Weather Records on 31 March 1998

2,587 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 1998. Highest significance: Independence #1, US.

Key Facts for 31 March 1998

On 31 March 1998, 2,587 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,627 were record highs and 384 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 450 monthly and 2,131 daily.
Independence #1 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 89.7 mm (3.5 in) on 31 March 1998.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 31 March 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
West Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Guttenberg L&D 10	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Lynxville Dam 9	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Muscoda	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Creighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Howard	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Beaver Dam Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fulton L&D #13	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkaska	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Platteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pellston Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
New Boston Dam 17	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Platte	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Montello Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Illinois City Dam 16	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone L/D 18	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,587 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 838, Lowest daily maximum 216, Highest daily minimum 789, Lowest daily minimum 168, Heaviest daily rainfall 472, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 31 March 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	838
Lowest daily maximum	216
Highest daily minimum	789
Lowest daily minimum	168
Heaviest daily rainfall	472
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 31 March 1998 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 450, daily 2,131.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

2,084 broken records

Margins by which the 2,084 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

31 March 1998

Top 20 records on 31 March 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 1998	Independence #1, US	monthly rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	122 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 March 1998	West Bend, US	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	102 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 March 1998	Baraboo Wwtp, US	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	76 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 March 1998	Wisconsin Dells Wwtp, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	74 years	79 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1998	Elkader 6 SSW, US	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	75 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1998	Lancaster 4 WSW, US	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	75 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1998	Guttenberg L&D 10, US	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	71 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1998	Clinton #1, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1998	Lynxville Dam 9, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1998	Prairie du Chien, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1998	Nome AP, US	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1998	Morrison, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	93 years	68 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1998	Cheboygan, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1998	Dodgeville Wwtp, US	monthly rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	68 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1998	Portage Wwtp, US	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	67 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1998	Gaylord, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	66 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1998	Muscoda, US	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	66 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1998	Plymouth Wwtp, US	monthly rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	66 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1998	Iowa City, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
31 March 1998	Creighton, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	101 years	65 of 100 (Major)

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

1808 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1998. 1998 had 2,587 records.

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

Records on 03-31 in each year
Year	Records
1808	2
1815	2
1843	1
1848	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	3
1856	2
1859	3
1865	2
1869	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1887	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	5
1899	3
1900	9
1901	7
1902	3
1903	14
1904	16
1905	29
1906	10
1907	11
1908	5
1909	4
1910	45
1911	24
1912	18
1913	62
1914	16
1915	57
1916	17
1917	52
1918	42
1919	86
1920	65
1921	238
1922	102
1923	459
1924	160
1925	110
1926	306
1927	198
1928	98
1929	323
1930	137
1931	365
1932	360
1933	311
1934	181
1935	310
1936	1,242
1937	258
1938	649
1939	197
1940	697
1941	250
1942	245
1943	794
1944	327
1945	778
1946	897
1947	658
1948	355
1949	452
1950	579
1951	490
1952	382
1953	302
1954	549
1955	286
1956	767
1957	373
1958	414
1959	622
1960	327
1961	525
1962	547
1963	987
1964	1,345
1965	457
1966	845
1967	1,025
1968	504
1969	1,126
1970	945
1971	516
1972	427
1973	755
1974	852
1975	1,032
1976	519
1977	1,021
1978	1,362
1979	722
1980	640
1981	1,060
1982	926
1983	564
1984	532
1985	1,471
1986	1,507
1987	2,256
1988	850
1989	1,335
1990	842
1991	634
1992	747
1993	668
1994	871
1995	940
1996	743
1997	962
1998	2,587
1999	1,100
2000	581
2001	686
2002	861
2003	1,722
2004	1,055
2005	861
2006	1,088
2007	1,150
2008	1,471
2009	927
2010	984
2011	1,020
2012	942
2013	753
2014	631
2015	861
2016	823
2017	1,423
2018	663
2019	544
2020	534
2021	949
2022	683
2023	1,128
2024	488
2025	942
2026	1,275

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Data for records on 1998-03-31: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	2,029
50 to 100	36
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	3