Weather Records on 21 November 1998

1,312 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 November 1998. Highest significance: Paisley, US.

Key Facts for 21 November 1998

On 21 November 1998, 1,312 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
322 were record highs and 585 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 69 monthly and 1,242 daily.
Paisley set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 21 November 1998.
Across 159 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

1,312 stations

1,312 station records on 21 November 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 November 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paisley	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Ytre Solund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	130.1 mm (5.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Presa Valerio Trujano	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Williams 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Klamath	United States	Record daily precipitation	228.1 mm (9.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Las Minas (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Keno	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka WFO Woodley Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Jula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Orick Prairie Creek Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ubon Ratchathani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Idleyld Park 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Illahe	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Toketee Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Callahan	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Summer Lake 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palos Altos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Los Capulines	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vega de Alatorre	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cottage Grove Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Riddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wickiup Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rorvikvatn Ved Vadheim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis Water Bureau	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Green Springs Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coen Airport Evap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cougar 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zacapoaxtla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grizzly	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cecilville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belknap Springs 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lookout Pt Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sexton Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sandane	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buncom 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,312 records

Records set or tied on 21 November 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 289, Highest daily minimum 224, Lowest daily minimum 296, Heaviest daily rainfall 354, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 47.

Records on 21 November 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	289
Highest daily minimum	224
Lowest daily minimum	296
Heaviest daily rainfall	354
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	47

Records on 21 November 1998 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 69, daily 1,242.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,127 broken records

Margins by which the 1,127 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 November 1998

Top 20 records on 21 November 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 November 1998	Paisley, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
21 November 1998	Ytre Solund, NO	all-time rain	130.1 mm (5.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	72 of 100 (Major)
21 November 1998	Presa Valerio Trujano, MX	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 November 1998	Drain, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 November 1998	Williams 1 NW, US	daily rain	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1998	Klamath, US	monthly rain	228.1 mm (9.0 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	27 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1998	Las Minas (Cfe), MX	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1998	Coeur D'Alene, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1998	Bend, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1998	Cottage Grove 2E, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1998	Keno, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1998	Harlingen, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1998	Eureka WFO Woodley Is, US	monthly rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1998	Puente Jula, MX	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1998	Orick Prairie Creek Park, US	monthly rain	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1998	Cambridge, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	88 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1998	Moscow U of I, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1998	Grants Pass, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1998	Atzalan, MX	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 November 1998	Ubon Ratchathani, TH	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	51 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 1,312 records.

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

Records on 11-21 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1816	2
1821	2
1829	1
1835	1
1839	1
1844	1
1847	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	4
1866	1
1868	1
1870	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1876	2
1879	4
1880	4
1881	1
1882	1
1883	3
1887	3
1889	1
1890	7
1893	1
1894	4
1896	1
1897	4
1898	3
1899	4
1900	7
1901	5
1902	7
1903	5
1904	9
1905	3
1906	14
1907	7
1908	9
1909	18
1910	23
1911	19
1912	14
1913	79
1914	51
1915	21
1916	66
1917	248
1918	12
1919	22
1920	36
1921	96
1922	42
1923	27
1924	104
1925	73
1926	420
1927	108
1928	109
1929	467
1930	243
1931	682
1932	162
1933	381
1934	578
1935	62
1936	192
1937	1,309
1938	119
1939	303
1940	337
1941	329
1942	662
1943	212
1944	250
1945	308
1946	604
1947	540
1948	414
1949	588
1950	904
1951	605
1952	424
1953	408
1954	927
1955	419
1956	624
1957	442
1958	407
1959	460
1960	691
1961	738
1962	524
1963	601
1964	1,014
1965	448
1966	589
1967	336
1968	358
1969	611
1970	400
1971	514
1972	735
1973	1,100
1974	809
1975	548
1976	315
1977	1,313
1978	1,034
1979	1,409
1980	805
1981	939
1982	807
1983	1,066
1984	525
1985	1,808
1986	815
1987	949
1988	928
1989	797
1990	1,337
1991	944
1992	1,375
1993	1,413
1994	1,179
1995	1,084
1996	1,882
1997	449
1998	1,312
1999	920
2000	1,191
2001	811
2002	847
2003	1,007
2004	873
2005	491
2006	1,181
2007	936
2008	1,079
2009	1,131
2010	894
2011	944
2012	792
2013	543
2014	815
2015	785
2016	1,000
2017	687
2018	391
2019	653
2020	421
2021	296
2022	824
2023	584
2024	519
2025	745

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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 2026-10-13 (13 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	1,024
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	30
60 to 80	11
80 to 100	7
100 to 120	7
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2