Weather Records on 28 December 1998

812 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 December 1998. Highest significance: Chelan, US.

Key Facts for 28 December 1998

On 28 December 1998, 812 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
509 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 793 daily.
Chelan set a daily record precipitation of 28.4 mm (1.1 in) on 28 December 1998.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

812 stations

812 station records on 28 December 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 December 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chelan	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Darby	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sisters	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wellpinit	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Belknap Springs 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lookout Pt Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-32.6 C (-26.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ross Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cabinet Gorge	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haskins Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Grande	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Otis 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lajamanu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis Water Bureau	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bondurant	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Serdan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rex 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Talisman I	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Apazulco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Iliad	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Philip AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Irai de Minas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vernonia #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Larrimah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chilapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huautla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Randle 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld	Bermuda [United Kingdom]	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McMillin Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newhalem	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waihee Vly 482	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Willeroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vicksburg Military Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Partoun	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

812 records

Records set or tied on 28 December 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 271, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 238, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 28 December 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	271
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	238
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 28 December 1998 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 793.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

649 broken records

Margins by which the 649 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 116.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 December 1998

Top 20 records on 28 December 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 December 1998	Chelan, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1998	Lowman, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1998	Viroqua, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1998	Aguirre, PR	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1998	Newport, US	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1998	Darby, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1998	Sisters, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1998	Wellpinit, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1998	Belknap Springs 8 N, US	daily rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1998	Lookout Pt Dam, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1998	Estacada 2 SE, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1998	Verhojansk, RU	daily high min	-32.6 C (-26.7 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1998	Leavenworth 3 S, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1998	Olga 2 SE, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1998	Rainier Paradise Rs, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1998	San Miguel Ejutla, MX	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1998	Detroit Dam, US	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1998	Moran 5WNW, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1998	Longview, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 December 1998	Ross Dam, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	39 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 812 records.

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

Records on 12-28 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1794	2
1803	1
1806	2
1810	1
1822	2
1824	2
1829	1
1839	3
1842	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1858	1
1859	2
1864	1
1866	1
1871	2
1872	3
1876	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	2
1882	6
1885	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	5
1895	4
1896	6
1897	3
1898	3
1899	4
1900	10
1901	5
1902	6
1903	14
1904	13
1905	19
1906	14
1907	71
1908	19
1909	19
1910	10
1911	9
1912	43
1913	18
1914	41
1915	37
1916	60
1917	73
1918	24
1919	238
1920	52
1921	139
1922	114
1923	159
1924	478
1925	293
1926	236
1927	426
1928	310
1929	489
1930	96
1931	224
1932	246
1933	322
1934	295
1935	371
1936	681
1937	284
1938	161
1939	237
1940	836
1941	159
1942	660
1943	311
1944	240
1945	463
1946	1,328
1947	248
1948	482
1949	421
1950	340
1951	287
1952	102
1953	233
1954	867
1955	521
1956	674
1957	333
1958	489
1959	850
1960	379
1961	361
1962	480
1963	267
1964	614
1965	344
1966	998
1967	756
1968	1,258
1969	713
1970	468
1971	936
1972	425
1973	535
1974	661
1975	642
1976	504
1977	887
1978	865
1979	787
1980	1,303
1981	773
1982	2,226
1983	2,343
1984	2,118
1985	725
1986	553
1987	1,589
1988	1,575
1989	630
1990	1,275
1991	547
1992	915
1993	1,129
1994	1,128
1995	1,214
1996	1,762
1997	898
1998	812
1999	1,102
2000	1,873
2001	514
2002	846
2003	1,228
2004	912
2005	908
2006	842
2007	1,014
2008	1,435
2009	1,070
2010	1,423
2011	754
2012	514
2013	579
2014	525
2015	2,085
2016	732
2017	1,560
2018	811
2019	712
2020	394
2021	1,439
2022	538
2023	959
2024	810
2025	841

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Data for records on 1998-12-28: 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	609
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1