Weather Records on 26 November 1998

1,267 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 November 1998. Highest significance: Wauchope (Avondale Street), AU.

Key Facts for 26 November 1998

On 26 November 1998, 1,267 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
806 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 1,245 daily.
Wauchope (Avondale Street) set a daily record precipitation of 82.0 mm (3.2 in) on 26 November 1998.
Across 158 earlier years (1838 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

1,267 stations

1,267 station records on 26 November 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 November 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
McMillin Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Home Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Buena (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ayr Dpi Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Junee St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brooweena Lahey St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barnganal Blue Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Whittaker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waverley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vernonia #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wandoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Table Tops	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bulliwallah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Agate 3 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cheriton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mar-Lee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
John Day	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Sabino	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe Orizatlan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tamapatz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zamboanga	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waitara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan de Las Flores	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.1 C (-36.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,267 records

Records set or tied on 26 November 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 494, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 312, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 325, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 26 November 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	494
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	312
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	325
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 26 November 1998 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 20, daily 1,245.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,029 broken records

Margins by which the 1,029 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 November 1998

Top 20 records on 26 November 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 November 1998	Wauchope (Avondale Street), AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	85 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1998	McMillin Rsvr, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1998	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	67 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1998	Home Hill Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	67 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1998	Agua Buena (Smn), MX	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1998	Ayr Dpi Research STN, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1998	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1998	Sellheim, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1998	Grong Grong (Junee St), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1998	Colville, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	98 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1998	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1998	Bauhinia Downs Store, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1998	Woolgoolga (Clear Place), AU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1998	Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1998	Majors Creek, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1998	Oxford Downs, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1998	Burnett Heads Niell St, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	93 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1998	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1998	Brooweena Lahey St, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1998	Barnganal Blue Mountain, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	46 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

1838 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1838 to 1998. 1998 had 1,267 records.

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

Records on 11-26 in each year
Year	Records
1838	2
1849	3
1851	1
1853	1
1856	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	3
1874	5
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	2
1880	4
1882	3
1883	1
1885	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	5
1891	5
1892	2
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	4
1897	2
1898	15
1899	1
1900	3
1901	1
1902	6
1903	20
1904	5
1905	10
1906	15
1907	11
1908	39
1909	26
1910	6
1911	16
1912	18
1913	19
1914	44
1915	19
1916	102
1917	43
1918	36
1919	46
1920	29
1921	119
1922	53
1923	43
1924	62
1925	37
1926	151
1927	354
1928	224
1929	202
1930	255
1931	239
1932	327
1933	216
1934	241
1935	221
1936	277
1937	144
1938	926
1939	176
1940	582
1941	162
1942	314
1943	217
1944	375
1945	145
1946	709
1947	354
1948	379
1949	909
1950	1,417
1951	620
1952	1,715
1953	519
1954	306
1955	617
1956	259
1957	353
1958	894
1959	397
1960	947
1961	574
1962	543
1963	525
1964	563
1965	1,268
1966	565
1967	380
1968	262
1969	335
1970	746
1971	561
1972	682
1973	1,047
1974	439
1975	1,779
1976	613
1977	1,535
1978	966
1979	1,774
1980	837
1981	725
1982	886
1983	1,817
1984	917
1985	2,719
1986	1,129
1987	732
1988	863
1989	685
1990	1,198
1991	711
1992	1,581
1993	2,284
1994	838
1995	859
1996	1,198
1997	953
1998	1,267
1999	922
2000	515
2001	1,102
2002	1,030
2003	448
2004	579
2005	906
2006	1,371
2007	543
2008	853
2009	662
2010	1,277
2011	1,264
2012	336
2013	910
2014	736
2015	710
2016	293
2017	991
2018	574
2019	532
2020	257
2021	569
2022	438
2023	617
2024	561
2025	391

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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	941
20 to 40	63
40 to 60	22
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1