Weather Records on 1 October 1998

1,345 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1998. Highest significance: Lichtentanne, DE.

Key Facts for 1 October 1998

On 1 October 1998, 1,345 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
802 were record highs and 158 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 187 monthly and 1,158 daily.
Lichtentanne set a daily record precipitation of 32.7 mm (1.3 in) on 1 October 1998.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

1,345 stations

1,345 station records on 1 October 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gage AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Erfurt-Bindersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waynoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mishima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Weinbiet	Germany	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Campo 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vici 1NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
La Encantada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lobenstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cuencame	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hof (Stadt)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Schwarzburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Birsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waldsassen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Los Negros Admrty Is/Momote S	Papua New Guinea	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Sohl Elster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Littlefield	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Teuschnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Smolensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orsha	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shizuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tantizohuiche	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rodewisch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Selb/Oberfranken-Wildenau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Salado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ostheim V.D. Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Miyako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Peamiller (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Loma Alta (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Everglades	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hachinohe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalcazar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 7 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,345 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 389, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 413, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 383, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 1 October 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	389
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	413
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	383
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 1 October 1998 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 187, daily 1,158.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,000 broken records

Margins by which the 1,000 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 141.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1998

Top 20 records on 1 October 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1998	Lichtentanne, DE	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	119 years	79 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1998	Liberal, US	monthly rain	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	75 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1998	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	75 years	72 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1998	Howard 2SE, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1998	Hooker, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1998	Gage AP, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1998	Erfurt-Bindersleben, DE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1998	Glen St Mary 1 W, US	daily rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1998	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1998	Waynoka, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1998	Mishima, JP	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1998	Weinbiet, DE	monthly rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1998	Campo 7 S, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1998	Elk, US	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	101 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1998	Red Rock, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1998	Vici 1NNW, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1998	La Encantada, MX	daily rain	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	141.8 mm (5.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1998	Bad Lobenstein, DE	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1998	Cuencame, MX	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1998	Hof (Stadt), DE	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	52 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

1813 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1998. 1998 had 1,345 records.

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

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	384
2026	553

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Data for records on 1998-10-01: 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 20	931
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1