Weather Records on 12 December 1998

1,103 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 1998. Highest significance: Saint Paul Is AP, US.

Key Facts for 12 December 1998

On 12 December 1998, 1,103 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
553 were record highs and 198 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 15 were all-time records, 66 monthly and 1,022 daily.
Saint Paul Is AP set a daily record snowfall of 18.3 cm (7.2 in) on 12 December 1998.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

1,103 stations

1,103 station records on 12 December 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mount Hart Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Garden City	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Somerset 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Garden City	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nova Trento	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gibb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ochoa	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Finca A. Prusia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Hts	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling City	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Penwell	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.8 mm (6.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forsan	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forsan	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rosepine Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belzoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Many	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun City	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Kreuznach	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fowlerton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Big Spring	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,103 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 300, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 253, Lowest daily minimum 115, Heaviest daily rainfall 255, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 81.

Records on 12 December 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	300
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	253
Lowest daily minimum	115
Heaviest daily rainfall	255
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	81

Records on 12 December 1998 by timescale: all-time 15, monthly 66, daily 1,022.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

919 broken records

Margins by which the 919 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 1998

Top 20 records on 12 December 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 1998	Saint Paul Is AP, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
12 December 1998	Mount Hart Station, AU	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 December 1998	Garden City, US	all-time snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	80 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 December 1998	Somerset 2 N, US	monthly snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	19.9 cm (7.8 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 December 1998	Garden City, US	all-time snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	79 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 December 1998	Nova Trento, BR	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 December 1998	Liberty, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	91 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1998	Gibb River, AU	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1998	Winnsboro 5 SSE, US	monthly rain	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1998	Pecos, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	93 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1998	Ochoa, US	all-time snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1998	Finca A. Prusia, MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1998	Elizabethton, US	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1998	Houston Hts, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1998	Lawrenceville 3 E, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1998	Tallulah, US	monthly rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1998	Colfax, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1998	Geisenheim, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	110 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1998	Jasper, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 1998	Gorlitz, DE	daily snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	105 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 1,103 records.

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

Records on 12-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1846	1
1855	2
1861	1
1863	3
1870	2
1871	5
1873	2
1879	2
1882	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	8
1894	3
1895	1
1896	4
1897	3
1898	20
1899	11
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	18
1904	20
1905	10
1906	14
1907	8
1908	25
1909	20
1910	39
1911	104
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	46
1916	115
1917	246
1918	33
1919	23
1920	41
1921	63
1922	61
1923	91
1924	130
1925	75
1926	143
1927	335
1928	234
1929	405
1930	45
1931	522
1932	813
1933	358
1934	430
1935	266
1936	142
1937	468
1938	103
1939	418
1940	621
1941	260
1942	257
1943	165
1944	688
1945	212
1946	761
1947	295
1948	282
1949	789
1950	364
1951	175
1952	501
1953	288
1954	696
1955	381
1956	441
1957	1,118
1958	884
1959	464
1960	710
1961	1,481
1962	1,495
1963	439
1964	459
1965	1,045
1966	369
1967	565
1968	727
1969	499
1970	366
1971	585
1972	1,669
1973	397
1974	191
1975	492
1976	319
1977	907
1978	382
1979	1,016
1980	583
1981	734
1982	867
1983	816
1984	808
1985	1,384
1986	408
1987	468
1988	1,030
1989	930
1990	676
1991	1,980
1992	818
1993	887
1994	1,172
1995	2,030
1996	1,391
1997	869
1998	1,103
1999	952
2000	2,510
2001	700
2002	683
2003	537
2004	727
2005	769
2006	886
2007	1,315
2008	1,424
2009	818
2010	1,501
2011	621
2012	684
2013	646
2014	1,040
2015	1,496
2016	530
2017	808
2018	256
2019	418
2020	507
2021	441
2022	767
2023	544
2024	328
2025	1,485

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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 50	870
50 to 100	38
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1