Weather Records on 7 October 1998

1,331 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1998. Highest significance: Washington 1 W, US.

Key Facts for 7 October 1998

On 7 October 1998, 1,331 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
418 were record highs and 414 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 1,291 daily.
Washington 1 W set a daily record precipitation of 84.3 mm (3.3 in) on 7 October 1998.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

1,331 stations

1,331 station records on 7 October 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Kanchanaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	247.9 mm (9.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Olmsted L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelaceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw #3	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericktown 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Akron Canton AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zanesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crane Nsa	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lagrange	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
N Wilkesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Slippery Rock 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shadrinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Indianapolis SE Side	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uwajima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Morrison (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sukumo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Francisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lamspringe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Reimlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shimizu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Keiser	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,331 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 103, Lowest daily maximum 227, Highest daily minimum 315, Lowest daily minimum 187, Heaviest daily rainfall 498, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 7 October 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	103
Lowest daily maximum	227
Highest daily minimum	315
Lowest daily minimum	187
Heaviest daily rainfall	498
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 7 October 1998 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 39, daily 1,291.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,082 broken records

Margins by which the 1,082 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 1998

Top 20 records on 7 October 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1998	Washington 1 W, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1998	Kanchanaburi, TH	all-time rain	247.9 mm (9.8 in)	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	26 years	71 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1998	Greencastle 1 W, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1998	Martinsville 2 SW, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1998	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1998	Olmsted L&D, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	71 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1998	E Tawas, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1998	Whitestown, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1998	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	97 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1998	Lovelaceville, US	monthly rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1998	Saint Johns, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1998	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1998	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	99 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1998	Saginaw #3, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1998	Fredericktown 4 S, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1998	Akron Canton AP, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1998	Standish 4NE, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1998	Coshocton Wpc Plt, US	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	85 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1998	Samburg Wr, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1998	Zanesville Muni AP, US	monthly rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	22 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

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 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	917

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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	1,068
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1