Weather Records on 18 February 1998

1,892 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 February 1998. Highest significance: New Bedford Coop, US.

Key Facts for 18 February 1998

On 18 February 1998, 1,892 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
851 were record highs and 391 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 68 monthly and 1,820 daily.
New Bedford Coop set a daily record precipitation of 89.7 mm (3.5 in) on 18 February 1998.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

1,892 stations

1,892 station records on 18 February 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 February 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Futenma	Japan	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chemung	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Leipikvattnet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jormlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lindley 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Marsliden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Free Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Naha	Japan	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grosse Pointe Farms	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beavertown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Galeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hoytville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stryker	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Assarai-Montante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ansonia 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Joesjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muncie Delaware Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ipanema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenport Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vienna	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boston	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Avasjo-Borgafjall_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lapeer Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,892 records

Records set or tied on 18 February 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 430, Lowest daily maximum 124, Highest daily minimum 421, Lowest daily minimum 267, Heaviest daily rainfall 579, Heaviest daily snowfall 56, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 18 February 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	430
Lowest daily maximum	124
Highest daily minimum	421
Lowest daily minimum	267
Heaviest daily rainfall	579
Heaviest daily snowfall	56
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 18 February 1998 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 68, daily 1,820.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,581 broken records

Margins by which the 1,581 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 February 1998

Top 20 records on 18 February 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 February 1998	New Bedford Coop, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	96 years	78 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1998	Gaddede, SE	monthly rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	73 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1998	Corning, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	79 years	72 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1998	Susendal, NO	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1998	Moore Haven Lock 1, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	78 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1998	Liafoss, NO	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	86 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1998	Toledo Blade, US	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	115 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1998	Futenma, JP	monthly rain	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 February 1998	Chemung, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1998	Waverly, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1998	Leipikvattnet, SE	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1998	Tunnsjo, NO	monthly rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1998	Jormlien, SE	monthly rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1998	Lindley 2N, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1998	Covington 2 WSW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1998	Marsliden, SE	monthly rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1998	Montpelier, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1998	Renovo, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1998	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	95 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 February 1998	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	53 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 1,892 records.

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

Records on 02-18 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1809	1
1813	2
1827	2
1838	1
1846	1
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1880	3
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1895	6
1896	7
1897	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	10
1901	5
1902	3
1903	31
1904	8
1905	11
1906	10
1907	10
1908	10
1909	12
1910	21
1911	42
1912	28
1913	29
1914	15
1915	20
1916	24
1917	44
1918	112
1919	500
1920	39
1921	86
1922	58
1923	97
1924	174
1925	66
1926	231
1927	310
1928	462
1929	483
1930	628
1931	371
1932	200
1933	134
1934	217
1935	137
1936	1,487
1937	284
1938	775
1939	308
1940	407
1941	164
1942	579
1943	436
1944	465
1945	205
1946	793
1947	248
1948	783
1949	543
1950	721
1951	642
1952	510
1953	148
1954	596
1955	795
1956	1,016
1957	322
1958	1,549
1959	695
1960	366
1961	1,418
1962	605
1963	359
1964	249
1965	306
1966	711
1967	537
1968	478
1969	456
1970	454
1971	822
1972	445
1973	690
1974	467
1975	682
1976	1,075
1977	799
1978	1,766
1979	2,300
1980	1,018
1981	2,438
1982	574
1983	620
1984	912
1985	690
1986	1,679
1987	528
1988	585
1989	1,034
1990	1,324
1991	937
1992	488
1993	1,960
1994	889
1995	939
1996	1,031
1997	1,039
1998	1,892
1999	644
2000	1,249
2001	470
2002	832
2003	1,128
2004	968
2005	595
2006	1,872
2007	835
2008	989
2009	664
2010	1,634
2011	1,600
2012	628
2013	388
2014	846
2015	831
2016	794
2017	1,033
2018	611
2019	1,411
2020	1,050
2021	1,711
2022	1,144
2023	984
2024	860
2025	1,063
2026	1,127

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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 20	1,454
20 to 40	94
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1