Weather Records on 22 December 1998

1,106 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 December 1998. Highest significance: Millport 4 NE, US.

Key Facts for 22 December 1998

On 22 December 1998, 1,106 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
566 were record highs and 261 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 1,065 daily.
Millport 4 NE set a daily record precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 22 December 1998.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

1,106 stations

1,106 station records on 22 December 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 December 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Jabalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cooperdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mineral Ridge Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Newark Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tionesta 2 SE Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Centerburg 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Toma Tecomatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Philadelphia	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mercer	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clearfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sagamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bakersfield AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marshallville 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tipp City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Westerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barnesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Union City Filtration Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,106 records

Records set or tied on 22 December 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 385, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 181, Lowest daily minimum 148, Heaviest daily rainfall 226, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 22 December 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	385
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	181
Lowest daily minimum	148
Heaviest daily rainfall	226
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 22 December 1998 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 33, daily 1,065.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

849 broken records

Margins by which the 849 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 December 1998

Top 20 records on 22 December 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 December 1998	Millport 4 NE, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	72 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1998	Beaver Falls 1 NE, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	71 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1998	Jabalpur, IN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	71 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1998	Whitefish Pt, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	77 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1998	Scottsburg, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	91 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1998	Cooperdale, US	monthly rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1998	Dayton Mcd, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1998	New Castle 1 N, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1998	Mineral Ridge Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1998	Middletown, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 December 1998	Newark Wtr Wks, US	monthly rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1998	Paoli, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1998	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1998	Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1998	Shoals 8 S, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1998	Tionesta 2 SE Lake, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1998	Tejon Rancho, US	all-time low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	82 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1998	Olean, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1998	Franklin, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 December 1998	Linesville 1 S, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	55 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

1793 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1998. 1998 had 1,106 records.

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

Records on 12-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1804	1
1808	3
1824	1
1825	1
1844	1
1846	1
1855	6
1857	2
1859	1
1860	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	1
1875	5
1877	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	1
1886	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	2
1901	7
1902	9
1903	11
1904	3
1905	6
1906	13
1907	8
1908	29
1909	32
1910	28
1911	31
1912	37
1913	29
1914	159
1915	58
1916	62
1917	12
1918	64
1919	23
1920	36
1921	196
1922	29
1923	267
1924	396
1925	135
1926	188
1927	101
1928	114
1929	285
1930	97
1931	723
1932	219
1933	729
1934	119
1935	536
1936	274
1937	301
1938	248
1939	143
1940	436
1941	850
1942	812
1943	237
1944	624
1945	700
1946	264
1947	445
1948	378
1949	1,063
1950	428
1951	536
1952	447
1953	350
1954	510
1955	1,041
1956	878
1957	425
1958	544
1959	274
1960	1,353
1961	215
1962	521
1963	1,305
1964	1,184
1965	343
1966	279
1967	1,252
1968	1,478
1969	917
1970	984
1971	621
1972	719
1973	1,055
1974	498
1975	647
1976	605
1977	493
1978	363
1979	731
1980	580
1981	1,099
1982	637
1983	4,061
1984	794
1985	867
1986	523
1987	815
1988	699
1989	4,643
1990	3,228
1991	1,034
1992	522
1993	1,087
1994	920
1995	1,130
1996	939
1997	866
1998	1,106
1999	939
2000	925
2001	491
2002	652
2003	1,046
2004	899
2005	880
2006	1,390
2007	1,478
2008	1,000
2009	992
2010	1,632
2011	779
2012	837
2013	1,867
2014	915
2015	1,562
2016	550
2017	488
2018	514
2019	763
2020	948
2021	293
2022	1,047
2023	893
2024	477
2025	1,417

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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	799
25 to 50	36
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1