Weather Records on 4 April 1998

931 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 April 1998. Highest significance: Calhoun Falls, US.

Key Facts for 4 April 1998

On 4 April 1998, 931 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
382 were record highs and 225 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 888 daily.
Calhoun Falls set a daily record precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 4 April 1998.
Across 155 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

931 stations

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

Weather records on 4 April 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Jonkopings_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Adin Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Backefors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hemse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Korsberga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Svinhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Langley AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vimmerby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Overum	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalupe Grijalva	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ogestad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Siloam 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Falls - Kifi	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Krokshult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Appling 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ruth	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pelion 0.8 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dyce	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Navelsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cumming 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Midville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clarks Hill 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maun	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Capo Bellavista	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Branchville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oskarshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hassleby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Florence 8 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orangeburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

931 records

Records set or tied on 4 April 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 181, Lowest daily maximum 129, Highest daily minimum 201, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 307, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 4 April 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	181
Lowest daily maximum	129
Highest daily minimum	201
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	307
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 4 April 1998 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 41, daily 888.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

735 broken records

Margins by which the 735 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 284.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 April 1998

Top 20 records on 4 April 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 April 1998	Calhoun Falls, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	81 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 April 1998	Jonkopings_Flygplats, SE	monthly rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 April 1998	Adin Rs, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	102 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 April 1998	Backefors, SE	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1998	Summerville 4W, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	98 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1998	Hemse, SE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1998	Korsberga, SE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1998	Flahult, SE	monthly rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	73 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1998	Svinhult_D, SE	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1998	Effingham, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	98 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1998	Langley AFB, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1998	Woodstock, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1998	Vimmerby, SE	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1998	Overum, SE	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1998	Guadalupe Grijalva, MX	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1998	Ogestad, SE	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1998	Saltville 1N, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1998	Siloam 3N, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1998	Idaho Falls - Kifi, US	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1998	Salisbury, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	46 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

1794 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1998. 1998 had 931 records.

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

Records on 04-04 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1808	1
1809	1
1815	2
1819	1
1853	1
1857	1
1873	1
1874	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1891	1
1892	6
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	4
1900	7
1901	12
1902	2
1903	17
1904	6
1905	23
1906	7
1907	9
1908	20
1909	15
1910	48
1911	55
1912	25
1913	31
1914	13
1915	52
1916	65
1917	36
1918	37
1919	27
1920	89
1921	205
1922	39
1923	101
1924	51
1925	126
1926	206
1927	203
1928	625
1929	1,320
1930	86
1931	201
1932	193
1933	167
1934	656
1935	402
1936	714
1937	344
1938	201
1939	243
1940	392
1941	353
1942	537
1943	456
1944	975
1945	806
1946	459
1947	397
1948	202
1949	458
1950	1,044
1951	352
1952	348
1953	332
1954	742
1955	448
1956	426
1957	984
1958	492
1959	524
1960	756
1961	525
1962	308
1963	586
1964	675
1965	443
1966	469
1967	438
1968	640
1969	424
1970	438
1971	560
1972	695
1973	511
1974	1,356
1975	1,981
1976	353
1977	780
1978	497
1979	984
1980	690
1981	1,393
1982	1,251
1983	1,202
1984	762
1985	865
1986	810
1987	2,317
1988	1,119
1989	668
1990	826
1991	957
1992	1,270
1993	733
1994	726
1995	935
1996	699
1997	1,538
1998	931
1999	1,575
2000	1,371
2001	1,040
2002	989
2003	1,055
2004	782
2005	1,070
2006	911
2007	1,009
2008	860
2009	1,068
2010	758
2011	1,155
2012	830
2013	938
2014	705
2015	452
2016	795
2017	603
2018	1,196
2019	407
2020	914
2021	1,341
2022	1,014
2023	2,058
2024	966
2025	1,330
2026	894

Download the Data

Data for records on 1998-04-04: 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	724
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1