Weather Records on 23 December 1998

688 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 1998. Highest significance: Babb 6 NE, US.

Key Facts for 23 December 1998

On 23 December 1998, 688 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
253 were record highs and 248 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 665 daily.
Babb 6 NE set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 23 December 1998.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 545 records.

Record Map

688 stations

688 station records on 23 December 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tok	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rifle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tukan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Balgo Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ash Mtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Potter	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cordell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff Grider Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tok	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Serdan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gastonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dorset	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belknap Springs 8 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El Rodeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Howe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kolpasevo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Houghton Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.2 cm (17.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Rosarito	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Antalya	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tracy Carbona	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uravan	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Baker Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
China Lake Naf	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tikanlik	China	Record high minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

688 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 144, Lowest daily maximum 128, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 120, Heaviest daily rainfall 127, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 23 December 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	144
Lowest daily maximum	128
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	120
Heaviest daily rainfall	127
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 23 December 1998 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 17, daily 665.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

541 broken records

Margins by which the 541 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 December 1998

Top 20 records on 23 December 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 1998	Babb 6 NE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1998	Tok, US	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1998	Rifle, US	all-time low max	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	85 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1998	Tukan, RU	monthly rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1998	Deseret, US	all-time low max	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1998	N Fk Rs, US	daily low min	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1998	Douglas 1 SE, US	daily low min	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	88 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1998	Tyler Pounds Fld, US	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1998	Balgo Hills, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1998	Richfield Radio Ksvc, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1998	Roseburg Rgnl AP, US	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1998	Logansport Cicott St, US	daily low max	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1998	Alma, US	daily low max	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	105 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1998	Meeker, US	daily low min	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1998	Hondo, US	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1998	Roseburg Rgnl AP, US	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1998	Sredny Vasjugan, RU	daily high min	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	84 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1998	Arlington, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1998	Ash Mtn, US	monthly low max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	66 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 1998	Madera, US	all-time low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	26 years	36 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 688 records.

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

Records on 12-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1825	1
1829	1
1840	1
1852	1
1855	1
1860	3
1864	1
1868	1
1870	6
1871	2
1875	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	3
1893	2
1894	5
1896	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	6
1901	2
1903	5
1904	11
1905	3
1906	16
1907	35
1908	8
1909	59
1910	41
1911	29
1912	36
1913	87
1914	57
1915	59
1916	34
1917	26
1918	51
1919	39
1920	33
1921	219
1922	28
1923	146
1924	257
1925	205
1926	146
1927	100
1928	137
1929	393
1930	141
1931	987
1932	329
1933	734
1934	92
1935	360
1936	370
1937	232
1938	183
1939	264
1940	365
1941	750
1942	534
1943	745
1944	484
1945	752
1946	234
1947	517
1948	528
1949	618
1950	521
1951	405
1952	242
1953	605
1954	348
1955	1,162
1956	496
1957	485
1958	209
1959	352
1960	1,442
1961	320
1962	439
1963	1,391
1964	1,457
1965	653
1966	436
1967	885
1968	891
1969	852
1970	940
1971	695
1972	376
1973	479
1974	611
1975	628
1976	514
1977	663
1978	351
1979	813
1980	516
1981	1,127
1982	1,140
1983	4,533
1984	668
1985	629
1986	571
1987	804
1988	878
1989	3,791
1990	3,241
1991	1,196
1992	504
1993	991
1994	1,091
1995	1,212
1996	1,184
1997	1,016
1998	688
1999	936
2000	746
2001	663
2002	778
2003	766
2004	1,231
2005	903
2006	1,194
2007	873
2008	771
2009	1,073
2010	1,298
2011	735
2012	817
2013	1,235
2014	1,070
2015	1,972
2016	432
2017	621
2018	373
2019	699
2020	916
2021	702
2022	1,426
2023	856
2024	637
2025	1,678

Download the Data

Data for records on 1998-12-23: 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 20	503
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2