Weather Records on 8 September 1998

1,331 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 1998. Highest significance: Motozintla (Smn), MX.

Key Facts for 8 September 1998

On 8 September 1998, 1,331 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
897 were record highs and 175 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 75 monthly and 1,252 daily.
Motozintla (Smn) set a daily record precipitation of 129.8 mm (5.1 in) on 8 September 1998.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

1,331 stations

1,331 station records on 8 September 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pijijiapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	225.6 mm (8.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Huingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Belisario Dominguez I	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	279.9 mm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Finca la Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	254.8 mm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tapachula (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zacatecas (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Calipan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Cuxtepeques	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	254.8 mm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Solis	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
El Copital	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conconully	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Horcones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Providencia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lermontovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Cabaa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Collbran	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Willits 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McDermitt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Republic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paim Filho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Izucar de Matamoros (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chanchichimila	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belington	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Zapotes	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rahway	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paul 1ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harlem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barnesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,331 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 349, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 548, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 259.

Records on 8 September 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	349
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	548
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	259
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 September 1998 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 75, daily 1,252.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

930 broken records

Margins by which the 930 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 208.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 1998

Top 20 records on 8 September 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 1998	Motozintla (Smn), MX	daily rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1998	Valley Head, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1998	Pijijiapan, MX	daily rain	225.6 mm (8.9 in)	118.7 mm (4.7 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1998	Huingo, MX	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1998	Galway, IE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1998	Belisario Dominguez I, MX	daily rain	279.9 mm (11.0 in)	200.1 mm (7.9 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1998	Finca la Victoria, MX	daily rain	254.8 mm (10.0 in)	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1998	Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-, MX	daily rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1998	Joseph, US	monthly high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1998	Tapachula (Dge), MX	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1998	Huixtla, MX	daily low min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1998	Zacatecas (Dge), MX	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1998	Babuskin, RU	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1998	Coeur D'Alene, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	101 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1998	Calipan, MX	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1998	Virginia City, US	monthly high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1998	Finca Cuxtepeques, MX	daily rain	254.8 mm (10.0 in)	208.6 mm (8.2 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1998	Presa Solis, MX	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1998	El Copital, MX	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1998	Foxholm 7 N, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	100 years	44 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

1802 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1998. 1998 had 1,331 records.

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

Records on 09-08 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1806	1
1813	1
1814	2
1815	2
1833	1
1837	1
1845	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	2
1851	1
1854	1
1855	3
1857	1
1860	3
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1881	3
1883	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	13
1904	4
1905	10
1906	14
1907	7
1908	4
1909	7
1910	9
1911	20
1912	62
1913	19
1914	37
1915	32
1916	25
1917	166
1918	31
1919	240
1920	59
1921	299
1922	206
1923	116
1924	138
1925	232
1926	141
1927	177
1928	93
1929	397
1930	156
1931	480
1932	465
1933	728
1934	407
1935	353
1936	535
1937	222
1938	397
1939	547
1940	297
1941	477
1942	375
1943	488
1944	769
1945	423
1946	325
1947	586
1948	340
1949	765
1950	570
1951	389
1952	382
1953	324
1954	309
1955	481
1956	717
1957	427
1958	480
1959	667
1960	678
1961	351
1962	682
1963	378
1964	294
1965	472
1966	351
1967	380
1968	308
1969	556
1970	582
1971	704
1972	523
1973	873
1974	626
1975	564
1976	639
1977	726
1978	1,165
1979	813
1980	739
1981	854
1982	605
1983	1,154
1984	1,123
1985	1,492
1986	1,203
1987	880
1988	856
1989	648
1990	747
1991	806
1992	869
1993	783
1994	704
1995	1,324
1996	609
1997	892
1998	1,331
1999	1,196
2000	981
2001	1,643
2002	1,238
2003	819
2004	1,576
2005	1,015
2006	850
2007	1,112
2008	878
2009	832
2010	1,143
2011	1,554
2012	813
2013	831
2014	515
2015	728
2016	951
2017	978
2018	724
2019	903
2020	1,952
2021	1,080
2022	1,567
2023	1,242
2024	1,336
2025	707
2026	699

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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	915
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2