Weather Records on 1 April 1998

1,703 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 April 1998. Highest significance: Willmar Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 1 April 1998

On 1 April 1998, 1,703 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
898 were record highs and 394 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 118 monthly and 1,580 daily.
Willmar Wwtp set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 1 April 1998.
Across 160 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

1,703 stations

1,703 station records on 1 April 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 April 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Luverne	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
New London	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lynch	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Palomar Mtn Obsy	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Lake 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Campina da Alegria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bintulu	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing Dam 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Benson	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.3 C (-15.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Falls Village	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Amery	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ayutla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta 5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,703 records

Records set or tied on 1 April 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 407, Lowest daily maximum 214, Highest daily minimum 491, Lowest daily minimum 180, Heaviest daily rainfall 314, Heaviest daily snowfall 66, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 1 April 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	407
Lowest daily maximum	214
Highest daily minimum	491
Lowest daily minimum	180
Heaviest daily rainfall	314
Heaviest daily snowfall	66
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 1 April 1998 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 118, daily 1,580.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,390 broken records

Margins by which the 1,390 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 April 1998

Top 20 records on 1 April 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 April 1998	Willmar Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	101 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1998	Luverne, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	77 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1998	New London, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	101 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1998	River Falls, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1998	Lynch, US	monthly snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1998	Northwood, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1998	Pipestone, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1998	Palomar Mtn Obsy, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1998	Forest Lake 5NE, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1998	Waverly, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	104 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1998	Montevideo 1SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1998	Campina da Alegria, BR	daily rain	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1998	Fayette, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1998	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	80 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1998	Lawrence, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	80 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1998	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1998	Tyler, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1998	Arlington 1 W, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1998	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	80 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1998	Bintulu, MY	daily rain	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	19 years	48 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

1803 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1998. 1998 had 1,703 records.

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

Records on 04-01 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1805	1
1808	1
1813	1
1815	3
1819	1
1830	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	1
1855	3
1856	1
1861	2
1862	2
1865	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	2
1881	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	5
1892	1
1893	2
1896	4
1897	5
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	4
1902	4
1903	12
1904	29
1905	10
1906	7
1907	24
1908	5
1909	13
1910	26
1911	27
1912	31
1913	35
1914	37
1915	25
1916	35
1917	80
1918	51
1919	165
1920	65
1921	46
1922	98
1923	319
1924	257
1925	111
1926	234
1927	326
1928	194
1929	336
1930	153
1931	846
1932	292
1933	188
1934	153
1935	424
1936	1,248
1937	192
1938	461
1939	226
1940	840
1941	285
1942	209
1943	319
1944	266
1945	880
1946	1,172
1947	390
1948	590
1949	308
1950	455
1951	406
1952	419
1953	249
1954	493
1955	288
1956	744
1957	314
1958	535
1959	821
1960	295
1961	496
1962	652
1963	1,123
1964	951
1965	678
1966	689
1967	928
1968	377
1969	611
1970	894
1971	384
1972	510
1973	680
1974	894
1975	1,806
1976	767
1977	524
1978	1,013
1979	738
1980	797
1981	1,115
1982	884
1983	643
1984	662
1985	826
1986	982
1987	1,762
1988	1,259
1989	1,098
1990	952
1991	693
1992	981
1993	783
1994	739
1995	1,056
1996	996
1997	1,255
1998	1,703
1999	1,341
2000	690
2001	575
2002	985
2003	1,366
2004	926
2005	1,086
2006	929
2007	963
2008	1,457
2009	846
2010	1,022
2011	1,105
2012	1,327
2013	719
2014	657
2015	606
2016	842
2017	792
2018	870
2019	674
2020	719
2021	790
2022	853
2023	1,069
2024	788
2025	779
2026	1,042

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Data for records on 1998-04-01: 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	1,339
50 to 100	32
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2