Weather Records on 5 October 1998

1,596 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1998. Highest significance: Lexington 3E, US.

Key Facts for 5 October 1998

On 5 October 1998, 1,596 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
622 were record highs and 421 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 156 monthly and 1,435 daily.
Lexington 3E set a monthly record daily precipitation of 143.3 mm (5.6 in) on 5 October 1998.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

1,596 stations

1,596 station records on 5 October 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Caplinger Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Pawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Downing	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent 5WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Overbrook 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Butte 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hominy	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Maramec	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hackberry 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alexander 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bixby	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mannford 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Barnsdall	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Liubashivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Max	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Great Salt Plains Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Linden	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mound Valley 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Siloam Springs 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Amity 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Upton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dunlap 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gridley	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,596 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 196, Lowest daily maximum 292, Highest daily minimum 426, Lowest daily minimum 129, Heaviest daily rainfall 515, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 5 October 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	196
Lowest daily maximum	292
Highest daily minimum	426
Lowest daily minimum	129
Heaviest daily rainfall	515
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 5 October 1998 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 156, daily 1,435.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,253 broken records

Margins by which the 1,253 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 419.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1998

Top 20 records on 5 October 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1998	Lexington 3E, US	monthly rain	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	81 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 October 1998	Lamar 7N, US	monthly rain	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	85 years	77 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1998	Gravette, US	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	79 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1998	Caplinger Mills, US	monthly rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	57 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1998	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	87 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1998	Clark, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	87 years	71 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1998	Ft Scott, US	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	77.9 mm (3.1 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1998	Pawnee, US	all-time rain	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	12 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1998	Le Roy, US	monthly rain	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1998	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1998	Keokuk L&D 19, US	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1998	Toledo 3N, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1998	Crested Butte, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1998	Elgin, US	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1998	Downing, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	71 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1998	Meeker 5 W, US	daily rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	129.1 mm (5.1 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1998	Storm Lake, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1998	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1998	Richardton Abbey, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1998	Crescent 5WSW, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	59 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

1795 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1998. 1998 had 1,596 records.

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

Records on 10-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1811	1
1843	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	7
1867	2
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1900	6
1901	10
1902	11
1903	10
1904	19
1905	11
1906	19
1907	13
1908	17
1909	30
1910	43
1911	10
1912	92
1913	25
1914	13
1915	25
1916	124
1917	314
1918	35
1919	42
1920	89
1921	33
1922	81
1923	87
1924	139
1925	140
1926	155
1927	79
1928	202
1929	242
1930	285
1931	284
1932	768
1933	257
1934	237
1935	910
1936	219
1937	491
1938	375
1939	269
1940	185
1941	1,072
1942	206
1943	404
1944	329
1945	234
1946	643
1947	746
1948	491
1949	562
1950	466
1951	541
1952	1,027
1953	261
1954	834
1955	771
1956	452
1957	520
1958	450
1959	629
1960	290
1961	493
1962	456
1963	605
1964	737
1965	1,160
1966	390
1967	290
1968	670
1969	603
1970	458
1971	377
1972	636
1973	335
1974	973
1975	566
1976	819
1977	382
1978	438
1979	920
1980	1,002
1981	642
1982	524
1983	1,037
1984	646
1985	781
1986	875
1987	1,081
1988	958
1989	465
1990	736
1991	1,005
1992	776
1993	1,024
1994	1,205
1995	1,705
1996	931
1997	814
1998	1,596
1999	1,276
2000	1,147
2001	771
2002	1,026
2003	636
2004	770
2005	2,003
2006	930
2007	1,609
2008	942
2009	1,756
2010	1,114
2011	1,383
2012	913
2013	1,106
2014	648
2015	644
2016	565
2017	560
2018	1,004
2019	672
2020	997
2021	887
2022	752
2023	780
2024	996
2025	716
2026	1,233

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Data for records on 1998-10-05: 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 100	1,244
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2