Weather Records on 23 October 1998

1,221 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1998. Highest significance: Juncos 1 SE, PR.

Key Facts for 23 October 1998

On 23 October 1998, 1,221 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
444 were record highs and 362 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,199 daily.
Juncos 1 SE set a daily record precipitation of 175.5 mm (6.9 in) on 23 October 1998.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

1,221 stations

1,221 station records on 23 October 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 October 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wahweap	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Camel Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marknesse_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Page AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Perote	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nagele	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blokzijl	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lunteren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canovanas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Blanco Lower	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Misurata	Libya	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory Springs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vastra_Arnas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Frederiksoord	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Loten_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milpa Alta	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gogerddan	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Almdalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Balcon Diablo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiso Novillero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlahuaca (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Batan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valle de Santiago	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Jula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weiskirchen/Saar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Abingdon Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trujillo Alto 2 SSW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Acatzingo de Hidalgo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Science Garden	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walkamin Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dzibalchen	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Azueta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Otatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Requena	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,221 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 294, Highest daily minimum 301, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 414, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 October 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	294
Highest daily minimum	301
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	414
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 October 1998 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 1,199.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

992 broken records

Margins by which the 992 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1998

Top 20 records on 23 October 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1998	Juncos 1 SE, PR	daily rain	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1998	Wahweap, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1998	Camel Creek Station, AU	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1998	Marknesse_1, NL	monthly rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1998	Page AP, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1998	Perote, MX	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1998	Nagele, NL	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1998	Blokzijl, NL	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1998	Lunteren, NL	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1998	Canovanas, PR	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1998	Rio Blanco Lower, PR	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1998	Motozintla (Smn), MX	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1998	Misurata, LY	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1998	Kristianstad, SE	daily high min	12.6 C (54.7 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	106 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1998	Elkhorn, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	99 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1998	Gregory Springs Station, AU	monthly rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1998	Vastra_Arnas, SE	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1998	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high min	10.9 C (51.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	124 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1998	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	19.6 C (67.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	124 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1998	Vilnius, LT	daily high min	10.2 C (50.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	106 years	41 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

1795 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1998. 1998 had 1,221 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	954
1991	1,232
1992	1,176
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,275
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,673
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	459
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	343

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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 20	955
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1