Weather Records on 25 May 1998

882 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 1998. Highest significance: Hvar, HR.

Key Facts for 25 May 1998

On 25 May 1998, 882 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
439 were record highs and 244 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 853 daily.
Hvar set a daily record precipitation of 42.0 mm (1.7 in) on 25 May 1998.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

882 stations

882 station records on 25 May 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 May 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Austin #2	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kurgan-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ignasino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ajan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pilvo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mazama	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nogliki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uglegorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aikawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halfway	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moro	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record low maximum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Split Marjan	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dzaore	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Great Salt Plains Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madras 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alice	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sagehen Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Valmora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuxcueca	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tlacotepec	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mullewa	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stensele	Sweden	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carnarvon Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tepexpan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Lynn	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Totatiche	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nevelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

882 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 233, Lowest daily maximum 137, Highest daily minimum 206, Lowest daily minimum 107, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 25 May 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	233
Lowest daily maximum	137
Highest daily minimum	206
Lowest daily minimum	107
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 25 May 1998 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 26, daily 853.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

666 broken records

Margins by which the 666 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 1998

Top 20 records on 25 May 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 1998	Hvar, HR	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	139 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
25 May 1998	Austin #2, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	83 years	66 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1998	Kurgan-Tyube, TJ	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1998	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	88 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1998	Austin #2, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1998	Ignasino, RU	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1998	Ajan, RU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1998	Lake Wenatchee, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1998	Pilvo, RU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1998	Mazama, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1998	Port Townsend, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1998	Nogliki, RU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	67 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1998	Uglegorsk, RU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1998	Banner Elk, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	89 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1998	Northam, AU	daily high max	29.8 C (85.6 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	77 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1998	Wandering Comparison, AU	daily high max	26.5 C (79.7 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1998	Union City, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1998	Aikawa, JP	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1998	San Miguel Ejutla, MX	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	69 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1998	Eaton, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	40 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 882 records.

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

Records on 05-25 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1797	1
1824	1
1830	1
1837	2
1839	1
1841	1
1846	2
1847	3
1848	1
1852	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1887	2
1889	3
1890	12
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	10
1902	2
1903	7
1904	14
1905	9
1906	41
1907	18
1908	25
1909	20
1910	35
1911	15
1912	21
1913	46
1914	33
1915	20
1916	33
1917	53
1918	22
1919	36
1920	59
1921	208
1922	118
1923	113
1924	277
1925	675
1926	221
1927	240
1928	301
1929	122
1930	156
1931	262
1932	358
1933	400
1934	219
1935	301
1936	407
1937	176
1938	456
1939	322
1940	259
1941	297
1942	534
1943	567
1944	392
1945	225
1946	371
1947	588
1948	317
1949	371
1950	644
1951	542
1952	436
1953	1,024
1954	284
1955	1,068
1956	940
1957	463
1958	439
1959	316
1960	493
1961	254
1962	567
1963	352
1964	716
1965	662
1966	295
1967	946
1968	394
1969	367
1970	385
1971	700
1972	477
1973	595
1974	820
1975	922
1976	412
1977	946
1978	581
1979	1,432
1980	1,160
1981	1,072
1982	714
1983	1,147
1984	677
1985	519
1986	500
1987	703
1988	635
1989	1,190
1990	656
1991	1,768
1992	1,682
1993	824
1994	773
1995	1,546
1996	1,304
1997	1,513
1998	882
1999	708
2000	1,417
2001	1,201
2002	1,001
2003	918
2004	903
2005	909
2006	801
2007	1,420
2008	840
2009	1,088
2010	1,512
2011	1,180
2012	1,616
2013	912
2014	761
2015	407
2016	429
2017	829
2018	800
2019	641
2020	564
2021	505
2022	752
2023	305
2024	688
2025	527
2026	913

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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 50	659
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1