Weather Records on 8 October 1998

941 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1998. Highest significance: Franklin, US.

Key Facts for 8 October 1998

On 8 October 1998, 941 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
329 were record highs and 303 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 913 daily.
Franklin set a daily record precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 8 October 1998.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

941 stations

941 station records on 8 October 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Beverly Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Marshallville 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Laurelville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Union City Filtration Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tionesta 2 SE Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mercer	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Arthur	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquito Creek Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carpenter 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeye Lake 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Butler 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caixa de Areia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hachinohe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral Ridge Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Piketon	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Allegany	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cahuacan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Demopolis L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Hazel 2 NE Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

941 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 119, Lowest daily maximum 144, Highest daily minimum 210, Lowest daily minimum 159, Heaviest daily rainfall 309.

Records on 8 October 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	119
Lowest daily maximum	144
Highest daily minimum	210
Lowest daily minimum	159
Heaviest daily rainfall	309
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 1998 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 26, daily 913.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

763 broken records

Margins by which the 763 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1998

Top 20 records on 8 October 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1998	Franklin, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	98 years	79 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1998	Wooster Exp STN, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1998	Linesville 1 S, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1998	Beverly Stp, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1998	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1998	Marshallville 1 SSW, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1998	Newark Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1998	Beaver Falls 1 NE, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1998	Laurelville, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1998	Warren 3 S, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1998	Union City Filtration Plt, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1998	Ravenna 2 S, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1998	Tionesta 2 SE Lake, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1998	Mercer, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1998	Titusville Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1998	Louisville, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1998	Millersburg, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1998	Montgomery L&D, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1998	Greer, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1998	Millport 4 NE, US	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	104 years	51 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 941 records.

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

Records on 10-08 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1812	1
1815	1
1824	2
1829	1
1834	1
1839	2
1843	1
1849	1
1852	1
1854	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	3
1865	2
1869	1
1870	1
1873	2
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	6
1889	5
1890	2
1891	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	13
1901	5
1903	6
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	17
1908	27
1909	9
1910	13
1911	14
1912	17
1913	66
1914	27
1915	18
1916	121
1917	47
1918	33
1919	98
1920	104
1921	90
1922	51
1923	127
1924	118
1925	207
1926	162
1927	106
1928	303
1929	75
1930	400
1931	391
1932	283
1933	237
1934	241
1935	427
1936	645
1937	262
1938	331
1939	810
1940	170
1941	587
1942	209
1943	405
1944	191
1945	314
1946	471
1947	311
1948	344
1949	1,198
1950	535
1951	417
1952	1,034
1953	401
1954	521
1955	600
1956	556
1957	473
1958	451
1959	962
1960	316
1961	630
1962	597
1963	363
1964	1,078
1965	449
1966	394
1967	452
1968	405
1969	307
1970	1,672
1971	468
1972	367
1973	770
1974	604
1975	1,034
1976	1,302
1977	818
1978	671
1979	882
1980	758
1981	719
1982	1,184
1983	712
1984	694
1985	1,635
1986	429
1987	1,271
1988	793
1989	641
1990	1,438
1991	915
1992	1,277
1993	946
1994	1,259
1995	703
1996	1,261
1997	2,604
1998	941
1999	1,196
2000	2,916
2001	810
2002	706
2003	1,225
2004	748
2005	1,303
2006	625
2007	1,924
2008	582
2009	1,506
2010	1,062
2011	1,055
2012	943
2013	496
2014	554
2015	682
2016	550
2017	944
2018	1,135
2019	532
2020	1,163
2021	766
2022	572
2023	720
2024	877
2025	585
2026	784

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Data for records on 1998-10-08: 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 10	625
10 to 20	62
20 to 30	41
30 to 40	21
40 to 50	9
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	3