Weather Records on 7 July 1998

1,382 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 July 1998. Highest significance: Albion, US.

Key Facts for 7 July 1998

On 7 July 1998, 1,382 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
931 were record highs and 175 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 1,327 daily.
Albion set a daily record precipitation of 78.5 mm (3.1 in) on 7 July 1998.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 426 records.

Record Map

1,382 stations

1,382 station records on 7 July 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 July 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Volochanka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Detroit Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cahuacan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Xian	China	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Keuruu Riiho	Finland	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Inza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pelican Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chervjanka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vero Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Acala	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Selagoncy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mettler	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Flying Fish Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Noire	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Frontera Hidalgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Piper City	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Huron	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vici 1NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sernovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Canyon Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dengqen	China	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nelkan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Headland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,382 records

Records set or tied on 7 July 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 492, Lowest daily maximum 105, Highest daily minimum 439, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 276.

Records on 7 July 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	492
Lowest daily maximum	105
Highest daily minimum	439
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	276
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 July 1998 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 47, daily 1,327.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

980 broken records

Margins by which the 980 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 July 1998

Top 20 records on 7 July 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 July 1998	Albion, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1998	Del Norte 3ENE, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1998	Volochanka, RU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1998	Detroit Metro AP, US	all-time rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1998	Palenque (Dge), MX	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1998	Las Animas, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1998	Cahuacan, MX	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1998	Abilene, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1998	Xian, CN	daily rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1998	Keuruu Riiho, FI	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1998	Willow City, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1998	Lindsborg 3E, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1998	Animas 3ESE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1998	Inza, RU	daily rain	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1998	Pelican Rapids, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1998	Chervjanka, RU	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1998	Pontiac, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1998	Vero Beach Intl AP, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1998	Acala, MX	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1998	Corning, US	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	88 years	45 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 1,382 records.

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

Records on 07-07 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1812	1
1813	1
1815	1
1819	3
1821	1
1825	1
1828	2
1835	1
1845	1
1850	1
1856	2
1857	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	1
1870	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	1
1877	3
1878	2
1879	1
1883	1
1887	4
1889	2
1890	8
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	3
1899	2
1900	14
1901	5
1902	13
1903	10
1904	4
1905	11
1906	12
1907	6
1908	26
1909	22
1910	16
1911	67
1912	31
1913	17
1914	49
1915	72
1916	126
1917	120
1918	42
1919	37
1920	42
1921	65
1922	135
1923	166
1924	166
1925	198
1926	135
1927	184
1928	200
1929	122
1930	332
1931	442
1932	315
1933	337
1934	390
1935	311
1936	795
1937	280
1938	268
1939	359
1940	467
1941	334
1942	516
1943	309
1944	411
1945	299
1946	208
1947	532
1948	404
1949	374
1950	431
1951	416
1952	515
1953	623
1954	622
1955	485
1956	1,170
1957	394
1958	749
1959	391
1960	663
1961	318
1962	294
1963	510
1964	549
1965	388
1966	304
1967	430
1968	624
1969	967
1970	391
1971	467
1972	1,155
1973	1,120
1974	652
1975	571
1976	679
1977	828
1978	794
1979	924
1980	848
1981	1,025
1982	795
1983	1,013
1984	1,044
1985	939
1986	770
1987	728
1988	1,251
1989	1,040
1990	781
1991	1,040
1992	938
1993	1,762
1994	1,394
1995	576
1996	1,218
1997	752
1998	1,382
1999	971
2000	823
2001	983
2002	667
2003	664
2004	1,084
2005	949
2006	1,061
2007	1,067
2008	1,174
2009	930
2010	1,411
2011	749
2012	1,423
2013	549
2014	539
2015	1,263
2016	717
2017	904
2018	550
2019	506
2020	556
2021	930
2022	744
2023	577
2024	1,277
2025	562
2026	522

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Data for records on 1998-07-07: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 7 July 1998
Margin	Records
0 to 20	934
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1