Weather Records on 10 April 1998

899 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 April 1998. Highest significance: Pte de la Hague, FR.

Key Facts for 10 April 1998

On 10 April 1998, 899 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
375 were record highs and 159 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 865 daily.
Pte de la Hague set a daily record precipitation of 34.6 mm (1.4 in) on 10 April 1998.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

899 stations

899 station records on 10 April 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 April 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Buhta Providenja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bexley Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hollisterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chetumal (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sinclairville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Birobidzhan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 SW Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ayutla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lindley 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boswell	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coppin Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Vale (Manly Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salina 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Claussville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palm 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sarh	Chad	Record high maximum temperature	44.0 C (111.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnodar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

899 records

Records set or tied on 10 April 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 199, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 176, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 357, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 10 April 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	199
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	176
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	357
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 10 April 1998 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 31, daily 865.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

758 broken records

Margins by which the 758 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 April 1998

Top 20 records on 10 April 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 April 1998	Pte de la Hague, FR	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1998	Wilkes Barre, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1998	Sydney Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1998	Newton, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1998	Waverly, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	93 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1998	State College, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1998	Buhta Providenja, RU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1998	Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula, AU	daily rain	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	97.7 mm (3.8 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1998	Monroe, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	79 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1998	Centennial Park, AU	daily rain	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1998	Towanda 1 S, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1998	Warren, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1998	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	85 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1998	Matamoras, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1998	Bolivar, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1998	Derry 4 SW, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1998	Bexley Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1998	Kane 1NNE, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1998	Ridgway, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1998	Defiance, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	49 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 899 records.

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

Records on 04-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1805	1
1809	2
1812	3
1842	2
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1854	1
1863	2
1864	2
1865	2
1869	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	2
1876	3
1877	2
1878	2
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	6
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	5
1895	5
1896	4
1897	3
1898	6
1899	4
1900	8
1901	4
1902	4
1903	10
1904	12
1905	21
1906	24
1907	13
1908	8
1909	37
1910	15
1911	17
1912	55
1913	27
1914	25
1915	61
1916	94
1917	64
1918	43
1919	39
1920	66
1921	44
1922	178
1923	71
1924	119
1925	143
1926	86
1927	205
1928	245
1929	290
1930	646
1931	107
1932	290
1933	392
1934	237
1935	253
1936	186
1937	254
1938	401
1939	363
1940	252
1941	402
1942	548
1943	577
1944	718
1945	1,031
1946	287
1947	355
1948	335
1949	294
1950	599
1951	394
1952	793
1953	601
1954	243
1955	650
1956	377
1957	411
1958	326
1959	527
1960	683
1961	734
1962	258
1963	446
1964	239
1965	770
1966	537
1967	549
1968	498
1969	545
1970	521
1971	569
1972	639
1973	2,070
1974	935
1975	850
1976	431
1977	1,430
1978	1,233
1979	875
1980	654
1981	701
1982	1,138
1983	1,170
1984	548
1985	1,391
1986	562
1987	403
1988	764
1989	1,835
1990	1,135
1991	1,101
1992	929
1993	583
1994	844
1995	1,811
1996	1,475
1997	2,935
1998	899
1999	1,738
2000	651
2001	1,792
2002	589
2003	1,431
2004	548
2005	886
2006	650
2007	848
2008	1,141
2009	1,031
2010	574
2011	1,880
2012	846
2013	1,703
2014	615
2015	667
2016	921
2017	846
2018	861
2019	636
2020	712
2021	749
2022	783
2023	835
2024	713
2025	796
2026	840

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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	706
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1