Weather Records on 27 October 1998

1,696 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 October 1998. Highest significance: Ter Apel, NL.

Key Facts for 27 October 1998

On 27 October 1998, 1,696 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
641 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 21 were all-time records, 117 monthly and 1,558 daily.
Ter Apel set a monthly record daily precipitation of 61.2 mm (2.4 in) on 27 October 1998.
Across 159 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

1,696 stations

1,696 station records on 27 October 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 October 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lyons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Zweelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Tubbergen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Hoogeveen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	84.7 mm (3.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Unterluss	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Almelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Home Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lenzen/Elbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pelzerhaken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wolfsburg (Sudwest)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Braunschweig-Gliesmarode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Emmeloord	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Blokzijl	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Dronten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kuinre	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Vroomshoop	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Heino_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bladensburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Stiege	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bramsche	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nagele	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Steenwijksmoer	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Marknesse_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Murchison Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dwingelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Travemunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Salzwedel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Luchow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Emmen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Braunschweig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rouveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Yarrabubba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Neuruppin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Eext	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Enkhuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Schoonloo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Aalten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Assen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Booylgoo Spring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
West Beemster	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tularosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg-Kirchwerder	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Papenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Biddinghuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Frederiksoord	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsteren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alamogordo	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gardelegen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Celle (Stadt)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yeso 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,696 records

Records set or tied on 27 October 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 100, Lowest daily maximum 105, Highest daily minimum 541, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 911, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 27 October 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	100
Lowest daily maximum	105
Highest daily minimum	541
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	911
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 October 1998 by timescale: all-time 21, monthly 117, daily 1,558.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,437 broken records

Margins by which the 1,437 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 October 1998

Top 20 records on 27 October 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 October 1998	Ter Apel, NL	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 October 1998	Waren, DE	monthly rain	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 October 1998	Lyons River, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	85 years	74 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1998	Zweelo, NL	all-time rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	71 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1998	Yalta, UA	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	111 years	71 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1998	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1998	Hoorn, NL	monthly rain	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1998	Tubbergen, NL	all-time rain	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1998	Hoogeveen-1, NL	all-time rain	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1998	Schierke, DE	daily rain	84.7 mm (3.3 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1998	Unterluss, DE	monthly rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1998	Almelo, NL	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1998	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	87 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1998	Home Hill Post Office, AU	daily rain	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1998	Lenzen/Elbe, DE	monthly rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1998	Pelzerhaken, DE	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1998	Wolfsburg (Sudwest), DE	monthly rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1998	Braunschweig-Gliesmarode, DE	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1998	Soltau, DE	monthly rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	103 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1998	Emmeloord, NL	all-time rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	65 of 100 (Major)

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 1,696 records.

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

Records on 10-27 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1831	1
1838	1
1840	1
1841	2
1847	2
1849	2
1856	2
1861	1
1866	4
1869	4
1870	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	5
1888	3
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1898	4
1899	14
1900	9
1901	5
1902	8
1903	23
1904	6
1905	11
1906	11
1907	9
1908	16
1909	13
1910	14
1911	20
1912	42
1913	91
1914	54
1915	65
1916	28
1917	45
1918	77
1919	74
1920	98
1921	37
1922	97
1923	63
1924	104
1925	383
1926	176
1927	521
1928	162
1929	92
1930	158
1931	241
1932	319
1933	313
1934	173
1935	266
1936	725
1937	477
1938	160
1939	836
1940	605
1941	409
1942	629
1943	479
1944	519
1945	674
1946	450
1947	551
1948	160
1949	182
1950	603
1951	269
1952	640
1953	285
1954	493
1955	578
1956	339
1957	1,116
1958	163
1959	376
1960	180
1961	428
1962	704
1963	798
1964	294
1965	284
1966	256
1967	485
1968	436
1969	532
1970	1,071
1971	1,157
1972	694
1973	719
1974	384
1975	424
1976	1,387
1977	608
1978	593
1979	553
1980	1,148
1981	1,076
1982	793
1983	707
1984	1,183
1985	592
1986	531
1987	863
1988	829
1989	1,506
1990	441
1991	1,722
1992	703
1993	667
1994	894
1995	1,238
1996	1,651
1997	2,783
1998	1,696
1999	991
2000	832
2001	1,100
2002	1,040
2003	1,669
2004	1,546
2005	897
2006	1,442
2007	950
2008	650
2009	954
2010	1,676
2011	690
2012	991
2013	706
2014	973
2015	395
2016	761
2017	582
2018	701
2019	1,364
2020	2,886
2021	536
2022	657
2023	1,668
2024	694
2025	524

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Data for records on 1998-10-27: 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	1,105
10 to 20	208
20 to 30	73
30 to 40	26
40 to 50	13
50 to 60	7
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	3