Weather Records on 11 December 1998

1,012 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 1998. Highest significance: Midland Odessa, US.

Key Facts for 11 December 1998

On 11 December 1998, 1,012 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
339 were record highs and 287 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 946 daily.
Midland Odessa set an all-time record daily snowfall of 24.9 cm (9.8 in) on 11 December 1998.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

1,012 stations

1,012 station records on 11 December 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Midland Odessa	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Forquilhinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kalumburu Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	222.8 mm (8.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brusque (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Armazem Capivari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Science Garden	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blumenau (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Van Horn	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Flying Fish Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Pequeno	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Marburg-Biedenkopf Colbe	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rosso	Mauritania	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Divisa de Anitapolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Taquarucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Garcia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Major Gercino	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	170.6 mm (6.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Biddy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dillenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tlapa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Spring Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Itoupava Central	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Ludgero	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Metzingen	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine 10 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Siegen (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Biedenkopf	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lichinga	Mozambique	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Trento	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Reimlingen	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashgabat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Garcia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	159.2 mm (6.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Boa Esperanca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McCamey	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Wildungen	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,012 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 189, Lowest daily maximum 168, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 119, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 133.

Records on 11 December 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	189
Lowest daily maximum	168
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	119
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	133

Records on 11 December 1998 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 58, daily 946.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

850 broken records

Margins by which the 850 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 December 1998

Top 20 records on 11 December 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 1998	Midland Odessa, US	all-time snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	43 years	73 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1998	Niznij Novgorod, RU	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	110 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1998	Forquilhinha, BR	daily rain	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1998	Kalumburu Mission, AU	monthly rain	222.8 mm (8.8 in)	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	23 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1998	Brusque (Pcd), BR	daily rain	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1998	Armazem Capivari, BR	daily rain	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1998	Elatma, RU	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1998	Sanderson, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	99 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1998	Alpine, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	87 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1998	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	92 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1998	Science Garden, PH	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1998	Olean, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1998	Mt Pleasant 1N, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1998	Blumenau (Pcd), BR	daily rain	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1998	Midland 4 ENE, US	monthly snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1998	Van Horn, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1998	Flying Fish Point, AU	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1998	Rio Pequeno, BR	daily rain	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1998	Gorlitz, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	105 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1998	Kr. Marburg-Biedenkopf Colbe, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	48 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

1796 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1998. 1998 had 1,012 records.

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

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

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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 25	727
25 to 50	53
50 to 75	37
75 to 100	19
100 to 125	11
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	2