Weather Records on 9 October 1998

622 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 October 1998. Highest significance: Belleplain STN Forest, US.

Key Facts for 9 October 1998

On 9 October 1998, 622 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
259 were record highs and 178 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 610 daily.
Belleplain STN Forest set a daily record precipitation of 97.8 mm (3.9 in) on 9 October 1998.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

622 stations

622 station records on 9 October 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 October 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zunyi	China	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcateopan de Tlapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Varinhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Las Margaritas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monsenhor Paulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Posio Raistakka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Angostura (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blasillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zuara	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Paz (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bilbao Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bangassou	Central African Republic	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Huerta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Remontnoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Siloam Springs 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lindley 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amparo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sirte	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tonala (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milpa Alta	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Daroca	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Delfim Moreira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Tlalcilalcalpan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Noumea (Nlle-Caledo	New Caledonia [France]	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Long Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Millbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tamanrasset	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Guadalupe	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Despoblado	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sandakan	Malaysia	Record low maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buhta Providenja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Glenmoore	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yangjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Taipak	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso de Iritu	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Serdan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Las Perlas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ytre Solund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aksakovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winter Haven	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.7 C (105.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Alegre de Minas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

622 records

Records set or tied on 9 October 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 124, Lowest daily maximum 87, Highest daily minimum 135, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 185.

Records on 9 October 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	124
Lowest daily maximum	87
Highest daily minimum	135
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 October 1998 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 610.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

477 broken records

Margins by which the 477 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 October 1998

Top 20 records on 9 October 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 1998	Belleplain STN Forest, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1998	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	111 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1998	Zunyi, CN	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1998	Atyrau, KZ	daily low min	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1998	Ixcateopan de Tlapa, MX	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1998	Varinhas, BR	daily rain	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1998	Bodie California St Historic P, US	daily low min	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1998	Hanover, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	84 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1998	Las Margaritas, MX	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1998	Seward AP, US	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	83 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1998	Wellsboro, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1998	Monsenhor Paulo, BR	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1998	Posio Raistakka, FI	monthly rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1998	New Bedford Coop, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	71 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1998	La Angostura (Cfe), MX	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1998	Blasillo, MX	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1998	Buras, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	47 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1998	Zuara, LY	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	59 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1998	La Paz (Dge), MX	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1998	Neshaminy Falls, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	61 years	29 of 100 (Routine)

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 622 records.

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

Records on 10-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1834	1
1837	1
1846	2
1847	1
1854	2
1858	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1893	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	1
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	3
1903	15
1904	8
1905	14
1906	29
1907	6
1908	19
1909	34
1910	20
1911	16
1912	23
1913	57
1914	22
1915	25
1916	126
1917	65
1918	16
1919	68
1920	36
1921	217
1922	40
1923	72
1924	95
1925	272
1926	123
1927	107
1928	290
1929	196
1930	276
1931	298
1932	271
1933	187
1934	298
1935	208
1936	569
1937	405
1938	462
1939	877
1940	119
1941	570
1942	330
1943	442
1944	144
1945	539
1946	317
1947	277
1948	438
1949	1,531
1950	618
1951	347
1952	658
1953	343
1954	341
1955	643
1956	468
1957	256
1958	639
1959	1,432
1960	397
1961	622
1962	508
1963	474
1964	841
1965	349
1966	489
1967	347
1968	538
1969	389
1970	1,805
1971	423
1972	371
1973	1,454
1974	513
1975	552
1976	1,448
1977	586
1978	589
1979	914
1980	627
1981	653
1982	1,579
1983	548
1984	579
1985	1,724
1986	556
1987	850
1988	1,060
1989	679
1990	1,714
1991	707
1992	1,050
1993	1,043
1994	772
1995	1,139
1996	1,047
1997	2,113
1998	622
1999	1,017
2000	3,177
2001	855
2002	701
2003	1,386
2004	665
2005	807
2006	640
2007	1,450
2008	473
2009	1,772
2010	1,311
2011	1,046
2012	706
2013	562
2014	652
2015	780
2016	463
2017	1,457
2018	1,290
2019	964
2020	738
2021	751
2022	696
2023	643
2024	963
2025	503
2026	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 10	425
10 to 20	32
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2