Weather Records on 3 January 2000

2,063 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 2000. Highest significance: Madison Sewage Plt, US.

Key Facts for 3 January 2000

On 3 January 2000, 2,063 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,405 were record highs and 190 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 71 monthly and 1,987 daily.
Madison Sewage Plt set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 3 January 2000.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 3 January 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
English	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	181.2 mm (7.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Qulin	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Laona 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Moura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cordalba Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Booyal Central State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville Lvstk	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
John Glenn Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hakodate	Japan	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.2 mm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dundee 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City 14S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericktown 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mutsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Olmsted L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mounefontein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Talmoi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Malden Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bachu	China	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Meinrad	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elmo 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newburgh L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,063 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 889, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 516, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 376, Heaviest daily snowfall 84, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 3 January 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	889
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	516
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	376
Heaviest daily snowfall	84
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 3 January 2000 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 71, daily 1,987.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,678 broken records

Margins by which the 1,678 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 2000

Top 20 records on 3 January 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 2000	Madison Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	93 years	78 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2000	English, US	all-time rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2000	Rangely 1E, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	89 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2000	Miriam Vale, AU	daily rain	181.2 mm (7.1 in)	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	76 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2000	Vevay, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	93 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2000	Anna 4 N, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	93 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2000	Merrill, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	93 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2000	Corning, US	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2000	Bloomfield, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2000	Qulin, US	daily rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2000	Laona 6 SW, US	daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2000	Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2000	Moura Post Office, AU	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2000	Henderson 8 SSW, US	monthly rain	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2000	Cordalba Store, AU	daily rain	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2000	Tahlequah, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2000	Tribune 1W, US	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	104 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2000	Boonville 1S, US	monthly rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2000	Dayton Intl AP, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2000	Booyal Central State School, AU	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	49 years	54 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

1794 to 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2000. 2000 had 2,063 records.

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

Records on 01-03 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1798	1
1800	1
1823	2
1825	1
1830	2
1839	1
1848	1
1853	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	1
1867	2
1868	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	4
1887	5
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	4
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	3
1899	2
1900	15
1901	4
1902	15
1903	17
1904	51
1905	12
1906	13
1907	26
1908	8
1909	11
1910	23
1911	40
1912	26
1913	83
1914	33
1915	29
1916	60
1917	52
1918	80
1919	54
1920	31
1921	139
1922	80
1923	46
1924	222
1925	139
1926	268
1927	235
1928	412
1929	58
1930	160
1931	100
1932	167
1933	160
1934	208
1935	249
1936	404
1937	291
1938	139
1939	498
1940	312
1941	595
1942	505
1943	508
1944	361
1945	148
1946	171
1947	662
1948	462
1949	910
1950	2,025
1951	459
1952	587
1953	241
1954	370
1955	443
1956	188
1957	177
1958	326
1959	861
1960	431
1961	543
1962	802
1963	494
1964	513
1965	492
1966	885
1967	247
1968	582
1969	516
1970	749
1971	1,280
1972	313
1973	623
1974	1,010
1975	710
1976	524
1977	790
1978	745
1979	2,417
1980	470
1981	1,401
1982	1,380
1983	921
1984	983
1985	739
1986	676
1987	843
1988	1,034
1989	740
1990	467
1991	1,077
1992	1,200
1993	910
1994	902
1995	726
1996	2,085
1997	3,676
1998	1,434
1999	1,568
2000	2,063
2001	1,385
2002	1,307
2003	981
2004	1,406
2005	1,157
2006	1,472
2007	1,396
2008	948
2009	682
2010	1,337
2011	681
2012	956
2013	496
2014	1,029
2015	869
2016	605
2017	1,053
2018	1,444
2019	474
2020	772
2021	476
2022	989
2023	1,318
2024	734
2025	652
2026	901

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	1,640
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1