Weather Records on 5 November 1998

792 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 1998. Highest significance: Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US.

Key Facts for 5 November 1998

On 5 November 1998, 792 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
269 were record highs and 269 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 747 daily.
Ft Myers Page Fld AP set a daily record precipitation of 75.4 mm (3.0 in) on 5 November 1998.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

792 stations

792 station records on 5 November 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 November 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Everglades	United States	Record daily precipitation	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Canal Pt USDA	United States	Record daily precipitation	212.9 mm (8.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Finca A. Prusia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Naranjal (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchula	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Glade	United States	Record daily precipitation	268.0 mm (10.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zilair	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Punta Gorda 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vero Beach 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Futenma	Japan	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Naples	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Altamira	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Jula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tamiami Trail 40 Mi Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cdu Katherine Rural Campus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vero Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weddingstedt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Naha	Japan	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kharkiv	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parrish	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcateopan de Tlapa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vega de Alatorre	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sulak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Volshskiy Gmo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valujki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dnipropetrovsk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Frolovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Celina	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Raoul Isl/Kermadec	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

792 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 123, Lowest daily maximum 186, Highest daily minimum 146, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 214, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 5 November 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	123
Lowest daily maximum	186
Highest daily minimum	146
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	214
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 5 November 1998 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 45, daily 747.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

639 broken records

Margins by which the 639 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 November 1998

Top 20 records on 5 November 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 1998	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	79 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1998	Thiruvananthapuram, IN	daily rain	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	88 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1998	Everglades, US	monthly rain	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	158.7 mm (6.2 in)	38 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1998	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	102 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1998	Ft Lauderdale, US	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	84 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1998	Canal Pt USDA, US	monthly rain	212.9 mm (8.4 in)	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	3 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1998	Finca A. Prusia, MX	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1998	Naranjal (Cfe), MX	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1998	Wauchula, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1998	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1998	Moore Haven Lock 1, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1998	Bradshaw Homestead, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1998	Belle Glade, US	daily rain	268.0 mm (10.6 in)	228.9 mm (9.0 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1998	Zilair, RU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1998	Alpine, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	97 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1998	Huatusco de Chicuellar, MX	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1998	Punta Gorda 4 ESE, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1998	Vero Beach 4SE, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1998	Futenma, JP	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1998	Naples, US	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	7 years	47 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

1801 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1998. 1998 had 792 records.

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

Records on 11-05 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1806	1
1834	1
1835	2
1842	1
1845	1
1848	2
1851	1
1857	1
1858	4
1862	3
1863	1
1867	1
1868	2
1872	1
1873	2
1877	2
1878	3
1880	2
1881	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1889	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	6
1897	1
1898	2
1899	11
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	8
1904	6
1905	9
1906	16
1907	5
1908	17
1909	9
1910	62
1911	21
1912	55
1913	22
1914	29
1915	18
1916	69
1917	36
1918	32
1919	82
1920	72
1921	221
1922	88
1923	230
1924	301
1925	138
1926	122
1927	248
1928	128
1929	86
1930	162
1931	298
1932	316
1933	706
1934	479
1935	1,196
1936	453
1937	186
1938	720
1939	485
1940	239
1941	604
1942	446
1943	224
1944	357
1945	503
1946	615
1947	408
1948	1,330
1949	572
1950	610
1951	1,815
1952	404
1953	599
1954	611
1955	416
1956	820
1957	452
1958	171
1959	1,516
1960	254
1961	660
1962	343
1963	278
1964	317
1965	424
1966	580
1967	755
1968	298
1969	745
1970	639
1971	384
1972	480
1973	1,622
1974	423
1975	1,499
1976	835
1977	902
1978	799
1979	504
1980	1,033
1981	538
1982	991
1983	980
1984	528
1985	1,249
1986	693
1987	895
1988	1,275
1989	596
1990	1,286
1991	3,388
1992	1,316
1993	770
1994	1,864
1995	1,399
1996	1,380
1997	676
1998	792
1999	872
2000	1,108
2001	758
2002	1,303
2003	2,232
2004	909
2005	1,114
2006	1,258
2007	566
2008	1,326
2009	606
2010	1,454
2011	984
2012	812
2013	594
2014	510
2015	1,659
2016	755
2017	972
2018	426
2019	420
2020	1,419
2021	439
2022	1,029
2023	758
2024	1,118
2025	862

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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	604
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1