Weather Records on 20 July 1998

1,682 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 July 1998. Highest significance: Willow Tree (Highlands), AU.

Key Facts for 20 July 1998

On 20 July 1998, 1,682 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,244 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 21 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 1,610 daily.
Willow Tree (Highlands) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 102.5 mm (4.0 in) on 20 July 1998.
Across 161 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

1,682 stations

1,682 station records on 20 July 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 July 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Willow Tree (Highlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.5 mm (4.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nacozari (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Garrawilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fords Bridge (Delta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coolah (Binnia St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Rouchel School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Norley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Korf	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Parraweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Zapotes	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nockatunga Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Irving	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Helena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Guzman (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fords Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
La Purisima	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista de Loreto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
El Copital	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose Lachiguiri	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati Muni AP Lunken Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nanchong	China	Record daily precipitation	138.6 mm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dawsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goyders Lagoon (Clifton Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marra Creek (Womboin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaaring (Urisino)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Omolon	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Werrina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Childs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goolma (Brooklyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside - Lund 31S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bulloo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth: Mountbatten	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milparinka (Mount Arrowsmith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oparino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yantabulla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,682 records

Records set or tied on 20 July 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 721, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 523, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 320.

Records on 20 July 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	721
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	523
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	320
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 July 1998 by timescale: all-time 21, monthly 51, daily 1,610.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,292 broken records

Margins by which the 1,292 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 July 1998

Top 20 records on 20 July 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 July 1998	Willow Tree (Highlands), AU	monthly rain	102.5 mm (4.0 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	72 of 100 (Major)
20 July 1998	Columbus, US	monthly rain	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	68 of 100 (Major)
20 July 1998	Hungerford, AU	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	90 years	67 of 100 (Major)
20 July 1998	Dillalah, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 July 1998	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	85 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 July 1998	Nacozari (Smn), MX	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1998	Mullaley (Garrawilla), AU	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	83 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1998	Fords Bridge (Delta), AU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1998	Coolah (Binnia St), AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	83 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1998	Upper Rouchel School, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1998	Norley Station, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1998	Korf, RU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1998	Willow Tree (Parraweena), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1998	Tres Zapotes, MX	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1998	Nockatunga Station, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1998	Irving, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1998	Helena, US	all-time high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1998	Ciudad Guzman (Obs), MX	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1998	Fords Bridge, AU	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1998	La Purisima, MX	monthly rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	50 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

1809 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1998. 1998 had 1,682 records.

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

Records on 07-20 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	2
1844	2
1850	1
1859	2
1863	1
1865	4
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	5
1892	7
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	4
1900	9
1901	3
1902	13
1903	6
1904	10
1905	6
1906	8
1907	12
1908	31
1909	6
1910	27
1911	12
1912	33
1913	28
1914	20
1915	163
1916	117
1917	57
1918	53
1919	40
1920	16
1921	55
1922	52
1923	173
1924	112
1925	125
1926	411
1927	106
1928	366
1929	480
1930	598
1931	362
1932	338
1933	201
1934	857
1935	386
1936	358
1937	213
1938	392
1939	336
1940	325
1941	270
1942	609
1943	326
1944	470
1945	278
1946	482
1947	635
1948	385
1949	807
1950	563
1951	448
1952	488
1953	316
1954	512
1955	377
1956	545
1957	351
1958	536
1959	605
1960	758
1961	338
1962	327
1963	457
1964	416
1965	1,110
1966	469
1967	455
1968	389
1969	649
1970	890
1971	619
1972	1,062
1973	804
1974	489
1975	470
1976	580
1977	899
1978	663
1979	1,249
1980	925
1981	1,048
1982	580
1983	1,117
1984	799
1985	604
1986	848
1987	1,156
1988	1,103
1989	1,183
1990	724
1991	1,024
1992	1,137
1993	901
1994	611
1995	961
1996	1,365
1997	903
1998	1,682
1999	815
2000	1,393
2001	755
2002	986
2003	1,313
2004	978
2005	1,266
2006	1,487
2007	1,124
2008	663
2009	1,533
2010	1,154
2011	1,339
2012	817
2013	850
2014	1,000
2015	812
2016	744
2017	398
2018	930
2019	867
2020	524
2021	683
2022	1,108
2023	812
2024	737
2025	680
2026	863

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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 20	1,247
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1