Weather Records on 5 April 1998

808 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1998. Highest significance: Palco, US.

Key Facts for 5 April 1998

On 5 April 1998, 808 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
471 were record highs and 198 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 770 daily.
Palco set a daily record precipitation of 49.3 mm (1.9 in) on 5 April 1998.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

808 stations

808 station records on 5 April 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palco	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dar Es Salaam Airpo	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	272.0 mm (10.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro de Ortega	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hat Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willeroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Los Negros Admrty Is/Momote S	Papua New Guinea	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Loma	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bengbu	China	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nalut	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Postojna	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ayutla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amealco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Culpanovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vinnytsia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parafield Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Verhnjaja Tojma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sula 2 SE (Sula Rs)	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wuhan	China	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tlaxco	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sarapul	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.7 C (3.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Valerio Trujano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Sabaneta	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ivano-Frankivsk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Francistown	Botswana	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Guanacevi (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Venados	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lagos de Moreno (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chapingo (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cerepovec	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paris 3 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

808 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 271, Lowest daily maximum 114, Highest daily minimum 200, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 126, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 5 April 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	271
Lowest daily maximum	114
Highest daily minimum	200
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 5 April 1998 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 32, daily 770.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

636 broken records

Margins by which the 636 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 208.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1998

Top 20 records on 5 April 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1998	Palco, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1998	Dar Es Salaam Airpo, TZ	daily rain	272.0 mm (10.7 in)	208.0 mm (8.2 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1998	Izmail, UA	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	109 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1998	Villaflores (Smn), MX	all-time high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1998	Cerro de Ortega, MX	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1998	Babb 6 NE, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	77 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1998	Hambantota, LK	daily high max	34.9 C (94.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1998	Tecolutla, MX	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1998	Kiev, UA	daily high min	9.5 C (49.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	109 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1998	Odesa, UA	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	65 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1998	Hat Creek, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1998	Petaluma AP, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	80 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1998	Orovada 3 W, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	72 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1998	Willeroo, AU	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	75 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1998	Greifswald, DE	daily high min	7.7 C (45.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	85 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1998	Los Negros Admrty Is/Momote S, PG	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1998	Loma, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1998	Bengbu, CN	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1998	Nalut, LY	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1998	Postojna, SI	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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

1809 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1998. 1998 had 808 records.

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

Records on 04-05 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1815	2
1828	1
1848	2
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1870	1
1874	2
1876	2
1879	2
1881	4
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	15
1904	3
1905	30
1906	4
1907	15
1908	12
1909	33
1910	74
1911	82
1912	44
1913	11
1914	31
1915	36
1916	38
1917	43
1918	66
1919	36
1920	94
1921	158
1922	126
1923	107
1924	46
1925	111
1926	394
1927	149
1928	382
1929	1,124
1930	155
1931	162
1932	254
1933	379
1934	302
1935	416
1936	576
1937	427
1938	215
1939	356
1940	214
1941	401
1942	448
1943	344
1944	831
1945	460
1946	290
1947	649
1948	262
1949	379
1950	593
1951	305
1952	517
1953	249
1954	605
1955	364
1956	304
1957	795
1958	479
1959	559
1960	770
1961	523
1962	324
1963	546
1964	675
1965	456
1966	518
1967	745
1968	590
1969	498
1970	499
1971	481
1972	685
1973	680
1974	652
1975	1,581
1976	335
1977	880
1978	486
1979	886
1980	486
1981	927
1982	1,964
1983	1,909
1984	703
1985	922
1986	800
1987	1,687
1988	1,054
1989	945
1990	868
1991	1,595
1992	827
1993	627
1994	734
1995	1,500
1996	827
1997	2,108
1998	808
1999	1,658
2000	1,194
2001	1,097
2002	790
2003	1,120
2004	756
2005	856
2006	1,070
2007	1,144
2008	685
2009	1,096
2010	926
2011	974
2012	745
2013	987
2014	444
2015	433
2016	828
2017	518
2018	906
2019	373
2020	483
2021	1,030
2022	758
2023	2,543
2024	1,289
2025	1,320
2026	782

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Data for records on 1998-04-05: 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	631
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1