Weather Records on 4 March 1998

1,720 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 1998. Highest significance: Blankenrath, DE.

Key Facts for 4 March 1998

On 4 March 1998, 1,720 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
965 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 71 monthly and 1,648 daily.
Blankenrath set a daily record precipitation of 35.5 mm (1.4 in) on 4 March 1998.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

1,720 stations

1,720 station records on 4 March 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blankenrath	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record snow depth	149.9 cm (59.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Altrier	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wondoola Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.2 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Koerich	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Calmus	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Knobs 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plevna	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lorentzweiler	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Forquilhinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Worland Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Niederelbert	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crane Nsa	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,720 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 532, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 433, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 540, Heaviest daily snowfall 59, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 4 March 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	532
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	433
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	540
Heaviest daily snowfall	59
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 4 March 1998 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 71, daily 1,648.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,568 broken records

Margins by which the 1,568 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 737.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 1998

Top 20 records on 4 March 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 1998	Blankenrath, DE	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1998	Lead, US	daily snow depth	149.9 cm (59.0 in)	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1998	Altrier, LU	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1998	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	monthly high min	12.7 C (54.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	138 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1998	Jena Sternwarte, DE	monthly high min	12.4 C (54.3 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	138 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1998	Valier, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1998	Gibson Dam, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1998	Wondoola Station, AU	daily rain	130.2 mm (5.1 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1998	Koerich, LU	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1998	Basin, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	73 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1998	Calmus, LU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1998	Gallivare_A, SE	monthly low min	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	95 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1998	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	20.5 C (68.9 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1998	Knobs 4 SW, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1998	Anaconda, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1998	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	151 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1998	Billings Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1998	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily low max	25.9 C (78.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1998	Halle, DE	daily high min	11.3 C (52.3 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	79 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1998	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily high min	9.3 C (48.7 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	80 years	40 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

1801 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1998. 1998 had 1,720 records.

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

Records on 03-04 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1804	1
1810	1
1814	1
1816	1
1817	1
1837	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	5
1846	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1857	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	6
1881	5
1882	2
1884	1
1886	3
1888	4
1889	3
1890	7
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	11
1897	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	18
1904	8
1905	8
1906	14
1907	13
1908	15
1909	23
1910	7
1911	6
1912	46
1913	23
1914	27
1915	27
1916	37
1917	51
1918	79
1919	162
1920	76
1921	99
1922	59
1923	206
1924	139
1925	272
1926	144
1927	132
1928	100
1929	252
1930	148
1931	295
1932	341
1933	357
1934	402
1935	528
1936	171
1937	336
1938	628
1939	278
1940	242
1941	278
1942	266
1943	1,123
1944	564
1945	465
1946	679
1947	407
1948	698
1949	299
1950	638
1951	740
1952	747
1953	540
1954	528
1955	1,317
1956	504
1957	294
1958	414
1959	743
1960	2,289
1961	773
1962	536
1963	502
1964	677
1965	855
1966	1,050
1967	359
1968	1,100
1969	252
1970	332
1971	1,217
1972	632
1973	569
1974	1,456
1975	514
1976	1,696
1977	1,240
1978	1,905
1979	1,100
1980	742
1981	742
1982	758
1983	2,210
1984	671
1985	1,118
1986	1,113
1987	1,577
1988	924
1989	1,369
1990	738
1991	1,343
1992	1,283
1993	749
1994	959
1995	1,062
1996	727
1997	1,013
1998	1,720
1999	990
2000	878
2001	762
2002	2,015
2003	861
2004	1,092
2005	782
2006	711
2007	779
2008	919
2009	1,460
2010	517
2011	682
2012	755
2013	708
2014	1,792
2015	577
2016	748
2017	571
2018	645
2019	2,178
2020	873
2021	492
2022	516
2023	807
2024	1,328
2025	695
2026	747

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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 100	1,560
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1