Weather Records on 8 July 1998

1,616 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 1998. Highest significance: Perryton, US.

Key Facts for 8 July 1998

On 8 July 1998, 1,616 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
987 were record highs and 319 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 25 were all-time records, 63 monthly and 1,528 daily.
Perryton set a daily record precipitation of 85.9 mm (3.4 in) on 8 July 1998.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

1,616 stations

1,616 station records on 8 July 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Phitsanulok/Sarit	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Iwamizawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oparino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Sawan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Roberts 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tehuantepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kumeny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 61 Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greene	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nimrod Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwell 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vihti Hiiskula	Finland	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kerman	Iran	Record high maximum temperature	42.0 C (107.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huerta Vieja	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Muncie Delaware Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blasillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Amarilla 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Big Spring	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
S Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,616 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 446, Lowest daily maximum 217, Highest daily minimum 541, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 310.

Records on 8 July 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	446
Lowest daily maximum	217
Highest daily minimum	541
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	310
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 1998 by timescale: all-time 25, monthly 63, daily 1,528.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,153 broken records

Margins by which the 1,153 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 1998

Top 20 records on 8 July 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 1998	Perryton, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1998	Trinidad, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1998	Newkirk 5NE, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1998	Jasper, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1998	Phitsanulok/Sarit, TH	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1998	Ft Lewis, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1998	Iwamizawa, JP	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1998	Huixtla, MX	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1998	Oparino, RU	daily rain	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1998	Nakhon Sawan, TH	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1998	Roberts 1 W, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1998	Fargo 3ENE, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1998	Bikin, RU	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1998	Pawnee, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1998	Bay City Wtr Wks, US	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	81 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1998	Kirov, RU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1998	Plainfield, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	101 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1998	Springer, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1998	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	97 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1998	Tehuantepec, MX	daily rain	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	44 years	46 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 1,616 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	1,086
20 to 40	50
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1