Heaviest daily snowfall	60
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 15 February 1998 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 44, daily 1,436.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,300 broken records

Margins by which the 1,300 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 February 1998

Top 20 records on 15 February 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 February 1998	Koosharem, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
15 February 1998	Oak City, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1998	Tamazula de Victoria, MX	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1998	New Harmony, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	86 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1998	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	102 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1998	Castle Dale, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	71 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1998	Grouse Creek, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1998	Black Rock, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1998	Devils Garden, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1998	Larimore 4SW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1998	Partoun, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1998	Waterhouse(Barooga), AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1998	Macabuzinho, BR	daily rain	131.9 mm (5.2 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1998	Falfurrias, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1998	Greifswald, DE	daily high min	8.4 C (47.1 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	98 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1998	Idaho Falls 16 SE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1998	Sarita 7 E, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1998	Kanab, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	94 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1998	Adelaide (Waite Institute), AU	monthly low min	1.5 C (34.7 F)	7.4 C (13.3 F)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1998	Hambantota, LK	daily high max	34.0 C (93.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	96 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

1794 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1998. 1998 had 1,483 records.

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

Records on 02-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	1
1803	1
1806	1
1828	1
1829	1
1830	2
1838	1
1849	1
1855	3
1856	3
1858	3
1859	1
1865	2
1867	3
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	5
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1882	4
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	11
1899	7
1900	8
1901	9
1902	2
1903	25
1904	14
1905	16
1906	4
1907	22
1908	50
1909	16
1910	4
1911	33
1912	12
1913	163
1914	82
1915	47
1916	60
1917	82
1918	57
1919	46
1920	29
1921	99
1922	36
1923	68
1924	204
1925	102
1926	61
1927	112
1928	359
1929	286
1930	130
1931	189
1932	230
1933	108
1934	198
1935	523
1936	1,058
1937	219
1938	429
1939	495
1940	230
1941	109
1942	461
1943	1,126
1944	314
1945	700
1946	306
1947	613
1948	376
1949	1,255
1950	489
1951	380
1952	186
1953	385
1954	1,850
1955	722
1956	710
1957	444
1958	714
1959	541
1960	555
1961	480
1962	718
1963	270
1964	405
1965	305
1966	467
1967	632
1968	321
1969	844
1970	589
1971	551
1972	444
1973	531
1974	375
1975	587
1976	754
1977	544
1978	1,271
1979	1,599
1980	1,007
1981	1,111
1982	1,014
1983	574
1984	928
1985	866
1986	1,273
1987	882
1988	481
1989	1,765
1990	2,706
1991	1,120
1992	887
1993	1,327
1994	676
1995	1,916
1996	955
1997	1,030
1998	1,483
1999	913
2000	962
2001	1,224
2002	525
2003	1,029
2004	1,093
2005	695
2006	872
2007	2,115
2008	491
2009	910
2010	1,424
2011	861
2012	562
2013	257
2014	1,549
2015	1,173
2016	1,209
2017	575
2018	754
2019	979
2020	583
2021	3,289
2022	468
2023	1,064
2024	967
2025	506
2026	690

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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	1,266
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1