Weather Records on 9 December 1998

769 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1998. Highest significance: Darwin Botanic Gardens, AU.

Key Facts for 9 December 1998

On 9 December 1998, 769 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
233 were record highs and 231 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 724 daily.
Darwin Botanic Gardens set a daily record precipitation of 249.0 mm (9.8 in) on 9 December 1998.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

769 stations

769 station records on 9 December 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Darwin Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	249.0 mm (9.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Bayrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Potchefstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eleven Mile Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	271.6 mm (10.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Riversleigh Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	244.0 mm (9.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rottweil	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfach	Germany	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uberlingen/Bodensee	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Evesham Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toma Tecomatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Galveston	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boatman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Man	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Bow	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pforzheim-Eutingen	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Potter	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lingen	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baden-Baden-Geroldsau	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manderscheid-Sonnenhof	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jaguariuna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cienega de Escobar	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dillenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Medio Monte	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Serdan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Terrick Terrick Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Petrisberg	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Niederworresbach	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tuxcueca	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cedartown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grant 5 SE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

769 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 152, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 159, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 137.

Records on 9 December 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	152
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	159
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	137

Records on 9 December 1998 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 43, daily 724.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

596 broken records

Margins by which the 596 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 1998

Top 20 records on 9 December 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1998	Darwin Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	249.0 mm (9.8 in)	164.9 mm (6.5 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1998	Bayrick, AU	daily rain	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1998	Toliness Station, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	81 years	68 of 100 (Major)
9 December 1998	Potchefstroom, ZA	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1998	Saint Paul Is AP, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1998	Wewahitchka, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	93 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1998	Eleven Mile Raaf, AU	all-time rain	271.6 mm (10.7 in)	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1998	Riversleigh Station, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	110 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1998	Mayaguez City, PR	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	97 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1998	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1998	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1998	Darwin Airport, AU	daily rain	244.0 mm (9.6 in)	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1998	Rottweil, DE	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1998	Yemassee 1 N, US	monthly high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1998	Gumbardo, AU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1998	Port Sudan, SD	monthly high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1998	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1998	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily low max	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	98 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1998	Wolfach, DE	daily snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1998	Uberlingen/Bodensee, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	28 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

1796 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1998. 1998 had 769 records.

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

Records on 12-09 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1820	1
1825	3
1831	1
1844	1
1856	1
1860	1
1862	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	4
1879	9
1880	1
1882	3
1883	1
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	4
1898	3
1899	5
1900	1
1901	4
1902	18
1903	7
1904	2
1905	9
1906	15
1907	28
1908	5
1909	18
1910	36
1911	31
1912	18
1913	37
1914	57
1915	139
1916	366
1917	106
1918	40
1919	58
1920	221
1921	58
1922	311
1923	203
1924	164
1925	93
1926	113
1927	356
1928	110
1929	192
1930	211
1931	434
1932	339
1933	250
1934	364
1935	263
1936	143
1937	348
1938	329
1939	1,030
1940	251
1941	144
1942	370
1943	496
1944	327
1945	178
1946	1,308
1947	303
1948	278
1949	299
1950	382
1951	849
1952	553
1953	347
1954	226
1955	352
1956	672
1957	565
1958	678
1959	217
1960	426
1961	818
1962	377
1963	642
1964	547
1965	706
1966	968
1967	639
1968	482
1969	347
1970	987
1971	655
1972	1,776
1973	679
1974	629
1975	668
1976	868
1977	1,548
1978	2,060
1979	693
1980	760
1981	748
1982	589
1983	664
1984	588
1985	1,074
1986	658
1987	1,007
1988	939
1989	1,270
1990	844
1991	878
1992	791
1993	912
1994	1,071
1995	1,247
1996	946
1997	1,214
1998	769
1999	774
2000	920
2001	505
2002	1,052
2003	824
2004	1,108
2005	1,714
2006	1,718
2007	1,124
2008	1,052
2009	2,442
2010	1,726
2011	496
2012	753
2013	1,018
2014	510
2015	1,054
2016	679
2017	715
2018	626
2019	614
2020	571
2021	674
2022	666
2023	907
2024	422
2025	1,602

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Data for records on 1998-12-09: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	546
50 to 100	36
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1