Weather Records on 30 October 1998

771 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 October 1998. Highest significance: Arltunga, AU.

Key Facts for 30 October 1998

On 30 October 1998, 771 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
397 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 742 daily.
Arltunga set a daily record precipitation of 54.0 mm (2.1 in) on 30 October 1998.
Across 153 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

771 stations

771 station records on 30 October 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 October 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arltunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Jal	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
The Garden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Idracowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Marmboo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Friona	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Newhaven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Voronez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Owen Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roswell Ind Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spearman	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gotnja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caldervale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Helen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Springs Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Undoolya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pearce - Sunsites	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clovis 13 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vici 1NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sanderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guadalajara (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Serdan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Puerto Libertad	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Im.E.K.Fedorova(Bolvanskii Nos	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tajgonos	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laurens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wedgefield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trempealeau Dam 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Larrimah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coniston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Lindsay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caixa de Areia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ameca	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tatum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Larrimah	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Aero	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

771 records

Records set or tied on 30 October 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 146, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 251, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 277, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 30 October 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	146
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	251
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	277
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 October 1998 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 28, daily 742.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

591 broken records

Margins by which the 591 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 October 1998

Top 20 records on 30 October 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 October 1998	Arltunga, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	75 years	71 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1998	Jal, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	75 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1998	The Garden, AU	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1998	Idracowra, AU	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1998	Prineville, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1998	Marmboo, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1998	Friona, US	all-time rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1998	Newhaven, AU	monthly rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1998	Voronez, RU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1998	Dayton Mcd, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1998	Owen Springs, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1998	Roswell Ind Air Pk, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1998	Kiruna, SE	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	99 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1998	Spearman, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1998	Gotnja, RU	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1998	Buenavista, MX	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	76 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1998	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1998	Caldervale Station, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1998	San Miguel Ejutla, MX	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	67 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1998	Coloso, PR	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	80 years	37 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

1799 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1998. 1998 had 771 records.

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

Records on 10-30 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1815	1
1837	1
1839	1
1841	1
1849	1
1856	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	5
1870	1
1871	1
1873	2
1877	1
1881	4
1885	3
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1894	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	3
1901	9
1902	6
1903	3
1904	1
1905	12
1906	25
1907	12
1908	14
1909	15
1910	22
1911	19
1912	28
1913	38
1914	22
1915	39
1916	23
1917	85
1918	189
1919	80
1920	73
1921	31
1922	108
1923	202
1924	246
1925	755
1926	131
1927	259
1928	195
1929	277
1930	228
1931	144
1932	181
1933	454
1934	198
1935	739
1936	253
1937	496
1938	245
1939	240
1940	251
1941	393
1942	877
1943	255
1944	497
1945	446
1946	826
1947	252
1948	326
1949	528
1950	1,186
1951	373
1952	635
1953	522
1954	276
1955	494
1956	716
1957	531
1958	366
1959	859
1960	258
1961	781
1962	382
1963	353
1964	488
1965	439
1966	490
1967	665
1968	555
1969	656
1970	636
1971	1,663
1972	902
1973	534
1974	1,039
1975	427
1976	760
1977	882
1978	359
1979	809
1980	885
1981	547
1982	534
1983	549
1984	1,270
1985	848
1986	422
1987	883
1988	972
1989	904
1990	685
1991	2,772
1992	1,228
1993	2,095
1994	777
1995	831
1996	1,299
1997	1,033
1998	771
1999	897
2000	1,659
2001	1,233
2002	1,564
2003	973
2004	1,188
2005	1,144
2006	886
2007	773
2008	1,310
2009	1,513
2010	619
2011	1,022
2012	1,413
2013	622
2014	297
2015	395
2016	981
2017	783
2018	507
2019	1,931
2020	683
2021	486
2022	762
2023	969
2024	1,393
2025	322

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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).