Weather Records on 28 March 1998

1,719 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 March 1998. Highest significance: Wells, US.

Key Facts for 28 March 1998

On 28 March 1998, 1,719 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,170 were record highs and 181 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 163 monthly and 1,554 daily.
Wells set a daily record snowfall of 40.6 cm (16.0 in) on 28 March 1998.
Across 164 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

1,719 stations

1,719 station records on 28 March 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 March 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wells	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hay Springs 12 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Colony	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rochford 2 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Chaska	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Friend 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City 6 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rice Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saxon 1WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hart Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Antalya	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Polk	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Har Kenaan	Israel	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape St. Francis	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St James Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Big Piney	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Couderay 7 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mellen 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,719 records

Records set or tied on 28 March 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 533, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 637, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 290, Heaviest daily snowfall 60, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 28 March 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	533
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	637
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	290
Heaviest daily snowfall	60
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 28 March 1998 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 163, daily 1,554.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,321 broken records

Margins by which the 1,321 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 322.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 March 1998

Top 20 records on 28 March 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 March 1998	Wells, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	32.2 cm (12.7 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 March 1998	N Loup, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	77 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1998	Ironwood, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	83 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1998	St Peter, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	101 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1998	Hay Springs 12 S, US	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1998	Colony, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1998	Rochford 2 WNW, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	96 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1998	Chaska, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1998	Saint Anthony, US	all-time rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1998	Valley Falls, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1998	Friend 3E, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1998	Osceola, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1998	Springbok, ZA	monthly rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1998	Charlevoix, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	88 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1998	Loup City 6 NNE, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1998	Rice Lake, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1998	Wells, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	98 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1998	Saxon 1WSW, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1998	Pavillion, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1998	Mount Hart Station, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	65 years	49 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

1805 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1998. 1998 had 1,719 records.

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

Records on 03-28 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1808	2
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1861	1
1862	3
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1870	1
1872	2
1876	2
1878	3
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1890	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	8
1902	25
1903	15
1904	9
1905	45
1906	14
1907	26
1908	11
1909	7
1910	38
1911	21
1912	23
1913	28
1914	46
1915	49
1916	36
1917	44
1918	20
1919	62
1920	55
1921	79
1922	44
1923	308
1924	153
1925	124
1926	222
1927	70
1928	266
1929	236
1930	209
1931	469
1932	459
1933	193
1934	480
1935	117
1936	362
1937	576
1938	396
1939	287
1940	319
1941	255
1942	417
1943	347
1944	994
1945	719
1946	838
1947	943
1948	172
1949	316
1950	377
1951	437
1952	313
1953	303
1954	534
1955	1,111
1956	473
1957	272
1958	371
1959	385
1960	555
1961	521
1962	636
1963	1,090
1964	433
1965	517
1966	584
1967	360
1968	703
1969	630
1970	848
1971	901
1972	447
1973	670
1974	614
1975	1,996
1976	486
1977	1,254
1978	687
1979	614
1980	1,014
1981	793
1982	1,186
1983	1,014
1984	898
1985	1,449
1986	1,394
1987	1,000
1988	546
1989	2,125
1990	916
1991	1,254
1992	789
1993	987
1994	1,201
1995	988
1996	1,269
1997	591
1998	1,719
1999	839
2000	648
2001	1,081
2002	987
2003	641
2004	1,062
2005	853
2006	730
2007	1,560
2008	924
2009	1,154
2010	559
2011	913
2012	781
2013	1,008
2014	885
2015	1,329
2016	547
2017	516
2018	799
2019	457
2020	879
2021	569
2022	1,260
2023	965
2024	334
2025	1,058
2026	1,442

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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	1,288
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1