Weather Records on 10 October 1998

630 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 October 1998. Highest significance: Brunswick NAS, US.

Key Facts for 10 October 1998

On 10 October 1998, 630 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
231 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 611 daily.
Brunswick NAS set a monthly record daily precipitation of 132.3 mm (5.2 in) on 10 October 1998.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

630 stations

630 station records on 10 October 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 October 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brunswick NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Nanchang	China	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Guiyang	China	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
The Cedars	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sodankyla Vuotso	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Jetport	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cardowan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
West Buxton 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carfax	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yackadoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saco 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Qu Xian	China	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bulliwallah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cordalba Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rumford 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blackleaf	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Varinhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zapaluta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta State AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koumac (Nlle-Caledo	New Caledonia [France]	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albany Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dululu Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Copital	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Banksia Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Budennovsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bargara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sanford 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Darts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lingling	China	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ayr Dpi Research STN	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rookwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz-Litoral	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Changde	China	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Akjoujt	Mauritania	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bataquez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paraiso Novillero	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saragt	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Meekatharra Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

630 records

Records set or tied on 10 October 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 118, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 256, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 10 October 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	118
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 October 1998 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 611.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

505 broken records

Margins by which the 505 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 October 1998

Top 20 records on 10 October 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 October 1998	Brunswick NAS, US	monthly rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	65 of 100 (Major)
10 October 1998	Nanchang, CN	monthly rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
10 October 1998	Guiyang, CN	daily rain	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1998	Fairfield, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1998	Duaringa Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1998	The Cedars, AU	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1998	Sodankyla Vuotso, FI	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1998	Portland Jetport, US	daily rain	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1998	New Bedford Coop, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1998	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1998	Cardowan, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1998	West Buxton 2 NNW, US	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1998	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1998	Carfax, AU	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1998	Yackadoo, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1998	Saco 1 NNW, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1998	Qu Xian, CN	daily rain	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1998	Collaroy Station, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1998	Caulfield (Racecourse), AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1998	Plymouth-Kingston, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	97 years	40 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

1793 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1998. 1998 had 630 records.

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

Records on 10-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1802	2
1803	1
1809	1
1834	1
1839	1
1842	1
1850	2
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	3
1861	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	3
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	3
1881	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	6
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	3
1897	6
1899	4
1900	6
1901	6
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	8
1906	46
1907	9
1908	14
1909	29
1910	27
1911	16
1912	25
1913	54
1914	36
1915	17
1916	34
1917	49
1918	8
1919	106
1920	41
1921	125
1922	48
1923	119
1924	90
1925	374
1926	146
1927	62
1928	434
1929	254
1930	362
1931	431
1932	292
1933	169
1934	510
1935	434
1936	354
1937	420
1938	427
1939	505
1940	176
1941	295
1942	265
1943	510
1944	159
1945	304
1946	479
1947	451
1948	327
1949	1,525
1950	569
1951	439
1952	473
1953	371
1954	471
1955	543
1956	616
1957	295
1958	847
1959	847
1960	372
1961	680
1962	495
1963	613
1964	749
1965	295
1966	378
1967	527
1968	269
1969	498
1970	1,047
1971	561
1972	732
1973	1,312
1974	379
1975	403
1976	1,008
1977	526
1978	401
1979	1,677
1980	505
1981	829
1982	1,274
1983	431
1984	566
1985	1,491
1986	828
1987	1,059
1988	613
1989	603
1990	1,498
1991	975
1992	627
1993	798
1994	626
1995	977
1996	993
1997	1,523
1998	630
1999	1,056
2000	2,722
2001	970
2002	793
2003	1,518
2004	544
2005	912
2006	785
2007	768
2008	896
2009	2,211
2010	1,017
2011	994
2012	462
2013	718
2014	649
2015	972
2016	371
2017	1,313
2018	1,780
2019	1,485
2020	756
2021	762
2022	326
2023	651
2024	916
2025	734
2026	583

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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 10	434
10 to 20	42
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1