Weather Records on 7 January 2000

696 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 2000. Highest significance: Yorktown, US.

Key Facts for 7 January 2000

On 7 January 2000, 696 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
254 were record highs and 193 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 667 daily.
Yorktown set a daily record precipitation of 91.4 mm (3.6 in) on 7 January 2000.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

696 stations

696 station records on 7 January 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yorktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Muralgarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mutsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ninghan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fedor 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bauhinia Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cekunda	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hakodate	Japan	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Esashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yarlerweelor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Meka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Choshi	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wonnaminta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Obihiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Drum	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Austin-Camp Mabry	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Akita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muroran	Japan	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marion Island	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milgun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Swanara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Booralee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Luiz Do Curu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mishima	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-37.3 C (-35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sofijskij Priisk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elabuga	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hiroo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bintulu	Malaysia	Record low maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dime Box	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harare (Kutsaga)	Zimbabwe	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kukerin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mataranka Homestead Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Katsuura	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vigra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-33.8 C (-28.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Giddings 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

696 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 157, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 111, Heaviest daily rainfall 234, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 7 January 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	157
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	111
Heaviest daily rainfall	234
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 7 January 2000 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 26, daily 667.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

605 broken records

Margins by which the 605 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 2000

Top 20 records on 7 January 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 2000	Yorktown, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 January 2000	Muralgarra, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2000	Mutsu, JP	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2000	Ninghan Station, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2000	Fedor 3SE, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2000	Lockhart, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2000	Bauhinia Downs, AU	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2000	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	94 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2000	Cekunda, RU	daily high max	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	15.1 C (27.2 F)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2000	Cuero, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2000	Goliad, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	6 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2000	Hakodate, JP	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2000	Britt 3E, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2000	Esashi, JP	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2000	San Marcos, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2000	Yarlerweelor, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2000	Ekimchan, RU	daily high max	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2000	Meka Station, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2000	Chernjaevo, RU	monthly high min	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	81 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 2000	Cold Bay AP, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	42 years	43 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

1826 to 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 2000. 2000 had 696 records.

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

Records on 01-07 in each year
Year	Records
1826	1
1839	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	3
1877	5
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	5
1891	4
1893	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	5
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	5
1903	17
1904	3
1905	15
1906	19
1907	43
1908	19
1909	18
1910	14
1911	17
1912	56
1913	55
1914	11
1915	111
1916	53
1917	17
1918	57
1919	145
1920	60
1921	76
1922	180
1923	104
1924	206
1925	70
1926	91
1927	171
1928	212
1929	73
1930	449
1931	94
1932	216
1933	180
1934	645
1935	509
1936	529
1937	851
1938	192
1939	220
1940	697
1941	303
1942	702
1943	342
1944	283
1945	803
1946	834
1947	293
1948	740
1949	510
1950	377
1951	361
1952	386
1953	494
1954	409
1955	164
1956	283
1957	338
1958	416
1959	350
1960	440
1961	351
1962	855
1963	609
1964	218
1965	1,297
1966	614
1967	686
1968	1,305
1969	761
1970	1,139
1971	927
1972	395
1973	1,106
1974	892
1975	739
1976	1,127
1977	676
1978	485
1979	1,481
1980	700
1981	779
1982	1,416
1983	922
1984	657
1985	1,224
1986	717
1987	787
1988	2,940
1989	1,713
1990	688
1991	993
1992	993
1993	1,266
1994	1,226
1995	1,172
1996	1,945
1997	1,011
1998	2,599
1999	1,223
2000	696
2001	915
2002	1,296
2003	1,260
2004	928
2005	1,241
2006	1,164
2007	1,147
2008	1,806
2009	1,033
2010	1,899
2011	727
2012	537
2013	397
2014	2,632
2015	598
2016	704
2017	1,315
2018	1,026
2019	538
2020	446
2021	535
2022	895
2023	444
2024	690
2025	560
2026	725

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Data for records on 2000-01-07: 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 2026-10-14 (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 20	561
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1