Weather Records on 20 November 1998

829 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 November 1998. Highest significance: Reston, US.

Key Facts for 20 November 1998

On 20 November 1998, 829 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
278 were record highs and 334 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 804 daily.
Reston set a daily record precipitation of 112.3 mm (4.4 in) on 20 November 1998.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

829 stations

829 station records on 20 November 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 November 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Reston	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Ciudad Aleman	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chemult	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Las Perlas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Anklam	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Orford #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville Cooper Dr	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chewelah	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Otatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Jula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Tutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poljarnoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.1 C (-4.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saxby Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kelliher	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcateopan de Tlapa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ixhuatlan del Cafe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sexton Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pemfling-Pitzling	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Peon Blanco	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hellinikon	Greece	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.1 C (-16.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clohesy River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huautla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lovozero	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.7 C (-8.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Berthold	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guachochi (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Xicotepec de Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paraiso Novillero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lukojanov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-21.9 C (-7.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Drake 9 NE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oberviechtach	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cekunda	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.3 C (-42.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tower 2S	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

829 records

Records set or tied on 20 November 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 128, Lowest daily maximum 184, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 150, Heaviest daily rainfall 145, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 71.

Records on 20 November 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	128
Lowest daily maximum	184
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	150
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	71

Records on 20 November 1998 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 804.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

630 broken records

Margins by which the 630 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

20 November 1998

Top 20 records on 20 November 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 November 1998	Reston, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1998	Ciudad Aleman, MX	monthly rain	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 November 1998	Roseburg Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1998	Chemult, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1998	Las Perlas, MX	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1998	Anklam, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1998	Brookings, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1998	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	79 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1998	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low min	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	113 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1998	Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	61 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1998	Port Orford #2, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1998	Centerville Cooper Dr, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1998	Chewelah, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1998	Lichtentanne, DE	daily low max	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	126 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1998	Otatitlan, MX	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1998	Puente Jula, MX	monthly rain	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1998	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily low max	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	113 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1998	Caatinga, BR	daily rain	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1998	Santiago Tutla, MX	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1998	Poljarnoe, RU	daily low max	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	52 years	38 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

1793 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1998. 1998 had 829 records.

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

Records on 11-20 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	2
1816	3
1829	4
1835	1
1836	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	4
1893	2
1894	1
1897	7
1900	11
1901	6
1902	10
1903	10
1904	9
1905	7
1906	22
1907	5
1908	8
1909	26
1910	14
1911	29
1912	15
1913	64
1914	89
1915	12
1916	16
1917	65
1918	14
1919	47
1920	15
1921	73
1922	26
1923	45
1924	84
1925	224
1926	294
1927	105
1928	140
1929	130
1930	600
1931	646
1932	255
1933	702
1934	477
1935	55
1936	286
1937	1,102
1938	167
1939	265
1940	280
1941	438
1942	774
1943	248
1944	347
1945	322
1946	774
1947	413
1948	651
1949	362
1950	877
1951	742
1952	494
1953	850
1954	876
1955	365
1956	598
1957	190
1958	218
1959	270
1960	330
1961	540
1962	700
1963	597
1964	863
1965	285
1966	434
1967	277
1968	479
1969	710
1970	368
1971	651
1972	729
1973	941
1974	655
1975	660
1976	389
1977	1,332
1978	1,413
1979	819
1980	745
1981	1,119
1982	800
1983	1,054
1984	537
1985	2,379
1986	1,142
1987	666
1988	1,218
1989	986
1990	1,010
1991	798
1992	1,416
1993	1,211
1994	1,484
1995	1,237
1996	1,566
1997	461
1998	829
1999	493
2000	1,163
2001	843
2002	900
2003	1,242
2004	738
2005	432
2006	1,034
2007	1,151
2008	1,171
2009	1,184
2010	678
2011	816
2012	657
2013	411
2014	1,018
2015	733
2016	725
2017	451
2018	339
2019	791
2020	578
2021	414
2022	1,283
2023	554
2024	645
2025	660

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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	607
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1