Weather Records on 23 November 1998

1,394 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 November 1998. Highest significance: Paisley, US.

Key Facts for 23 November 1998

On 23 November 1998, 1,394 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
693 were record highs and 459 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 1,350 daily.
Paisley set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 23 November 1998.
Across 156 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

1,394 stations

1,394 station records on 23 November 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 November 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paisley	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
San Baltazar Tetela	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Tlalnepantla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zamboanga	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Methoni	Greece	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trier	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Iuna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Altamirano	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Frontera Hidalgo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.3 C (-11.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hayfork 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Las Perlas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aquismon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sheldon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sheboygan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Shasta	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,394 records

Records set or tied on 23 November 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 418, Lowest daily maximum 229, Highest daily minimum 275, Lowest daily minimum 230, Heaviest daily rainfall 224, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 23 November 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	418
Lowest daily maximum	229
Highest daily minimum	275
Lowest daily minimum	230
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 23 November 1998 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 43, daily 1,350.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,107 broken records

Margins by which the 1,107 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 November 1998

Top 20 records on 23 November 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 November 1998	Paisley, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1998	San Baltazar Tetela, MX	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1998	Iowa Hill, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1998	Jacksonville, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1998	San Francisco Tlalnepantla, MX	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1998	Zamboanga, PH	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1998	Methoni, GR	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1998	Minsk, BY	daily low min	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	106 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1998	Kon-Kolodez, RU	daily low min	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1998	Greifswald, DE	daily low min	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1998	Castle Rock, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	103 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1998	Trier, DE	daily low min	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1998	Trier-Zewen, DE	daily low min	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1998	Kursk, RU	daily low min	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1998	Kimball 2NE, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1998	Iuna, BR	daily rain	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1998	Karlsruhe, DE	daily low max	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1998	Ciudad Altamirano, MX	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1998	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily low min	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1998	Healy, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	88 years	42 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

1821 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 1998. 1998 had 1,394 records.

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

Records on 11-23 in each year
Year	Records
1821	3
1829	2
1831	2
1835	1
1846	1
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	5
1861	1
1864	1
1865	3
1871	1
1872	2
1874	2
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1888	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	3
1901	1
1902	7
1903	4
1904	22
1905	12
1906	21
1907	27
1908	47
1909	35
1910	8
1911	78
1912	22
1913	61
1914	43
1915	27
1916	73
1917	214
1918	31
1919	33
1920	36
1921	28
1922	36
1923	104
1924	261
1925	129
1926	130
1927	364
1928	185
1929	516
1930	147
1931	1,232
1932	201
1933	221
1934	317
1935	252
1936	249
1937	497
1938	494
1939	216
1940	540
1941	526
1942	460
1943	149
1944	212
1945	316
1946	361
1947	739
1948	513
1949	434
1950	1,012
1951	386
1952	385
1953	568
1954	515
1955	600
1956	1,038
1957	561
1958	440
1959	418
1960	195
1961	572
1962	349
1963	652
1964	775
1965	870
1966	721
1967	403
1968	443
1969	237
1970	861
1971	1,124
1972	679
1973	823
1974	495
1975	735
1976	420
1977	964
1978	840
1979	1,276
1980	879
1981	905
1982	1,035
1983	1,739
1984	1,228
1985	1,983
1986	501
1987	568
1988	1,162
1989	1,381
1990	756
1991	1,160
1992	1,462
1993	1,363
1994	900
1995	942
1996	1,284
1997	501
1998	1,394
1999	1,540
2000	731
2001	1,031
2002	1,099
2003	1,837
2004	977
2005	1,047
2006	1,154
2007	990
2008	1,288
2009	874
2010	1,529
2011	1,200
2012	661
2013	978
2014	774
2015	626
2016	642
2017	1,755
2018	692
2019	320
2020	422
2021	336
2022	298
2023	406
2024	622
2025	580

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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 20	1,064
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1