Weather Records on 22 July 1998

989 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 July 1998. Highest significance: Pella 1S, US.

Key Facts for 22 July 1998

On 22 July 1998, 989 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
662 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 948 daily.
Pella 1S set a daily record precipitation of 60.2 mm (2.4 in) on 22 July 1998.
Across 171 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

989 stations

989 station records on 22 July 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 July 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wuhan	China	Record daily precipitation	171.7 mm (6.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Guiyang	China	Record daily precipitation	107.3 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Celina	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jomo Kenyatta Intl	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiso Novillero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elyria 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muncie Delaware Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roros	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester Airport 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chalco -San Lucas-	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bjorkvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Illinois City Dam 16	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Excame	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parker Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Garrawilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dannemora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sokode	Togo	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

989 records

Records set or tied on 22 July 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 275, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 387, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 219.

Records on 22 July 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	275
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	387
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 July 1998 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 33, daily 948.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

690 broken records

Margins by which the 690 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 134.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 July 1998

Top 20 records on 22 July 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 July 1998	Pella 1S, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1998	Silverton, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1998	Wuhan, CN	daily rain	171.7 mm (6.8 in)	134.7 mm (5.3 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1998	Genoa 2 W, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	21 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1998	Anderson 1 N, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	95 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1998	Piqua, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1998	Guiyang, CN	daily rain	107.3 mm (4.2 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1998	Rush 1N, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1998	Arcadia, US	monthly rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	95 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1998	Rochester, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1998	Huixtla, MX	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1998	Logansport Cicott St, US	monthly rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1998	Celina, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1998	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1998	Wien, AT	daily high min	22.5 C (72.5 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	134 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1998	Jomo Kenyatta Intl, KE	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1998	Kokomo 3 WSW, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1998	Paraiso Novillero, MX	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1998	Seward, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	97 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1998	Elyria 3 E, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	44 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 989 records.

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

Records on 07-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1797	2
1806	2
1808	1
1809	1
1811	1
1813	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1850	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1883	1
1885	3
1886	5
1887	2
1889	5
1890	5
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	5
1897	2
1898	4
1900	4
1901	12
1902	3
1903	10
1904	4
1905	12
1906	20
1907	11
1908	9
1909	7
1910	30
1911	26
1912	40
1913	38
1914	52
1915	28
1916	39
1917	34
1918	212
1919	36
1920	71
1921	172
1922	54
1923	107
1924	342
1925	268
1926	345
1927	329
1928	200
1929	267
1930	282
1931	367
1932	291
1933	307
1934	805
1935	250
1936	331
1937	368
1938	404
1939	345
1940	470
1941	236
1942	278
1943	392
1944	633
1945	280
1946	455
1947	1,196
1948	533
1949	419
1950	738
1951	384
1952	797
1953	404
1954	668
1955	618
1956	350
1957	544
1958	450
1959	581
1960	419
1961	519
1962	393
1963	504
1964	418
1965	543
1966	541
1967	295
1968	473
1969	454
1970	1,105
1971	449
1972	715
1973	981
1974	602
1975	335
1976	521
1977	478
1978	1,172
1979	646
1980	844
1981	1,551
1982	710
1983	1,025
1984	945
1985	712
1986	784
1987	1,234
1988	1,001
1989	838
1990	1,026
1991	810
1992	1,393
1993	1,193
1994	1,075
1995	1,241
1996	1,062
1997	1,106
1998	989
1999	756
2000	1,020
2001	1,183
2002	1,002
2003	1,536
2004	805
2005	1,197
2006	1,938
2007	1,190
2008	839
2009	1,294
2010	1,350
2011	1,940
2012	675
2013	604
2014	669
2015	661
2016	895
2017	509
2018	910
2019	513
2020	453
2021	558
2022	782
2023	676
2024	718
2025	877
2026	873

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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	651
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1