Weather Records on 25 March 1998

1,222 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 March 1998. Highest significance: Bridgeport, US.

Key Facts for 25 March 1998

On 25 March 1998, 1,222 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
741 were record highs and 288 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 1,172 daily.
Bridgeport set a daily record precipitation of 38.6 mm (1.5 in) on 25 March 1998.
Across 164 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

1,222 stations

1,222 station records on 25 March 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 March 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Exchequer Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Merced	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
U C L A	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Iuna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Westhaven	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Garrafao (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.1 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Friant Government Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Long Beach Daugherty AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin McAf	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Monica Pier	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Isabel 2 ENE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Udon Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ventura	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Panguitch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Valerio Trujano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Downey Fire Dept. Fc107C	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pfullendorf	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Culver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gage AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Do Pouso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Groveland Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tracy	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tularosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madera	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Provo Byu	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tremonton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ennis	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,222 records

Records set or tied on 25 March 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 391, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 350, Lowest daily minimum 226, Heaviest daily rainfall 178, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 25 March 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	391
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	350
Lowest daily minimum	226
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 25 March 1998 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 46, daily 1,172.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

925 broken records

Margins by which the 925 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 March 1998

Top 20 records on 25 March 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 March 1998	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1998	Exchequer Dam, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1998	Merced, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1998	U C L A, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1998	N Fk Rs, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	91 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1998	Iuna, BR	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1998	Visalia, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1998	Westhaven, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1998	Garrafao (Dnos), BR	daily rain	95.1 mm (3.7 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1998	Snowflake, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	95 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1998	Friant Government Camp, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1998	Long Beach Daugherty AP, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1998	Tustin McAf, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1998	Tres Piedras, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	92 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1998	Manti, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	101 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1998	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high max	26.3 C (79.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1998	Santa Monica Pier, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1998	Santa Isabel 2 ENE, PR	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1998	Paonia 1SW, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	91 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1998	Scipio, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	42 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

1806 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1998. 1998 had 1,222 records.

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

Records on 03-25 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1830	1
1837	1
1841	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	1
1857	1
1861	1
1862	2
1865	2
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1876	4
1877	1
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1882	2
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	1
1896	10
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	2
1901	11
1902	13
1903	16
1904	21
1905	22
1906	20
1907	10
1908	8
1909	26
1910	65
1911	14
1912	22
1913	125
1914	68
1915	21
1916	26
1917	33
1918	25
1919	38
1920	82
1921	73
1922	33
1923	80
1924	45
1925	101
1926	289
1927	113
1928	265
1929	473
1930	216
1931	95
1932	283
1933	331
1934	402
1935	377
1936	227
1937	539
1938	427
1939	606
1940	1,544
1941	351
1942	518
1943	227
1944	373
1945	816
1946	528
1947	395
1948	274
1949	421
1950	348
1951	489
1952	429
1953	598
1954	667
1955	1,548
1956	849
1957	534
1958	355
1959	251
1960	1,108
1961	369
1962	330
1963	569
1964	893
1965	1,553
1966	536
1967	655
1968	787
1969	938
1970	297
1971	699
1972	439
1973	681
1974	1,110
1975	690
1976	472
1977	553
1978	725
1979	768
1980	382
1981	1,059
1982	540
1983	1,146
1984	704
1985	424
1986	660
1987	859
1988	1,250
1989	777
1990	1,204
1991	828
1992	642
1993	834
1994	1,210
1995	1,181
1996	1,481
1997	777
1998	1,222
1999	793
2000	654
2001	1,159
2002	814
2003	463
2004	1,395
2005	695
2006	1,000
2007	1,926
2008	1,455
2009	910
2010	756
2011	738
2012	1,113
2013	2,029
2014	986
2015	567
2016	511
2017	596
2018	784
2019	421
2020	882
2021	709
2022	957
2023	1,805
2024	806
2025	1,707
2026	2,283

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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	916
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1