Weather Records on 17 October 1998

1,455 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 1998. Highest significance: San Marcos, US.

Key Facts for 17 October 1998

On 17 October 1998, 1,455 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
730 were record highs and 120 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 70 monthly and 1,376 daily.
San Marcos set an all-time record daily precipitation of 400.8 mm (15.8 in) on 17 October 1998.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

1,455 stations

1,455 station records on 17 October 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 October 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	400.8 mm (15.8 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bulverde	United States	Record daily precipitation	292.1 mm (11.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Lockhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	302.0 mm (11.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
San Antonio Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	286.0 mm (11.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Allende (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	244.3 mm (9.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Downing	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Riomedina	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Whitsett	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Elm Springs 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Akune	Japan	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hitoyoshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Asosan	Japan	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bikaner	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kumamoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ushibuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boysen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sam	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bertram 3 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Watson	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Camel Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Iwakuni	Japan	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moline Quad City Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Temoaya	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Algaras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Custer	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wasta	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Muddy Gap	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Matsumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Iizuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kyoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,455 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 200, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 530, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 562, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 17 October 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	200
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	530
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	562
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 17 October 1998 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 70, daily 1,376.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,177 broken records

Margins by which the 1,177 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 277.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 October 1998

Top 20 records on 17 October 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 1998	San Marcos, US	all-time rain	400.8 mm (15.8 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	85 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
17 October 1998	Lawrence, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	116 years	75 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1998	Burlington Muni AP, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1998	Douglas 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	85 years	74 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1998	Columbus, US	monthly rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	88 years	73 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1998	Douglas 1 SE, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	73 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1998	Bulverde, US	all-time rain	292.1 mm (11.5 in)	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	26 years	72 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1998	Lockhart, US	all-time rain	302.0 mm (11.9 in)	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	23 years	72 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1998	San Antonio Intl AP, US	all-time rain	286.0 mm (11.3 in)	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	25 years	72 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1998	Dehradun, IN	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	77 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1998	Fischers Store, US	monthly rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	85 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1998	Allende (Smn), MX	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1998	Ft Madison, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1998	Monmouth, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	99 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1998	Mellette 4 W, US	monthly rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1998	Temple, US	all-time rain	244.3 mm (9.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1998	Mt Garnet Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1998	Downing, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1998	Riomedina, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1998	Whitsett, US	monthly rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	22 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

1793 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1998. 1998 had 1,455 records.

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

Records on 10-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	2
1808	2
1810	1
1811	1
1817	1
1820	1
1830	1
1836	1
1844	1
1845	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	7
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1894	2
1895	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	4
1903	9
1904	17
1905	12
1906	3
1907	16
1908	46
1909	18
1910	13
1911	24
1912	12
1913	26
1914	72
1915	7
1916	81
1917	29
1918	20
1919	34
1920	82
1921	64
1922	60
1923	149
1924	81
1925	324
1926	153
1927	163
1928	530
1929	119
1930	441
1931	431
1932	345
1933	190
1934	262
1935	337
1936	338
1937	865
1938	710
1939	424
1940	580
1941	194
1942	349
1943	1,173
1944	415
1945	289
1946	437
1947	744
1948	724
1949	442
1950	809
1951	274
1952	474
1953	463
1954	579
1955	562
1956	353
1957	245
1958	415
1959	403
1960	432
1961	525
1962	350
1963	513
1964	492
1965	920
1966	551
1967	576
1968	929
1969	714
1970	815
1971	1,053
1972	866
1973	542
1974	1,055
1975	605
1976	1,381
1977	1,060
1978	583
1979	468
1980	1,366
1981	555
1982	575
1983	526
1984	1,551
1985	585
1986	354
1987	828
1988	827
1989	1,163
1990	1,109
1991	1,352
1992	1,384
1993	1,001
1994	1,306
1995	1,076
1996	987
1997	1,114
1998	1,455
1999	815
2000	461
2001	878
2002	992
2003	764
2004	935
2005	643
2006	1,506
2007	690
2008	467
2009	1,606
2010	625
2011	734
2012	550
2013	516
2014	530
2015	843
2016	1,559
2017	743
2018	1,163
2019	504
2020	889
2021	294
2022	964
2023	544
2024	994
2025	363

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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	1,118
50 to 100	45
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2