Weather Records on 4 November 1998

704 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 November 1998. Highest significance: Alkali Lake, US.

Key Facts for 4 November 1998

On 4 November 1998, 704 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
235 were record highs and 209 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 671 daily.
Alkali Lake set a monthly record daily precipitation of 32.3 mm (1.3 in) on 4 November 1998.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

704 stations

704 station records on 4 November 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 November 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alkali Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
El Burrero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cadereyta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Murska Sobota-Rakican	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Las Flores	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wasta	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Actopan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hialeah	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lucaia (Campos Sales)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Blanca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Los Ramones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paso de Molina	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Las Enramadas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alamo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kumejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Temamatla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kredarica	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	120.2 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
McAllen Miller Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tapalpa (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose del Verde	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rumoi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Fernando	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kitamiesashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Myakka Rvr Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro Prieto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Junsele	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alexander	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forse	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Raoul Isl/Kermadec	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rutland Plains Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Puerto Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cerralvo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
General Bravo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Smartno Pri Slovenj Gradcu	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Interior 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emiliano Zapata (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Farmville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Melo Franco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo Gap	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manderson 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Philip AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

704 records

Records set or tied on 4 November 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 127, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 196, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 4 November 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	127
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	196
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 4 November 1998 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 32, daily 671.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

536 broken records

Margins by which the 536 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 November 1998

Top 20 records on 4 November 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 November 1998	Alkali Lake, US	monthly rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1998	El Burrero, MX	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1998	Cadereyta, MX	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1998	Murska Sobota-Rakican, SI	monthly rain	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1998	Las Flores, MX	monthly rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1998	Wasta, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1998	Actopan, MX	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1998	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	monthly rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1998	Hialeah, US	daily rain	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1998	Brownsville, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1998	Lucaia (Campos Sales), BR	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1998	Tierra Blanca, MX	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1998	Los Ramones, MX	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1998	Paso de Molina, MX	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1998	Miami Intl AP, US	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1998	Las Enramadas, MX	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1998	Alamo, MX	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1998	Bolsoy Santar, RU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1998	Kumejima, JP	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1998	Temamatla, MX	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	43 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

1803 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1998. 1998 had 704 records.

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

Records on 11-04 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1820	1
1821	2
1825	1
1826	1
1828	1
1835	1
1837	1
1838	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	2
1852	1
1853	1
1857	1
1858	6
1862	3
1863	1
1865	1
1866	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	3
1891	1
1893	4
1894	4
1895	7
1896	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	12
1900	1
1901	6
1902	8
1903	21
1904	7
1905	9
1906	14
1907	34
1908	13
1909	14
1910	43
1911	25
1912	32
1913	19
1914	28
1915	12
1916	76
1917	39
1918	14
1919	72
1920	70
1921	71
1922	119
1923	89
1924	99
1925	197
1926	182
1927	287
1928	220
1929	175
1930	157
1931	248
1932	413
1933	337
1934	516
1935	1,219
1936	1,005
1937	326
1938	725
1939	752
1940	335
1941	315
1942	343
1943	248
1944	333
1945	506
1946	784
1947	583
1948	746
1949	598
1950	667
1951	2,037
1952	376
1953	219
1954	592
1955	354
1956	855
1957	401
1958	286
1959	757
1960	262
1961	669
1962	435
1963	244
1964	510
1965	537
1966	1,041
1967	599
1968	391
1969	516
1970	512
1971	434
1972	613
1973	1,393
1974	686
1975	1,654
1976	596
1977	981
1978	1,158
1979	559
1980	973
1981	645
1982	1,073
1983	1,116
1984	441
1985	844
1986	546
1987	1,049
1988	1,211
1989	663
1990	1,233
1991	4,265
1992	1,241
1993	735
1994	1,808
1995	991
1996	1,242
1997	611
1998	704
1999	796
2000	781
2001	639
2002	1,314
2003	2,177
2004	895
2005	1,212
2006	1,321
2007	747
2008	1,093
2009	511
2010	1,197
2011	1,000
2012	814
2013	541
2014	508
2015	1,249
2016	759
2017	932
2018	355
2019	449
2020	1,448
2021	545
2022	904
2023	667
2024	981
2025	615

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Data for records on 1998-11-04: 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	455
20 to 40	55
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1