Weather Records on 17 November 1998

638 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1998. Highest significance: Krasnye Baki, RU.

Key Facts for 17 November 1998

On 17 November 1998, 638 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
262 were record highs and 231 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 631 daily.
Krasnye Baki set a monthly record daily precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 17 November 1998.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

638 stations

638 station records on 17 November 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Krasnye Baki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pendra Road	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bodoquena (Particular)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	108.3 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tenango de Doria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tenango de Doria	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Craibstone	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Malmberget	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Mesa Lake	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Altamirano	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yautepec	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Segeza	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wedgefield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brazzaville	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Im. Poliny Osipenko	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.9 C (-3.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Flamingo Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ixcateopan de Tlapa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maradi	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Valladolid (Villanubla)	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Freudenstadt	Germany	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hornisgrinde	Germany	Record snow depth	71.0 cm (28.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tangancicuaro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Homutovo	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vyborg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kostroma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winder 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atlanta 5 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Leeds	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record snow depth	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
El Raudal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vostochnaja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-22.1 C (-7.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mala	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Everglades	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tirana	Albania	Record low maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Xichang	China	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hakodate	Japan	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

638 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 129, Lowest daily maximum 160, Highest daily minimum 133, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 17 November 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	129
Lowest daily maximum	160
Highest daily minimum	133
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 17 November 1998 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 631.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

495 broken records

Margins by which the 495 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 310.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1998

Top 20 records on 17 November 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1998	Krasnye Baki, RU	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1998	Pendra Road, IN	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	87 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1998	Kershaw 1SW, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1998	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1998	Napoleon, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	87 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1998	Santa Fe, MX	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1998	San Miguel Ejutla, MX	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1998	Skegness, GB	daily low max	3.4 C (38.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	92 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1998	Ft Pierce, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1998	Martinsdale 3 NNW, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1998	Bodoquena (Particular), BR	daily rain	108.3 mm (4.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1998	Clark, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	71 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1998	Tenango de Doria, MX	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1998	Tartu-Toravere, EE	daily low max	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	79 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1998	Tenango de Doria, MX	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	51 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1998	Madison, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1998	Thomasville 7 NE, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1998	Cheraw, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	77 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1998	Kem-Port, RU	daily low max	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	64 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1998	Roy, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	64 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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

1793 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1998. 1998 had 638 records.

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

Records on 11-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1816	1
1828	1
1835	1
1840	2
1841	1
1845	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	2
1885	3
1887	6
1888	5
1889	1
1890	2
1893	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	4
1897	7
1898	2
1899	7
1900	8
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	13
1906	14
1907	9
1908	15
1909	18
1910	6
1911	42
1912	58
1913	20
1914	121
1915	15
1916	79
1917	46
1918	81
1919	106
1920	193
1921	43
1922	22
1923	129
1924	178
1925	79
1926	214
1927	477
1928	547
1929	224
1930	407
1931	966
1932	462
1933	569
1934	384
1935	172
1936	279
1937	410
1938	245
1939	372
1940	203
1941	647
1942	362
1943	475
1944	339
1945	345
1946	427
1947	352
1948	424
1949	346
1950	521
1951	681
1952	1,076
1953	715
1954	304
1955	1,596
1956	262
1957	593
1958	1,811
1959	1,710
1960	236
1961	795
1962	317
1963	552
1964	639
1965	697
1966	408
1967	567
1968	368
1969	421
1970	426
1971	630
1972	505
1973	294
1974	485
1975	512
1976	904
1977	538
1978	970
1979	479
1980	1,575
1981	945
1982	497
1983	1,132
1984	413
1985	906
1986	860
1987	1,008
1988	805
1989	1,098
1990	980
1991	745
1992	570
1993	1,120
1994	1,016
1995	1,535
1996	1,583
1997	1,596
1998	638
1999	1,018
2000	1,255
2001	1,252
2002	1,083
2003	607
2004	745
2005	894
2006	1,389
2007	699
2008	901
2009	986
2010	880
2011	782
2012	392
2013	724
2014	2,110
2015	1,333
2016	1,064
2017	751
2018	744
2019	611
2020	832
2021	294
2022	959
2023	558
2024	522
2025	693

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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	481
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1