Weather Records on 15 October 1998

806 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 October 1998. Highest significance: Toholampi Oravala, FI.

Key Facts for 15 October 1998

On 15 October 1998, 806 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
462 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 789 daily.
Toholampi Oravala set a monthly record daily precipitation of 47.2 mm (1.9 in) on 15 October 1998.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

806 stations

806 station records on 15 October 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 October 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Toholampi Oravala	Finland	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Svappavaara	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Peru 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sektagli	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sutur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eldora	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wajima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Niigata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Verma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aikawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Acungui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Sabino	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yambah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Urakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Callejones	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tapanatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bhuj-Rudramata	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kanawha	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waiakea Scd 88.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tokyo	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Birobidzhan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Habarovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Akhty	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rumoi	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hugoton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Galveston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pforzheim-Eutingen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wakamatsu	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kochi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Sur	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gurabo Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.8 C (-23.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anamosa 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sendai	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hamamatsu	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chaparaco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Andalsnes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sundsfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

806 records

Records set or tied on 15 October 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 171, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 291, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 242, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 15 October 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	171
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	291
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	242
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 October 1998 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 789.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

642 broken records

Margins by which the 642 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 October 1998

Top 20 records on 15 October 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 October 1998	Toholampi Oravala, FI	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 October 1998	Ratnagiri, IN	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 October 1998	Svappavaara, SE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1998	Peru 2 WSW, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1998	Sektagli, RU	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1998	Sutur, RU	monthly rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1998	Farmington, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	99 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1998	Eldora, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1998	Wajima, JP	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1998	Niigata, JP	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1998	Vladikavkaz, RU	daily high min	12.5 C (54.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1998	Kiruna, SE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	97 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1998	Tenosique (Smn), MX	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1998	Verma, NO	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1998	Aikawa, JP	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1998	Barra Do Acungui, BR	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1998	Coloso, PR	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	67 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1998	San Francisco, MX	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1998	El Sabino, MX	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1998	Vladikavkaz, RU	daily high max	28.8 C (83.8 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	75 years	36 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

1794 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1998. 1998 had 806 records.

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

Records on 10-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1808	2
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1849	1
1859	2
1862	1
1870	2
1871	4
1873	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	3
1879	3
1881	3
1882	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	8
1889	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	5
1894	9
1895	3
1896	8
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	7
1903	13
1904	10
1905	13
1906	7
1907	11
1908	13
1909	17
1910	14
1911	18
1912	17
1913	70
1914	28
1915	48
1916	21
1917	29
1918	21
1919	65
1920	38
1921	160
1922	43
1923	66
1924	118
1925	221
1926	125
1927	94
1928	385
1929	200
1930	282
1931	461
1932	213
1933	255
1934	434
1935	303
1936	126
1937	1,444
1938	598
1939	461
1940	458
1941	330
1942	494
1943	704
1944	246
1945	487
1946	354
1947	963
1948	224
1949	546
1950	321
1951	341
1952	662
1953	374
1954	945
1955	444
1956	555
1957	461
1958	606
1959	411
1960	600
1961	834
1962	1,009
1963	522
1964	488
1965	299
1966	1,265
1967	464
1968	1,111
1969	1,074
1970	642
1971	744
1972	584
1973	525
1974	768
1975	808
1976	791
1977	543
1978	886
1979	720
1980	1,006
1981	965
1982	297
1983	653
1984	1,236
1985	1,068
1986	768
1987	900
1988	896
1989	560
1990	1,134
1991	1,139
1992	1,530
1993	1,066
1994	1,103
1995	1,008
1996	458
1997	964
1998	806
1999	766
2000	625
2001	705
2002	965
2003	737
2004	716
2005	610
2006	1,305
2007	702
2008	959
2009	2,365
2010	1,095
2011	906
2012	909
2013	632
2014	901
2015	1,139
2016	674
2017	1,091
2018	2,682
2019	479
2020	499
2021	983
2022	633
2023	319
2024	748
2025	697

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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	576
10 to 20	42
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1