Weather Records on 3 August 1998

1,406 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 1998. Highest significance: Faulkton, US.

Key Facts for 3 August 1998

On 3 August 1998, 1,406 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
905 were record highs and 278 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 26 were all-time records, 84 monthly and 1,296 daily.
Faulkton set a daily record precipitation of 80.8 mm (3.2 in) on 3 August 1998.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

1,406 stations

1,406 station records on 3 August 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	38.8 C (101.8 F)	60 of 100 (Major)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Choibalsan	Mongolia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
La Moure	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kyra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Quelimane	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burgess Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Peotone	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
The Canal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Totatiche	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emory	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kunda	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Garrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	49.4 C (120.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sandakan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wyola 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brusett 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Salitre	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ahuatepec	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Upham 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,406 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 481, Lowest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 424, Lowest daily minimum 178, Heaviest daily rainfall 223.

Records on 3 August 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	481
Lowest daily maximum	100
Highest daily minimum	424
Lowest daily minimum	178
Heaviest daily rainfall	223
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 1998 by timescale: all-time 26, monthly 84, daily 1,296.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,040 broken records

Margins by which the 1,040 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 1998

Top 20 records on 3 August 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 1998	Faulkton, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1998	Steele 4N, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1998	Izmail, UA	all-time high max	38.8 C (101.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	111 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1998	Roscoe, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1998	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	all-time high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1998	Monticello, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1998	Choibalsan, MN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1998	La Moure, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1998	Pbo Anantapur, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1998	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1998	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily low max	19.6 C (67.3 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1998	Kyra, RU	daily rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1998	Quelimane, MZ	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1998	Willow City, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1998	Marseilles-Marignane, FR	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1998	San Miguel Ejutla, MX	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1998	Minot Exp STN, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	87 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1998	Burgess Junction, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1998	Nashville, US	daily high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	98 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1998	Berkeley, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	83 years	46 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

1815 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1998. 1998 had 1,406 records.

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

Records on 08-03 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1834	2
1835	1
1838	1
1841	1
1847	1
1849	1
1854	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1868	1
1872	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	4
1879	3
1880	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1894	1
1895	11
1896	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	6
1900	2
1902	6
1903	12
1904	6
1905	7
1906	20
1907	31
1908	23
1909	21
1910	14
1911	31
1912	68
1913	21
1914	24
1915	49
1916	55
1917	72
1918	71
1919	34
1920	56
1921	181
1922	33
1923	149
1924	165
1925	99
1926	300
1927	315
1928	332
1929	207
1930	816
1931	313
1932	319
1933	304
1934	434
1935	520
1936	555
1937	350
1938	542
1939	866
1940	292
1941	305
1942	328
1943	521
1944	530
1945	259
1946	316
1947	586
1948	414
1949	415
1950	445
1951	547
1952	326
1953	617
1954	401
1955	713
1956	640
1957	378
1958	389
1959	360
1960	482
1961	620
1962	359
1963	352
1964	891
1965	679
1966	444
1967	327
1968	368
1969	625
1970	394
1971	891
1972	757
1973	724
1974	906
1975	978
1976	892
1977	544
1978	832
1979	486
1980	800
1981	579
1982	778
1983	807
1984	925
1985	691
1986	750
1987	1,105
1988	1,046
1989	824
1990	845
1991	705
1992	869
1993	1,033
1994	973
1995	1,216
1996	965
1997	709
1998	1,406
1999	893
2000	869
2001	1,021
2002	1,000
2003	1,504
2004	980
2005	912
2006	1,514
2007	750
2008	926
2009	746
2010	1,392
2011	1,518
2012	685
2013	535
2014	961
2015	615
2016	640
2017	1,144
2018	1,039
2019	451
2020	708
2021	841
2022	654
2023	1,044
2024	1,401
2025	929
2026	1,242

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Data for records on 1998-08-03: 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	972
10 to 20	32
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2