Weather Records on 1 September 1998

1,159 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 September 1998. Highest significance: La Ribera, MX.

Key Facts for 1 September 1998

On 1 September 1998, 1,159 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
567 were record highs and 284 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 101 monthly and 1,048 daily.
La Ribera set an all-time record daily precipitation of 386.3 mm (15.2 in) on 1 September 1998.
Across 161 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

1,159 stations

1,159 station records on 1 September 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 September 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
La Ribera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	386.3 mm (15.2 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Flying Fish Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	233.4 mm (9.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	306.8 mm (12.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Santiago	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	340.4 mm (13.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
El Carrizal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	164.8 mm (6.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose del Cabo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	339.9 mm (13.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chilapa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cabo San Lucas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	256.8 mm (10.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio Sur	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tomatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Todos Santos (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Condon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Slatey Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yabulu Qld Nickel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mingela Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caduao	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	359.9 mm (14.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Apazulco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Calipan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Florida	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bangkok Metropolis	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Triunfo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chumphon	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mirambeena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melmoth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maywin Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boolburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Serdan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Victorville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	42.3 C (108.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Jacinto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Pueblito	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake George 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper Lake Project	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wowan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eersel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,159 records

Records set or tied on 1 September 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 277, Lowest daily maximum 170, Highest daily minimum 290, Lowest daily minimum 114, Heaviest daily rainfall 308.

Records on 1 September 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	277
Lowest daily maximum	170
Highest daily minimum	290
Lowest daily minimum	114
Heaviest daily rainfall	308
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 September 1998 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 101, daily 1,048.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

845 broken records

Margins by which the 845 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 255.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 September 1998

Top 20 records on 1 September 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 September 1998	La Ribera, MX	all-time rain	386.3 mm (15.2 in)	188.4 mm (7.4 in)	48 years	79 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1998	Flying Fish Point, AU	monthly rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1998	Dingo Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1998	Bingil Bay, AU	monthly rain	233.4 mm (9.2 in)	163.2 mm (6.4 in)	22 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1998	San Felipe, MX	daily rain	306.8 mm (12.1 in)	251.9 mm (9.9 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1998	Santiago, MX	all-time rain	340.4 mm (13.4 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	15 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1998	El Carrizal, MX	all-time rain	164.8 mm (6.5 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	1 year	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1998	San Jose del Cabo, MX	daily rain	339.9 mm (13.4 in)	255.1 mm (10.0 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1998	Chilapa (Smn), MX	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1998	Prineville, US	all-time high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	83 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1998	Cabo San Lucas, MX	daily rain	256.8 mm (10.1 in)	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1998	San Antonio Sur, MX	daily rain	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1998	Tomatlan, MX	daily rain	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1998	Huixtla, MX	monthly low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1998	Conception, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1998	Duaringa Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1998	Todos Santos (Dge), MX	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1998	Condon, US	monthly high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	93 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1998	Americus, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	104 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1998	Glenorie, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	47 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 1,159 records.

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

Records on 09-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1806	1
1819	1
1827	1
1831	1
1838	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1869	3
1871	1
1873	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1881	5
1883	1
1886	3
1887	3
1888	2
1890	2
1892	2
1894	3
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	14
1902	5
1903	16
1904	9
1905	6
1906	26
1907	14
1908	26
1909	34
1910	22
1911	16
1912	47
1913	32
1914	23
1915	46
1916	16
1917	24
1918	31
1919	19
1920	31
1921	46
1922	67
1923	75
1924	210
1925	127
1926	182
1927	136
1928	166
1929	324
1930	264
1931	233
1932	550
1933	622
1934	654
1935	584
1936	385
1937	502
1938	373
1939	303
1940	333
1941	497
1942	532
1943	578
1944	377
1945	497
1946	642
1947	555
1948	460
1949	1,102
1950	849
1951	668
1952	644
1953	937
1954	407
1955	413
1956	504
1957	320
1958	427
1959	519
1960	408
1961	531
1962	368
1963	416
1964	621
1965	657
1966	596
1967	1,263
1968	604
1969	493
1970	502
1971	464
1972	518
1973	874
1974	895
1975	939
1976	627
1977	500
1978	809
1979	459
1980	671
1981	649
1982	642
1983	1,167
1984	619
1985	901
1986	964
1987	909
1988	651
1989	823
1990	749
1991	687
1992	1,010
1993	1,122
1994	1,291
1995	1,165
1996	823
1997	1,161
1998	1,159
1999	925
2000	1,613
2001	904
2002	778
2003	1,254
2004	827
2005	901
2006	1,157
2007	976
2008	1,204
2009	1,003
2010	1,313
2011	1,071
2012	874
2013	775
2014	515
2015	661
2016	522
2017	686
2018	399
2019	800
2020	689
2021	751
2022	1,016
2023	720
2024	938
2025	359
2026	521

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Data for records on 1998-09-01: 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 50	828
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2