Weather Records on 2 March 1998

687 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 1998. Highest significance: Lead, US.

Key Facts for 2 March 1998

On 2 March 1998, 687 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
292 were record highs and 182 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 650 daily.
Lead set a daily record snow depth of 170.2 cm (67.0 in) on 2 March 1998.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

687 stations

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

Weather records on 2 March 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lead	United States	Record snow depth	170.2 cm (67.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	224.6 mm (8.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Conconully	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
La Esperanza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro de Ortega	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pompano Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	205.6 mm (8.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Tarahumar	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Creighton	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ekalaka	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gogerddan	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro Piedra Gorda -Ciuda	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jataizinho Aneel/Cesp	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Canelas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Knobs 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lands End Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Venustiano Carranza	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Canelas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ternej	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poset	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tavernier	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eleven Mile Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.6 mm (6.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sandane	Norway	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Phuket	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth: Mountbatten	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mallapunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kajabbi Kalkadoon Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterino-Nikolskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnyj Jar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Ribera	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hopelchen	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vigra	Norway	Record low maximum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nizhne-Tambovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pietersburg Muni	South Africa	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beach	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Troutdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Jeronimo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anucino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Middle Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gregory Springs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wushaoling	China	Record high minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maanti	Mongolia	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

687 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 165, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 127, Lowest daily minimum 141, Heaviest daily rainfall 177, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 2 March 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	165
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	127
Lowest daily minimum	141
Heaviest daily rainfall	177
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 2 March 1998 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 33, daily 650.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

541 broken records

Margins by which the 541 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 864.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 1998

Top 20 records on 2 March 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 1998	Lead, US	daily snow depth	170.2 cm (67.0 in)	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	33 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1998	Darwin Airport, AU	daily rain	224.6 mm (8.8 in)	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1998	Kellogg, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1998	Conconully, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1998	La Esperanza, MX	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1998	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	95 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1998	Cerro de Ortega, MX	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1998	Marble Bar Comparison, AU	daily high min	31.4 C (88.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	84 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1998	Huetamo, MX	daily low max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1998	Hamburg, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1998	Pompano Beach, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1998	Darwin Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	205.6 mm (8.1 in)	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1998	El Tarahumar, MX	all-time low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1998	Creighton, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1998	Ekalaka, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1998	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily high min	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	72 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1998	Gogerddan, GB	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1998	Ludlow 3 SSE, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1998	San Pedro Piedra Gorda -Ciuda, MX	monthly low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1998	Jataizinho Aneel/Cesp, BR	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	29 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

1802 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1998. 1998 had 687 records.

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

Records on 03-02 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1814	1
1836	1
1845	1
1846	2
1848	1
1852	1
1854	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1866	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	3
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	1
1893	11
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	4
1900	12
1901	5
1902	7
1903	5
1904	10
1905	7
1906	22
1907	4
1908	16
1909	19
1910	11
1911	13
1912	57
1913	32
1914	36
1915	20
1916	65
1917	37
1918	22
1919	23
1920	85
1921	241
1922	73
1923	219
1924	50
1925	220
1926	85
1927	152
1928	75
1929	191
1930	133
1931	250
1932	371
1933	89
1934	364
1935	198
1936	441
1937	162
1938	415
1939	222
1940	522
1941	507
1942	261
1943	912
1944	249
1945	494
1946	290
1947	878
1948	744
1949	196
1950	441
1951	801
1952	794
1953	731
1954	491
1955	647
1956	510
1957	282
1958	247
1959	310
1960	1,650
1961	768
1962	1,155
1963	518
1964	679
1965	687
1966	583
1967	644
1968	629
1969	417
1970	887
1971	1,033
1972	1,713
1973	522
1974	1,474
1975	399
1976	1,903
1977	384
1978	1,272
1979	728
1980	2,905
1981	534
1982	924
1983	1,518
1984	566
1985	733
1986	1,075
1987	1,370
1988	833
1989	1,395
1990	826
1991	1,512
1992	1,852
1993	906
1994	1,540
1995	1,382
1996	541
1997	2,594
1998	687
1999	1,176
2000	1,093
2001	1,373
2002	1,466
2003	709
2004	1,064
2005	966
2006	1,017
2007	1,726
2008	889
2009	1,498
2010	859
2011	664
2012	933
2013	795
2014	1,545
2015	933
2016	652
2017	565
2018	816
2019	901
2020	538
2021	529
2022	1,017
2023	1,094
2024	886
2025	708
2026	1,163

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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 200	540
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1