Weather Records on 13 November 1998

1,168 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 November 1998. Highest significance: Parkes (Macarthur Street), AU.

Key Facts for 13 November 1998

On 13 November 1998, 1,168 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
334 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 66 monthly and 1,102 daily.
Parkes (Macarthur Street) set a daily record precipitation of 83.4 mm (3.3 in) on 13 November 1998.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

1,168 stations

1,168 station records on 13 November 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 November 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Parkes (Macarthur Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Willaura (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Yass (Derringullen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Lower Boro (Calderwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lexton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bogan Gate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Yass (Linton Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mirranatwa (Bowacka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dagworth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith (Darra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Moutajup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cotswold Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Hts	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.8 mm (6.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart River Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Fairy (Merigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glenmaggie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Willaura (Yarram Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bardwell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery	United States	Record daily precipitation	239.3 mm (9.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Licola Rwc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Derrinallum (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Addington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Junee Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Westmere (Montreux)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tanybryn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Avalon	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,168 records

Records set or tied on 13 November 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 138, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 196, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 647, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 52.

Records on 13 November 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	138
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	196
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	647
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	52

Records on 13 November 1998 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 66, daily 1,102.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,018 broken records

Margins by which the 1,018 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 November 1998

Top 20 records on 13 November 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 November 1998	Parkes (Macarthur Street), AU	daily rain	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
13 November 1998	Ballan, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	107 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
13 November 1998	Goonumbla (Coradgery), AU	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	108 years	77 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1998	Bungonia (Inverary Park), AU	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	91 years	77 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1998	Seaspray (Burong), AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1998	Dunkeld, AU	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	76 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1998	Dublin 2SE, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	89 years	76 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1998	Toora, AU	daily rain	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1998	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1998	Huntsville, US	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1998	Willaura (Main Street), AU	daily rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1998	Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU	daily rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	91 years	70 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1998	Yass (Derringullen), AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1998	Lower Boro (Calderwood), AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	67 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1998	Mundarlo (Yabtree), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	81 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1998	Meredith, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1998	Victoria Cp&L, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	89 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1998	Woodhouselee (Leeston), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	96 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1998	Lexton, AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1998	Foster (Post Office), AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	63 of 100 (Major)

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

1795 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1998. 1998 had 1,168 records.

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

Records on 11-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1823	2
1825	1
1826	1
1835	2
1848	1
1852	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	2
1866	4
1869	3
1870	1
1873	4
1874	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	2
1883	1
1886	2
1888	1
1890	3
1893	1
1894	5
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	8
1902	17
1903	6
1904	14
1905	13
1906	29
1907	13
1908	9
1909	33
1910	11
1911	62
1912	30
1913	112
1914	43
1915	26
1916	162
1917	66
1918	10
1919	162
1920	88
1921	100
1922	49
1923	178
1924	188
1925	240
1926	129
1927	93
1928	213
1929	426
1930	346
1931	528
1932	357
1933	252
1934	225
1935	317
1936	292
1937	335
1938	429
1939	266
1940	1,131
1941	321
1942	116
1943	144
1944	759
1945	606
1946	566
1947	241
1948	171
1949	440
1950	321
1951	516
1952	246
1953	465
1954	282
1955	1,493
1956	262
1957	395
1958	644
1959	873
1960	397
1961	540
1962	212
1963	360
1964	618
1965	442
1966	388
1967	467
1968	818
1969	620
1970	433
1971	425
1972	1,035
1973	657
1974	658
1975	763
1976	1,219
1977	570
1978	1,014
1979	500
1980	524
1981	884
1982	1,086
1983	1,057
1984	678
1985	1,636
1986	2,629
1987	722
1988	641
1989	1,107
1990	1,155
1991	984
1992	831
1993	1,582
1994	1,091
1995	1,248
1996	1,076
1997	1,330
1998	1,168
1999	2,053
2000	1,597
2001	818
2002	609
2003	867
2004	804
2005	1,071
2006	897
2007	525
2008	768
2009	1,065
2010	1,631
2011	695
2012	507
2013	718
2014	1,591
2015	623
2016	629
2017	266
2018	1,144
2019	2,622
2020	577
2021	474
2022	1,145
2023	566
2024	364
2025	1,238

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 13 November 1998
Margin	Records
0 to 50	959
50 to 100	44
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1