Weather Records on 10 August 1998

1,112 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 August 1998. Highest significance: Chambersburg 1 ESE, US.

Key Facts for 10 August 1998

On 10 August 1998, 1,112 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
727 were record highs and 164 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 59 monthly and 1,047 daily.
Chambersburg 1 ESE set a daily record precipitation of 81.0 mm (3.2 in) on 10 August 1998.
Across 160 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

1,112 stations

1,112 station records on 10 August 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 August 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Rzev	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Joinville (Rvpsc)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winona Dam 5 A	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dalian	China	Record daily precipitation	176.1 mm (6.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carbon Hill 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sumiha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bombay/Santacruz	India	Record daily precipitation	211.1 mm (8.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Agustin	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pomerode	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rochford 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Jaragua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.1 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boutilimit	Mauritania	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Itoupava Central	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Andrelandia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bonny Dam 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chilapa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Painesville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trier	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Andalusia 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tionesta 2 SE Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jaragua Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Totatiche	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Piedras Exp STN	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tver	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lawton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record high maximum temperature	37.1 C (98.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Laranjeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	174.9 mm (6.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Obs)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Cantil	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de Alejandria	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,112 records

Records set or tied on 10 August 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 414, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 313, Lowest daily minimum 115, Heaviest daily rainfall 221.

Records on 10 August 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	414
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	313
Lowest daily minimum	115
Heaviest daily rainfall	221
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 August 1998 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 59, daily 1,047.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

865 broken records

Margins by which the 865 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 116.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 August 1998

Top 20 records on 10 August 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 August 1998	Chambersburg 1 ESE, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	99 years	68 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1998	Rzev, RU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1998	Joinville (Rvpsc), BR	monthly rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1998	Kane 1NNE, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1998	Stratton, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	83 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1998	Winona Dam 5 A, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1998	Elkins- Randolph Co AP, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1998	Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1998	Dalian, CN	daily rain	176.1 mm (6.9 in)	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1998	Carbon Hill 4SE, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1998	Salisbury, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1998	Sumiha, RU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1998	Warren 3 S, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	101 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1998	Clermont 8 SW, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1998	Bombay/Santacruz, IN	daily rain	211.1 mm (8.3 in)	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1998	San Agustin, MX	monthly rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1998	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high max	20.5 C (68.9 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	111 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1998	Pomerode, BR	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1998	Oswego 1 N, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1998	Rochford 2 WNW, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	45 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

1814 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1998. 1998 had 1,112 records.

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

Records on 08-10 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1815	1
1838	1
1845	2
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1857	2
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1869	2
1871	1
1877	1
1879	4
1881	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	7
1898	4
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	8
1904	12
1905	5
1906	16
1907	9
1908	7
1909	33
1910	10
1911	40
1912	39
1913	44
1914	27
1915	26
1916	88
1917	51
1918	43
1919	51
1920	101
1921	66
1922	78
1923	175
1924	245
1925	430
1926	80
1927	294
1928	160
1929	264
1930	299
1931	424
1932	251
1933	305
1934	662
1935	480
1936	487
1937	399
1938	382
1939	593
1940	386
1941	459
1942	420
1943	304
1944	1,006
1945	360
1946	303
1947	766
1948	339
1949	586
1950	324
1951	425
1952	395
1953	431
1954	372
1955	309
1956	522
1957	322
1958	443
1959	528
1960	470
1961	640
1962	761
1963	479
1964	553
1965	700
1966	1,231
1967	766
1968	784
1969	588
1970	702
1971	760
1972	1,175
1973	597
1974	719
1975	664
1976	855
1977	786
1978	495
1979	700
1980	849
1981	857
1982	1,070
1983	915
1984	956
1985	918
1986	535
1987	896
1988	792
1989	1,291
1990	736
1991	819
1992	1,051
1993	774
1994	1,338
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,504
1998	1,112
1999	945
2000	990
2001	1,192
2002	1,080
2003	1,556
2004	976
2005	1,225
2006	980
2007	1,476
2008	871
2009	869
2010	1,704
2011	1,247
2012	995
2013	599
2014	516
2015	583
2016	893
2017	636
2018	1,018
2019	754
2020	816
2021	553
2022	687
2023	782
2024	882
2025	659
2026	1,149

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Data for records on 1998-08-10: 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 20	816
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2