Weather Records on 27 July 1998

1,363 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 1998. Highest significance: Odesa, UA.

Key Facts for 27 July 1998

On 27 July 1998, 1,363 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
738 were record highs and 299 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 1,315 daily.
Odesa set a daily record precipitation of 66.1 mm (2.6 in) on 27 July 1998.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

1,363 stations

1,363 station records on 27 July 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 July 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Chaco Canyon Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Condon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jackson McKellar- Sipes AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dudinka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Romanovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Walsh 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Regnier	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Darrouzett	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leppavirta Sorsakoski Osmajarv	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goldendale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oodnadatta Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Mill 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton 11 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Highlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palkane Myttaala	Finland	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Usugli	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wappapello Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nullamanna (Silverdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coyame (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhneangarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orrbyn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtapa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Divide	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Zapotes	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,363 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 305, Lowest daily maximum 230, Highest daily minimum 433, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 326.

Records on 27 July 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	305
Lowest daily maximum	230
Highest daily minimum	433
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	326
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 1998 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 35, daily 1,315.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

995 broken records

Margins by which the 995 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 1998

Top 20 records on 27 July 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 1998	Odesa, UA	daily rain	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	98 years	79 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1998	Chaco Canyon Natl Mon, US	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	77 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1998	Winthrop UNIV, US	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1998	Trinidad, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1998	Condon, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1998	Jackson McKellar- Sipes AP, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1998	Dillalah, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	112 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1998	Dudinka, RU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1998	Romanovka, RU	daily rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1998	Walsh 1 W, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1998	Regnier, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1998	Darrouzett, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1998	Brownsville, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1998	Leppavirta Sorsakoski Osmajarv, FI	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1998	Perry, US	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1998	Goldendale, US	all-time high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	70 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1998	Mt Ida 3 SE, US	all-time high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1998	Oodnadatta Airport, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1998	Cuba, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1998	Springer, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	72 years	49 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

1805 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1998. 1998 had 1,363 records.

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

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	591
2015	744
2016	564
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,170

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Data for records on 1998-07-27: 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 10	888
10 to 20	60
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	2