Weather Records on 26 August 1998

1,277 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 August 1998. Highest significance: Trundle (Murrumbogie), AU.

Key Facts for 26 August 1998

On 26 August 1998, 1,277 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
770 were record highs and 188 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 1,225 daily.
Trundle (Murrumbogie) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 81.0 mm (3.2 in) on 26 August 1998.
Across 169 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

1,277 stations

1,277 station records on 26 August 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 August 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Trundle (Murrumbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hartley 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Passo Do Mendonca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	124.8 mm (4.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sao Lourenco Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri (Mollee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boqueirao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.7 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hoytville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Calimo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Sooden-Allendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Rvr McAf	United States	Record daily precipitation	204.0 mm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Skye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trundle (Brookview St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tullamore (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Granja Osorio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Centro Experimental W-75	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Los Uvalle	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kassel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Totatiche	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Point MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harzgerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tura	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tonala (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rybinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Girua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guaiba Country Club	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sondershausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bochil	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,277 records

Records set or tied on 26 August 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 325, Lowest daily maximum 120, Highest daily minimum 445, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 318, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 26 August 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	325
Lowest daily maximum	120
Highest daily minimum	445
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	318
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 August 1998 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 49, daily 1,225.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

888 broken records

Margins by which the 888 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 August 1998

Top 20 records on 26 August 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 August 1998	Trundle (Murrumbogie), AU	monthly rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	99 years	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 August 1998	Willow Sprg Radio Kuku, US	all-time high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	98 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1998	Hartley 4 ESE, US	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1998	Tiffin, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1998	Passo Do Mendonca, BR	daily rain	124.8 mm (4.9 in)	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 August 1998	Sao Lourenco Do Sul, BR	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1998	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1998	Millport 4 NE, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1998	Narrabri (Mollee), AU	monthly rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1998	Boqueirao, BR	daily rain	100.7 mm (4.0 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1998	Hoytville 2 NE, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1998	Mobridge 2NNW, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1998	Wakool (Calimo), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1998	Bad Sooden-Allendorf, DE	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1998	New Rvr McAf, US	all-time rain	204.0 mm (8.0 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1998	Dandaloo (Skye), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	95 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1998	Newark Ag Farm, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	97 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1998	Wilmington Intl AP, US	monthly rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1998	Condobolin (Borambil Park), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 August 1998	Trundle (Brookview St), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	73 years	43 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

1797 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1998. 1998 had 1,277 records.

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

Records on 08-26 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1800	2
1802	1
1807	3
1809	1
1810	1
1811	1
1812	1
1813	2
1814	1
1816	1
1835	1
1837	1
1838	2
1850	1
1851	1
1854	4
1855	2
1858	2
1859	1
1861	1
1864	4
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1879	1
1881	2
1885	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	8
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	8
1901	21
1902	5
1903	16
1904	7
1905	9
1906	24
1907	7
1908	27
1909	27
1910	18
1911	17
1912	48
1913	20
1914	41
1915	20
1916	40
1917	44
1918	24
1919	106
1920	39
1921	41
1922	84
1923	83
1924	651
1925	107
1926	184
1927	287
1928	141
1929	116
1930	201
1931	183
1932	298
1933	330
1934	290
1935	327
1936	701
1937	417
1938	428
1939	310
1940	509
1941	555
1942	576
1943	682
1944	855
1945	456
1946	419
1947	458
1948	1,063
1949	506
1950	294
1951	276
1952	354
1953	726
1954	700
1955	611
1956	283
1957	566
1958	662
1959	607
1960	381
1961	503
1962	493
1963	526
1964	312
1965	553
1966	639
1967	569
1968	375
1969	599
1970	939
1971	515
1972	610
1973	633
1974	567
1975	581
1976	427
1977	763
1978	535
1979	1,098
1980	933
1981	916
1982	754
1983	1,144
1984	660
1985	944
1986	804
1987	1,576
1988	658
1989	949
1990	779
1991	883
1992	1,743
1993	1,063
1994	668
1995	1,085
1996	950
1997	1,297
1998	1,277
1999	1,023
2000	778
2001	1,654
2002	1,100
2003	815
2004	1,093
2005	878
2006	935
2007	1,039
2008	1,050
2009	654
2010	1,600
2011	1,374
2012	657
2013	807
2014	670
2015	990
2016	1,029
2017	527
2018	620
2019	858
2020	769
2021	527
2022	583
2023	1,144
2024	714
2025	1,344
2026	906

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Data for records on 1998-08-26: 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	849
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1