Weather Records on 9 September 1998

1,667 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 September 1998. Highest significance: Maxwelton Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 9 September 1998

On 9 September 1998, 1,667 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
982 were record highs and 322 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 54 monthly and 1,611 daily.
Maxwelton Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 28.6 mm (1.1 in) on 9 September 1998.
Across 162 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

1,667 stations

1,667 station records on 9 September 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 September 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maxwelton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Oak Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Elrose Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Diamantina Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ust-Njukzha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kamiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ironside 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Unity	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Baker City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra (South Winscombe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Kembla (Bhp Central Lab)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Keira (Yates Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bemerside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Margaritas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Finca A. Prusia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Acatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zihuatanejo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	248.4 mm (9.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Belisario Dominguez I	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Cuxtepeques	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Erofej Pavlovic	Russia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Proa Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huehuetan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	197.1 mm (7.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woonona (Popes Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aldan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Finca la Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	231.9 mm (9.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pokrovskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Horcones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Las Flores	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Harding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bet Dagan	Israel	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Cabaa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,667 records

Records set or tied on 9 September 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 316, Lowest daily maximum 169, Highest daily minimum 666, Lowest daily minimum 153, Heaviest daily rainfall 363.

Records on 9 September 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	316
Lowest daily maximum	169
Highest daily minimum	666
Lowest daily minimum	153
Heaviest daily rainfall	363
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 September 1998 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 54, daily 1,611.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,298 broken records

Margins by which the 1,298 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 167.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 September 1998

Top 20 records on 9 September 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 September 1998	Maxwelton Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	105 years	75 of 100 (Major)
9 September 1998	Oak Park Station, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	93 years	72 of 100 (Major)
9 September 1998	Elrose Station, AU	monthly rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 September 1998	Victoria Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 September 1998	Diamantina Lakes, AU	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 September 1998	Matagorda #2, US	daily rain	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	133.8 mm (5.3 in)	45 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 September 1998	Ust-Njukzha, RU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1998	Jakutsk, RU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1998	Kamiah, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1998	Ironside 2 W, US	monthly rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1998	Sarita 7 E, US	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1998	Liberal, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1998	Unity, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1998	Baker City AP, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1998	Ingham Composite, AU	monthly rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1998	Bundarra (South Winscombe), AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1998	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1998	Port Kembla (Bhp Central Lab), AU	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1998	Mount Keira (Yates Ave), AU	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1998	Bemerside, AU	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	11 years	50 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

1806 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1998. 1998 had 1,667 records.

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

Records on 09-09 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1812	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1836	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1850	1
1854	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	3
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1883	3
1884	4
1886	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	4
1894	3
1895	7
1897	3
1898	5
1899	6
1900	1
1901	4
1902	5
1903	14
1904	9
1905	8
1906	24
1907	9
1908	5
1909	9
1910	17
1911	27
1912	48
1913	12
1914	69
1915	48
1916	16
1917	44
1918	40
1919	74
1920	145
1921	92
1922	115
1923	58
1924	232
1925	248
1926	168
1927	246
1928	108
1929	362
1930	211
1931	558
1932	302
1933	433
1934	256
1935	461
1936	297
1937	242
1938	416
1939	429
1940	294
1941	763
1942	357
1943	596
1944	719
1945	355
1946	366
1947	465
1948	307
1949	1,407
1950	426
1951	338
1952	511
1953	344
1954	283
1955	608
1956	742
1957	390
1958	419
1959	736
1960	492
1961	383
1962	847
1963	400
1964	488
1965	326
1966	366
1967	367
1968	440
1969	603
1970	584
1971	498
1972	464
1973	517
1974	689
1975	555
1976	773
1977	410
1978	702
1979	878
1980	829
1981	1,011
1982	814
1983	958
1984	1,304
1985	1,269
1986	1,026
1987	676
1988	836
1989	983
1990	762
1991	882
1992	620
1993	886
1994	892
1995	937
1996	809
1997	837
1998	1,667
1999	1,013
2000	811
2001	1,647
2002	1,355
2003	786
2004	1,603
2005	1,068
2006	917
2007	948
2008	1,161
2009	792
2010	1,049
2011	1,328
2012	681
2013	974
2014	590
2015	806
2016	1,210
2017	661
2018	876
2019	953
2020	2,579
2021	1,458
2022	1,094
2023	1,222
2024	1,146
2025	520
2026	815

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Data for records on 1998-09-09: 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 25	1,253
25 to 50	27
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	3