Weather Records on 17 June 1998

1,661 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 June 1998. Highest significance: Woodruff, US.

Key Facts for 17 June 1998

On 17 June 1998, 1,661 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
978 were record highs and 294 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 23 were all-time records, 63 monthly and 1,575 daily.
Woodruff set a daily record precipitation of 44.2 mm (1.7 in) on 17 June 1998.
Across 162 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

1,661 stations

1,661 station records on 17 June 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 June 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woodruff	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Laketown	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Duchesne	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Alta	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dinosaur Nm-Quarry Area	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kamas	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sage 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Salt Lake City Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Flaming Gorge	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-USA	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pechora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
City Creek Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Neihart 8 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kamas	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coalville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rochford 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wanship Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Provo Byu	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Altamont	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Timpanogos Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Encampment 10 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coalville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,661 records

Records set or tied on 17 June 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 503, Lowest daily maximum 170, Highest daily minimum 475, Lowest daily minimum 124, Heaviest daily rainfall 375, Heaviest daily snowfall 14.

Records on 17 June 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	503
Lowest daily maximum	170
Highest daily minimum	475
Lowest daily minimum	124
Heaviest daily rainfall	375
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 June 1998 by timescale: all-time 23, monthly 63, daily 1,575.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,240 broken records

Margins by which the 1,240 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 June 1998

Top 20 records on 17 June 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 June 1998	Woodruff, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1998	Laketown, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	76 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1998	Duchesne, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	75 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1998	Mtn Dell Dam, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1998	Alta, US	monthly snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	14 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1998	Evanston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	99 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1998	Evanston 1 E, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 June 1998	San Miguel Ejutla, MX	daily high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1998	Morgan, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1998	Dinosaur Nm-Quarry Area, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1998	Albion, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	103 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1998	Norris Madison Pwr House, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1998	Kamas, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1998	Sage 4 NNW, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1998	Salt Lake City Intl AP, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1998	Huixtla, MX	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1998	Farmington 3 NW, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1998	Roosevelt Radio, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1998	Encinal, US	all-time high max	46.7 C (116.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	73 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 1998	Silver Lake Brighton, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	68 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

1807 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1998. 1998 had 1,661 records.

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

Records on 06-17 in each year
Year	Records
1807	2
1810	1
1811	1
1830	1
1837	1
1839	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1882	3
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1892	3
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1897	2
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	9
1902	4
1903	8
1904	4
1905	12
1906	22
1907	20
1908	26
1909	13
1910	9
1911	22
1912	47
1913	45
1914	101
1915	20
1916	103
1917	68
1918	36
1919	58
1920	79
1921	52
1922	59
1923	110
1924	80
1925	136
1926	193
1927	357
1928	137
1929	238
1930	354
1931	194
1932	257
1933	413
1934	310
1935	338
1936	484
1937	284
1938	245
1939	1,206
1940	454
1941	250
1942	286
1943	289
1944	623
1945	614
1946	419
1947	336
1948	452
1949	571
1950	506
1951	208
1952	752
1953	455
1954	488
1955	570
1956	375
1957	761
1958	597
1959	507
1960	511
1961	1,319
1962	323
1963	383
1964	794
1965	763
1966	464
1967	402
1968	403
1969	700
1970	435
1971	407
1972	437
1973	701
1974	932
1975	453
1976	430
1977	410
1978	589
1979	646
1980	754
1981	1,201
1982	642
1983	728
1984	644
1985	693
1986	912
1987	1,078
1988	712
1989	870
1990	932
1991	1,094
1992	795
1993	684
1994	1,186
1995	1,350
1996	750
1997	1,056
1998	1,661
1999	1,260
2000	1,460
2001	678
2002	1,148
2003	647
2004	839
2005	914
2006	724
2007	839
2008	656
2009	739
2010	1,104
2011	922
2012	792
2013	610
2014	685
2015	1,113
2016	874
2017	692
2018	1,050
2019	551
2020	914
2021	1,980
2022	1,209
2023	617
2024	839
2025	593
2026	743

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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	1,228
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1