Weather Records on 1 November 1998

968 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 November 1998. Highest significance: Madison, US.

Key Facts for 1 November 1998

On 1 November 1998, 968 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
313 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 122 monthly and 843 daily.
Madison set a monthly record daily precipitation of 148.8 mm (5.9 in) on 1 November 1998.
Across 157 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

968 stations

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

Weather records on 1 November 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Mangum	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Overbrook 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Thrall 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Potwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Inman 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Amatenango del Valle	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Billings	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent 5WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cassoday 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndon 3 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Virgil	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sagehen Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Meda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lethebrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.2 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Knapp 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milray Station Wrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Doongara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lookeba 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Salina Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Topeka ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory Springs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leedey	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Funk Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meteor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

968 records

Records set or tied on 1 November 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 144, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 169, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 544, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 1 November 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	144
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	169
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	544
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 November 1998 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 122, daily 843.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

792 broken records

Margins by which the 792 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 191.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 November 1998

Top 20 records on 1 November 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 November 1998	Madison, US	monthly rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	88 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
1 November 1998	Norwich, US	all-time rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	70 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1998	Geary, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1998	Mangum, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1998	Overbrook 5 SE, US	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1998	Thrall 3SSE, US	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	39 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1998	Potwin, US	monthly rain	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1998	Alva 1W, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1998	Perry, US	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1998	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	76 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1998	Tescott, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1998	Newton, US	monthly rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1998	Inman 5SW, US	monthly rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1998	Medicine Lodge, US	monthly rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	1 year	60 of 100 (Major)
1 November 1998	Amatenango del Valle, MX	monthly rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1998	Billings, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1998	Crescent 5WSW, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1998	Hennessey 4 ESE, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1998	Concordia ASOS, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1998	Cassoday 2SE, US	monthly rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	58 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 968 records.

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

Records on 11-01 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	1
1866	1
1867	3
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	7
1882	1
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	6
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	3
1901	4
1902	1
1903	7
1904	13
1905	16
1906	20
1907	5
1908	11
1909	45
1910	40
1911	54
1912	17
1913	45
1914	46
1915	22
1916	40
1917	43
1918	55
1919	95
1920	62
1921	44
1922	50
1923	172
1924	290
1925	253
1926	150
1927	666
1928	214
1929	306
1930	336
1931	286
1932	387
1933	684
1934	387
1935	882
1936	332
1937	402
1938	601
1939	628
1940	309
1941	417
1942	463
1943	287
1944	513
1945	326
1946	417
1947	588
1948	415
1949	661
1950	1,017
1951	1,317
1952	254
1953	306
1954	610
1955	371
1956	1,280
1957	358
1958	289
1959	322
1960	341
1961	535
1962	285
1963	307
1964	345
1965	520
1966	574
1967	542
1968	592
1969	437
1970	303
1971	801
1972	1,205
1973	589
1974	1,014
1975	494
1976	968
1977	702
1978	878
1979	631
1980	519
1981	824
1982	813
1983	852
1984	1,295
1985	716
1986	634
1987	1,529
1988	1,025
1989	827
1990	1,089
1991	3,261
1992	1,303
1993	2,690
1994	978
1995	1,138
1996	869
1997	1,273
1998	968
1999	1,129
2000	1,339
2001	531
2002	1,697
2003	1,309
2004	1,013
2005	836
2006	756
2007	626
2008	1,252
2009	893
2010	648
2011	781
2012	663
2013	568
2014	1,027
2015	804
2016	953
2017	474
2018	652
2019	1,578
2020	974
2021	361
2022	1,010
2023	949
2024	847
2025	478

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Data for records on 1998-11-01: 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 25	684
25 to 50	86
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	8
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1