Weather Records on 11 July 1998

1,235 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 July 1998. Highest significance: Griggsville, US.

Key Facts for 11 July 1998

On 11 July 1998, 1,235 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
827 were record highs and 171 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 1,181 daily.
Griggsville set a daily record precipitation of 100.8 mm (4.0 in) on 11 July 1998.
Across 167 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

1,235 stations

1,235 station records on 11 July 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 July 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gravelly	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sandhamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Birzai	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marviken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hobbs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huamuxtitlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hallsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zapata 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vinnytsia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pruzany	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Northport	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Litang	China	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jagdalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce City	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huerta Vieja	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Tribulation Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Presa El Tigre	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pogibi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wasola 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,235 records

Records set or tied on 11 July 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 314, Lowest daily maximum 109, Highest daily minimum 513, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 236, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 11 July 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	314
Lowest daily maximum	109
Highest daily minimum	513
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	236
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 July 1998 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 50, daily 1,181.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

824 broken records

Margins by which the 824 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 July 1998

Top 20 records on 11 July 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 July 1998	Griggsville, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
11 July 1998	Carthage, US	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 July 1998	Jackman, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 July 1998	Gravelly, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1998	Newport, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1998	Sterling, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1998	Ritzville 1 SSE, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1998	Shepetivka, UA	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1998	Mt Washington, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1998	Sandhamn, SE	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1998	Birzai, LT	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1998	Marviken, SE	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1998	Sorve, EE	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1998	Hobbs, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	83 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1998	Huamuxtitlan (Dge), MX	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1998	Ocala, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1998	San Miguel Ejutla, MX	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1998	Hallsberg, SE	all-time rain	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1998	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1998	Huixtla, MX	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	4 years	43 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

1813 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1998. 1998 had 1,235 records.

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

Records on 07-11 in each year
Year	Records
1813	2
1815	1
1816	1
1821	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	2
1851	2
1856	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	1
1876	3
1878	2
1879	3
1882	2
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	9
1890	5
1891	4
1894	12
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	7
1900	4
1901	4
1902	3
1903	7
1904	14
1905	16
1906	17
1907	23
1908	36
1909	16
1910	24
1911	87
1912	21
1913	36
1914	45
1915	21
1916	29
1917	121
1918	18
1919	37
1920	22
1921	179
1922	56
1923	107
1924	100
1925	425
1926	215
1927	106
1928	91
1929	121
1930	572
1931	206
1932	291
1933	705
1934	413
1935	387
1936	1,268
1937	405
1938	244
1939	496
1940	296
1941	517
1942	734
1943	369
1944	702
1945	978
1946	275
1947	388
1948	313
1949	286
1950	619
1951	849
1952	519
1953	554
1954	758
1955	343
1956	534
1957	495
1958	519
1959	523
1960	373
1961	731
1962	536
1963	706
1964	482
1965	406
1966	503
1967	368
1968	482
1969	569
1970	404
1971	547
1972	486
1973	658
1974	858
1975	1,107
1976	734
1977	537
1978	829
1979	519
1980	1,002
1981	663
1982	642
1983	984
1984	1,174
1985	607
1986	691
1987	1,030
1988	973
1989	832
1990	1,010
1991	1,038
1992	926
1993	1,227
1994	839
1995	1,037
1996	1,283
1997	686
1998	1,235
1999	1,175
2000	862
2001	874
2002	1,438
2003	1,033
2004	658
2005	1,105
2006	809
2007	962
2008	759
2009	801
2010	1,210
2011	1,016
2012	1,053
2013	553
2014	540
2015	766
2016	1,035
2017	589
2018	439
2019	606
2020	814
2021	935
2022	581
2023	873
2024	1,064
2025	440
2026	705

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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 10	752
10 to 20	46
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	2