Weather Records on 7 June 1998

1,960 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 June 1998. Highest significance: Giffard, AU.

Key Facts for 7 June 1998

On 7 June 1998, 1,960 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
514 were record highs and 1,148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 70 monthly and 1,884 daily.
Giffard set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 7 June 1998.
Across 172 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

1,960 stations

1,960 station records on 7 June 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 June 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Grant Grove	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Friant Government Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Point (Bonnie Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Benambra (Evandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Braemar	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Scoresby Research Institute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glenmaggie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon (Samuel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sarsfield East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Doyle	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whittlesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Skipton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Krokshult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Briagolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Salzuflen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Obluce	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
East Sale Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fernbank (Towri)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Crossing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chalchihuites (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Florida	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Siloam Springs 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,960 records

Records set or tied on 7 June 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 247, Lowest daily maximum 507, Highest daily minimum 267, Lowest daily minimum 641, Heaviest daily rainfall 296, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 7 June 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	247
Lowest daily maximum	507
Highest daily minimum	267
Lowest daily minimum	641
Heaviest daily rainfall	296
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 7 June 1998 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 70, daily 1,884.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,507 broken records

Margins by which the 1,507 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 June 1998

Top 20 records on 7 June 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 June 1998	Giffard, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	75 years	71 of 100 (Major)
7 June 1998	Olands Norra Udde, SE	monthly rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	90 years	68 of 100 (Major)
7 June 1998	Bangalore, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 June 1998	Auberry 2 NW, US	monthly rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 June 1998	Eltham, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 June 1998	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	110 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 June 1998	Grant Grove, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1998	Friant Government Camp, US	monthly rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	66 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1998	Canton 4N, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	104 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1998	Seaspray (Burong), AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1998	Montrose, AU	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1998	Eagle Point (Bonnie Banks), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1998	Preston Reservoir, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1998	Benambra (Evandale), AU	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1998	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	121 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1998	Braemar, GB	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1998	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	103 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1998	Clydebank, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1998	Scoresby Research Institute, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 June 1998	Huixtla, MX	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	29 years	51 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 1,960 records.

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

Records on 06-07 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1797	1
1804	2
1811	1
1813	1
1826	1
1827	2
1829	1
1832	1
1837	1
1841	2
1845	1
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1854	3
1856	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1862	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	4
1874	3
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1880	3
1881	3
1883	1
1884	3
1885	1
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	4
1899	4
1900	3
1901	12
1902	4
1903	17
1904	9
1905	17
1906	9
1907	13
1908	24
1909	13
1910	21
1911	21
1912	33
1913	23
1914	42
1915	50
1916	57
1917	285
1918	34
1919	25
1920	58
1921	181
1922	113
1923	124
1924	189
1925	284
1926	240
1927	173
1928	182
1929	116
1930	260
1931	430
1932	294
1933	824
1934	441
1935	433
1936	277
1937	304
1938	319
1939	343
1940	237
1941	534
1942	265
1943	321
1944	319
1945	709
1946	479
1947	303
1948	848
1949	271
1950	784
1951	475
1952	638
1953	483
1954	461
1955	410
1956	346
1957	233
1958	578
1959	508
1960	255
1961	528
1962	333
1963	693
1964	441
1965	391
1966	388
1967	545
1968	593
1969	447
1970	656
1971	408
1972	829
1973	592
1974	741
1975	656
1976	609
1977	1,353
1978	875
1979	614
1980	846
1981	1,259
1982	727
1983	1,296
1984	1,121
1985	1,174
1986	990
1987	1,232
1988	1,468
1989	860
1990	795
1991	1,118
1992	731
1993	1,241
1994	1,072
1995	1,239
1996	1,380
1997	1,384
1998	1,960
1999	1,084
2000	1,588
2001	909
2002	981
2003	1,044
2004	1,032
2005	1,117
2006	1,055
2007	1,369
2008	1,515
2009	1,135
2010	916
2011	1,511
2012	578
2013	772
2014	485
2015	510
2016	818
2017	509
2018	450
2019	661
2020	809
2021	789
2022	438
2023	577
2024	831
2025	652
2026	419

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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 100	1,506
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1