Weather Records on 29 September 1998

1,295 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 1998. Highest significance: Mariyna Gorka, BY.

Key Facts for 29 September 1998

On 29 September 1998, 1,295 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
953 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 1,239 daily.
Mariyna Gorka set a daily record precipitation of 47.4 mm (1.9 in) on 29 September 1998.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

1,295 stations

1,295 station records on 29 September 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 September 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Georgiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	403.9 mm (15.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	196.3 mm (7.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	390.1 mm (15.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Andalusia 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	454.2 mm (17.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Camden 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grodno	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Apple	United States	Record daily precipitation	264.2 mm (10.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kanku	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Junction 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Niceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Slutsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Morretes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cuernavaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Purvis 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Borisov	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Berezino	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pruzany	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ganevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Varena	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula Wildlife Ref	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lida	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcateopan de Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baranovichi	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brundidge	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buckatunna 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Volozhin	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colquitt 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Conceicao Do Rio Verde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caltepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Claiborne L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elida	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huejotzingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chacara Santana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,295 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 372, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 581, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 245, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 September 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	372
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	581
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	245
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 September 1998 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 50, daily 1,239.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

920 broken records

Margins by which the 920 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 167.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 1998

Top 20 records on 29 September 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 1998	Mariyna Gorka, BY	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1998	Union Springs 9 S, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1998	Georgiana, US	all-time rain	403.9 mm (15.9 in)	167.7 mm (6.6 in)	34 years	74 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1998	De Funiak Springs 1 E, US	daily rain	196.3 mm (7.7 in)	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1998	Selma, US	monthly rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1998	Greenville, US	all-time rain	390.1 mm (15.4 in)	167.8 mm (6.6 in)	4 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1998	Andalusia 3 W, US	all-time rain	454.2 mm (17.9 in)	129.1 mm (5.1 in)	2 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1998	Uniontown, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	80 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1998	Bay Minette, US	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	84 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1998	Camden 3 NW, US	monthly rain	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 September 1998	Vilnius, LT	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1998	Shubuta, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1998	Grodno, BY	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1998	Pine Apple, US	all-time rain	264.2 mm (10.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1998	Perryville, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1998	Kanku, RU	daily rain	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1998	Marion Junction 2 NE, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1998	Kodiak AP, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1998	Fairhope 2 NE, US	daily rain	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1998	Niceville, US	daily rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	53 years	53 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

1836 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 1998. 1998 had 1,295 records.

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

Records on 09-29 in each year
Year	Records
1836	1
1843	1
1854	2
1859	2
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1873	3
1874	1
1877	2
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	4
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	9
1900	3
1901	7
1902	14
1903	11
1904	26
1905	11
1906	16
1907	26
1908	20
1909	10
1910	10
1911	64
1912	27
1913	20
1914	24
1915	43
1916	184
1917	19
1918	36
1919	38
1920	22
1921	148
1922	33
1923	89
1924	264
1925	166
1926	195
1927	236
1928	212
1929	243
1930	71
1931	204
1932	234
1933	353
1934	394
1935	188
1936	399
1937	276
1938	423
1939	407
1940	346
1941	511
1942	858
1943	390
1944	398
1945	899
1946	265
1947	467
1948	334
1949	398
1950	472
1951	475
1952	404
1953	1,079
1954	814
1955	375
1956	380
1957	636
1958	309
1959	1,066
1960	143
1961	447
1962	481
1963	996
1964	1,154
1965	689
1966	498
1967	1,250
1968	184
1969	279
1970	629
1971	797
1972	637
1973	769
1974	730
1975	365
1976	636
1977	800
1978	569
1979	581
1980	874
1981	747
1982	911
1983	920
1984	1,447
1985	1,789
1986	1,624
1987	641
1988	554
1989	710
1990	416
1991	747
1992	833
1993	620
1994	967
1995	1,033
1996	1,356
1997	683
1998	1,295
1999	1,440
2000	965
2001	846
2002	557
2003	924
2004	754
2005	1,163
2006	695
2007	929
2008	461
2009	700
2010	1,110
2011	1,572
2012	737
2013	623
2014	548
2015	724
2016	912
2017	433
2018	582
2019	2,193
2020	444
2021	790
2022	600
2023	866
2024	1,391
2025	516
2026	544

Download the Data

Data for records on 1998-09-29: 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	843
25 to 50	46
50 to 75	15
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	2