Weather Records on 9 April 1998

1,018 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 April 1998. Highest significance: Cambridge City 3 N, US.

Key Facts for 9 April 1998

On 9 April 1998, 1,018 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
525 were record highs and 151 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 977 daily.
Cambridge City 3 N set a daily record precipitation of 66.8 mm (2.6 in) on 9 April 1998.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

1,018 stations

1,018 station records on 9 April 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 April 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wellesbourne	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Papenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pope AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ashburn 3 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Mill 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edgefield 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Springs 5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Youngstown-Warren Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Honokaa Town 215	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ayutla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Holland	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pageland	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeland 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
High Point Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,018 records

Records set or tied on 9 April 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 258, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 267, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 337, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 9 April 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	258
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	267
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	337
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 9 April 1998 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 36, daily 977.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

815 broken records

Margins by which the 815 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 April 1998

Top 20 records on 9 April 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 April 1998	Cambridge City 3 N, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	100 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1998	Wellesbourne, GB	monthly rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1998	Malvern, GB	monthly rain	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1998	Fitzgerald, US	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 April 1998	Papenburg, DE	monthly rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1998	Winthrop UNIV, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1998	Anderson 1 N, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1998	Pope AFB, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1998	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	13 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1998	Catawba, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1998	Americus, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1998	Kenton, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1998	Dunn 4 NW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1998	Ashburn 3 ENE, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1998	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1998	Lima Wwtp, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1998	Ft Mill 4 NW, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1998	Bradford Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1998	Berne Wwtp, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1998	Edgefield 3 NNE, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	42 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

1793 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1998. 1998 had 1,018 records.

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

Records on 04-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	1
1800	1
1805	1
1809	2
1812	2
1815	1
1818	1
1839	1
1842	2
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1869	1
1871	2
1873	1
1877	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	7
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	8
1903	12
1904	15
1905	21
1906	20
1907	21
1908	28
1909	25
1910	19
1911	21
1912	51
1913	16
1914	41
1915	89
1916	85
1917	105
1918	29
1919	67
1920	56
1921	114
1922	140
1923	79
1924	353
1925	129
1926	83
1927	260
1928	395
1929	402
1930	430
1931	193
1932	119
1933	320
1934	310
1935	398
1936	151
1937	172
1938	378
1939	282
1940	214
1941	297
1942	432
1943	752
1944	564
1945	1,055
1946	335
1947	174
1948	365
1949	179
1950	750
1951	304
1952	578
1953	638
1954	239
1955	484
1956	371
1957	502
1958	294
1959	634
1960	623
1961	879
1962	344
1963	390
1964	645
1965	651
1966	466
1967	743
1968	669
1969	898
1970	489
1971	576
1972	1,200
1973	1,695
1974	972
1975	968
1976	347
1977	1,693
1978	921
1979	855
1980	911
1981	785
1982	1,923
1983	1,170
1984	904
1985	1,424
1986	620
1987	604
1988	737
1989	1,402
1990	888
1991	1,545
1992	641
1993	687
1994	511
1995	1,296
1996	1,547
1997	2,686
1998	1,018
1999	1,848
2000	997
2001	1,947
2002	590
2003	1,781
2004	572
2005	998
2006	603
2007	1,412
2008	1,029
2009	802
2010	652
2011	1,480
2012	640
2013	1,245
2014	592
2015	664
2016	974
2017	759
2018	1,306
2019	716
2020	916
2021	642
2022	574
2023	512
2024	1,093
2025	530
2026	517

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Data for records on 1998-04-09: 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 20	755
20 to 40	51
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1