Weather Records on 9 July 1998

1,403 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 July 1998. Highest significance: Vikulovo, RU.

Key Facts for 9 July 1998

On 9 July 1998, 1,403 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
877 were record highs and 220 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 22 were all-time records, 70 monthly and 1,311 daily.
Vikulovo set an all-time record daily precipitation of 111.0 mm (4.4 in) on 9 July 1998.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

1,403 stations

1,403 station records on 9 July 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 July 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vikulovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Misurata	Libya	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	225.0 mm (8.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Njandoma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Whitney Point Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zhizhgin Mayak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Velsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dansville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Telpatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jaltipan de Morelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dalnerechensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Parota (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	173.2 mm (6.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mingo 6E	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coyotepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saim	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Martinez de la Torre (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hameenlinna Pirttikoski	Finland	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huerta Vieja	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz Zenzontepec (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Emory	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gaoua	Burkina Faso	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Do Cachoeira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Chayabe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiso Novillero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalajara (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Catarina Juquila (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Isidro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,403 records

Records set or tied on 9 July 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 319, Lowest daily maximum 156, Highest daily minimum 558, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 306.

Records on 9 July 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	319
Lowest daily maximum	156
Highest daily minimum	558
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	306
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 July 1998 by timescale: all-time 22, monthly 70, daily 1,311.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

950 broken records

Margins by which the 950 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 145.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 July 1998

Top 20 records on 9 July 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 July 1998	Vikulovo, RU	all-time rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1998	Misurata, LY	all-time rain	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	11 years	70 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1998	Gorakhpur, IN	daily rain	225.0 mm (8.9 in)	125.4 mm (4.9 in)	69 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1998	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	all-time high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	101 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1998	Mt Morris 2W, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	98 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1998	Kargopol, RU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	97 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1998	Njandoma, RU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1998	Whitney Point Lake, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1998	Zhizhgin Mayak, RU	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1998	Hightstown 2 W, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	103 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1998	Velsk, RU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1998	San Marcos, MX	daily rain	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1998	Evergreen, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	97 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1998	Nashville, US	all-time high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1998	Dansville, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1998	Telpatlan, MX	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1998	Jaltipan de Morelos, MX	daily rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1998	Dalnerechensk, RU	daily rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1998	Portland, US	all-time high min	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1998	Sugar Land, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	98 years	47 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 1,403 records.

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

Records on 07-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1815	3
1826	1
1828	2
1837	1
1845	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1867	4
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	4
1879	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	4
1897	2
1898	4
1899	5
1900	10
1901	10
1902	8
1903	15
1904	31
1905	28
1906	4
1907	10
1908	16
1909	16
1910	19
1911	26
1912	28
1913	42
1914	54
1915	42
1916	43
1917	19
1918	60
1919	33
1920	28
1921	73
1922	145
1923	90
1924	140
1925	135
1926	242
1927	123
1928	115
1929	250
1930	436
1931	202
1932	216
1933	444
1934	339
1935	433
1936	1,128
1937	274
1938	196
1939	345
1940	319
1941	273
1942	324
1943	252
1944	415
1945	371
1946	436
1947	684
1948	377
1949	433
1950	522
1951	502
1952	694
1953	450
1954	479
1955	513
1956	438
1957	385
1958	472
1959	483
1960	332
1961	564
1962	253
1963	1,029
1964	425
1965	444
1966	428
1967	216
1968	645
1969	619
1970	471
1971	406
1972	606
1973	588
1974	1,013
1975	567
1976	740
1977	617
1978	882
1979	721
1980	970
1981	1,009
1982	598
1983	1,039
1984	783
1985	1,228
1986	843
1987	882
1988	1,109
1989	965
1990	770
1991	1,295
1992	1,126
1993	1,454
1994	1,151
1995	939
1996	1,690
1997	930
1998	1,403
1999	952
2000	1,055
2001	965
2002	1,127
2003	906
2004	824
2005	1,373
2006	965
2007	949
2008	1,188
2009	1,165
2010	1,477
2011	1,047
2012	904
2013	478
2014	806
2015	1,221
2016	631
2017	638
2018	555
2019	602
2020	614
2021	1,198
2022	674
2023	833
2024	1,530
2025	696
2026	508

Download the Data

Data for records on 1998-07-09: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	885
20 to 40	44
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1