Weather Records on 16 February 1998

2,256 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 1998. Highest significance: St Petersburg, US.

Key Facts for 16 February 1998

On 16 February 1998, 2,256 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,333 were record highs and 356 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 70 monthly and 2,181 daily.
St Petersburg set a daily record precipitation of 96.8 mm (3.8 in) on 16 February 1998.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 16 February 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Myakka Rvr Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Volciha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Edisto Beach Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ganzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	89.3 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waukon 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Morton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kanosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth (Glencoe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nanping	China	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Church Buttes Gas Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waialua 847	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kanosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Do Cachoeira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	133.5 mm (5.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winter Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marodian Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ermelindo Matarazzo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Folkston 9 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,256 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 546, Lowest daily maximum 183, Highest daily minimum 787, Lowest daily minimum 173, Heaviest daily rainfall 499, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 16 February 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	546
Lowest daily maximum	183
Highest daily minimum	787
Lowest daily minimum	173
Heaviest daily rainfall	499
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 16 February 1998 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 70, daily 2,181.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,923 broken records

Margins by which the 1,923 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 216.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 February 1998

Top 20 records on 16 February 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 1998	St Petersburg, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	83 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1998	Myakka Rvr Sp, US	monthly rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1998	Ocala, US	monthly rain	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1998	Randleman, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1998	Volciha, RU	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1998	Dwtn Charleston, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	98 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1998	Edisto Beach Sp, US	monthly rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1998	Ganzhou, CN	monthly rain	89.3 mm (3.5 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1998	Live Oak, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1998	Waukon 3NNE, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1998	Morton, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1998	Kanosh, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1998	Beaver, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1998	Falmouth (Glencoe), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1998	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	monthly high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1998	Santaquin Chlorinator, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1998	Nanping, CN	monthly rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1998	Ventspils, LV	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	67 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1998	Ft Collins, US	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	87 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1998	Kenton, US	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	88 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 2,256 records.

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

Records on 02-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1798	1
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	3
1852	1
1855	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1867	4
1869	1
1872	2
1873	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	1
1885	7
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	5
1903	15
1904	32
1905	21
1906	3
1907	9
1908	24
1909	27
1910	11
1911	47
1912	10
1913	41
1914	81
1915	33
1916	47
1917	54
1918	34
1919	201
1920	21
1921	161
1922	26
1923	59
1924	399
1925	75
1926	48
1927	331
1928	495
1929	217
1930	193
1931	174
1932	316
1933	118
1934	260
1935	262
1936	1,063
1937	258
1938	449
1939	369
1940	298
1941	202
1942	541
1943	609
1944	274
1945	439
1946	273
1947	410
1948	636
1949	808
1950	419
1951	380
1952	301
1953	521
1954	1,526
1955	960
1956	1,031
1957	344
1958	1,480
1959	384
1960	254
1961	530
1962	496
1963	446
1964	370
1965	249
1966	608
1967	487
1968	291
1969	770
1970	945
1971	593
1972	658
1973	456
1974	380
1975	646
1976	1,272
1977	754
1978	1,221
1979	1,687
1980	852
1981	1,755
1982	995
1983	542
1984	997
1985	854
1986	814
1987	744
1988	452
1989	1,436
1990	2,564
1991	1,376
1992	694
1993	2,299
1994	609
1995	1,584
1996	1,088
1997	923
1998	2,256
1999	848
2000	926
2001	1,037
2002	974
2003	1,029
2004	807
2005	670
2006	1,347
2007	1,676
2008	639
2009	860
2010	1,416
2011	990
2012	588
2013	284
2014	970
2015	1,483
2016	1,212
2017	812
2018	1,032
2019	994
2020	1,453
2021	2,807
2022	562
2023	1,308
2024	937
2025	659
2026	934

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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	1,891
50 to 100	29
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1