Weather Records on 31 October 1998

1,410 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 October 1998. Highest significance: El Dorado, US.

Key Facts for 31 October 1998

On 31 October 1998, 1,410 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
440 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 1,363 daily.
El Dorado set a daily record precipitation of 108.2 mm (4.3 in) on 31 October 1998.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

1,410 stations

1,410 station records on 31 October 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 October 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Booker	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Lansdowne Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Jagdalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Higgins	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Frammersbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Waynoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory Springs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Glorieta	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Katandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rosella Plains Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milray Station Wrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dotswood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Trier	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Kissingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lohr/Main-Steinbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Herwijnen_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gage AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hart Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Low Holm Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Holmleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Koerich	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Abernathy	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Anchieta (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.7 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gutersloh	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis de la Paz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Philippine	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kapellebrug	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Middelburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wolphaartsdijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Notla 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Camel Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harden Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Monchengladbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Weiskirchen/Saar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Belvaux	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Haamstede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,410 records

Records set or tied on 31 October 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 168, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 272, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 899, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 31 October 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	168
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	272
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	899
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 31 October 1998 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 42, daily 1,363.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,221 broken records

Margins by which the 1,221 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 October 1998

Top 20 records on 31 October 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 October 1998	El Dorado, US	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1998	Booker, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1998	Lansdowne Station, AU	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	64 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1998	Jagdalpur, IN	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	75 years	64 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1998	Higgins, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1998	Pentland Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1998	Canyon, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	69 years	62 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1998	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	105 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1998	Buffalo 2 SSW, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1998	Frammersbach, DE	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1998	Waynoka, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 October 1998	Spring Creek Station, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1998	Gregory Springs Station, AU	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1998	Aramac Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1998	Glorieta, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1998	Portales, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	69 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1998	Katandra, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	101 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1998	Hereford, US	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1998	Rosella Plains Station, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 1998	Milray Station Wrc, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	55 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

1805 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1998. 1998 had 1,410 records.

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

Records on 10-31 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1811	2
1828	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1852	2
1856	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	3
1873	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	5
1891	3
1892	4
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	10
1897	1
1898	5
1899	4
1900	5
1901	4
1902	5
1903	5
1904	7
1905	21
1906	38
1907	22
1908	13
1909	15
1910	18
1911	32
1912	14
1913	39
1914	33
1915	11
1916	72
1917	67
1918	72
1919	112
1920	63
1921	22
1922	72
1923	359
1924	244
1925	405
1926	153
1927	183
1928	120
1929	234
1930	240
1931	178
1932	260
1933	796
1934	410
1935	981
1936	307
1937	335
1938	399
1939	415
1940	248
1941	536
1942	578
1943	213
1944	611
1945	287
1946	530
1947	371
1948	695
1949	831
1950	1,237
1951	527
1952	393
1953	303
1954	460
1955	427
1956	1,086
1957	392
1958	314
1959	484
1960	296
1961	511
1962	344
1963	631
1964	538
1965	340
1966	630
1967	748
1968	605
1969	531
1970	412
1971	992
1972	1,234
1973	581
1974	1,192
1975	827
1976	655
1977	616
1978	538
1979	1,130
1980	657
1981	497
1982	560
1983	782
1984	1,054
1985	632
1986	396
1987	1,002
1988	1,058
1989	857
1990	990
1991	3,294
1992	1,324
1993	2,926
1994	1,004
1995	1,051
1996	1,074
1997	1,553
1998	1,410
1999	997
2000	1,114
2001	1,218
2002	1,613
2003	1,167
2004	870
2005	1,048
2006	842
2007	613
2008	1,256
2009	1,030
2010	931
2011	746
2012	884
2013	623
2014	547
2015	691
2016	1,012
2017	437
2018	414
2019	2,501
2020	542
2021	469
2022	497
2023	960
2024	1,133
2025	314

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Data for records on 1998-10-31: 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 20	1,052
20 to 40	127
40 to 60	32
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	1