Weather Records on 8 January 2000

605 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 2000. Highest significance: Startup 1 E, US.

Key Facts for 8 January 2000

On 8 January 2000, 605 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
275 were record highs and 124 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 582 daily.
Startup 1 E set an all-time record daily precipitation of 174.0 mm (6.9 in) on 8 January 2000.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 557 records.

Record Map

605 stations

605 station records on 8 January 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Udskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Davilla 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gonzales 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thorndale	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Granger	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jeddo 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cekunda	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waco Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Schulenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gunter 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Zapote	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hurst Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yugarenok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Robstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bremond	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tenango de Doria	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ajan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Floresville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ivolginsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-32.5 C (-26.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-34.3 C (-29.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nelkan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Forse	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dekalb	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cooper Lake Project	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Petrovskij Zavod	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-31.4 C (-24.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boxelder 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jourdanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

605 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 165, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 8 January 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	165
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 8 January 2000 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 19, daily 582.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

505 broken records

Margins by which the 505 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 2000

Top 20 records on 8 January 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 2000	Startup 1 E, US	all-time rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	13 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2000	Yoakum, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	62 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2000	Udskoe, RU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2000	Davilla 2N, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2000	Runge, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	99 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 January 2000	Gonzales 2S, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2000	Red Rock, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2000	Flatonia 4SE, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2000	Lexington, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2000	Rockport, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2000	Taylor, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	2 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2000	Nixon, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2000	Thorndale, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2000	Granger, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2000	Jeddo 3S, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2000	Victoria Cp&L, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2000	Cekunda, RU	daily high max	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	10.3 C (18.5 F)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2000	Harnosand, SE	daily high min	1.8 C (35.2 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	109 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2000	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily high min	2.0 C (35.6 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	116 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 2000	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	3.2 C (37.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	109 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

1806 to 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2000. 2000 had 605 records.

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

Records on 01-08 in each year
Year	Records
1806	2
1839	1
1841	1
1846	1
1854	1
1855	1
1856	1
1858	2
1862	1
1866	1
1867	3
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1877	5
1880	1
1882	2
1884	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	2
1890	5
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	1
1897	5
1898	3
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	7
1903	13
1904	10
1905	10
1906	9
1907	24
1908	25
1909	12
1910	9
1911	13
1912	49
1913	35
1914	39
1915	51
1916	33
1917	23
1918	83
1919	91
1920	68
1921	43
1922	243
1923	165
1924	112
1925	70
1926	245
1927	107
1928	291
1929	183
1930	810
1931	104
1932	173
1933	243
1934	450
1935	824
1936	714
1937	1,703
1938	207
1939	619
1940	560
1941	414
1942	1,643
1943	371
1944	228
1945	520
1946	476
1947	238
1948	566
1949	463
1950	290
1951	387
1952	341
1953	669
1954	362
1955	167
1956	402
1957	616
1958	658
1959	295
1960	422
1961	236
1962	780
1963	692
1964	437
1965	1,185
1966	443
1967	463
1968	1,675
1969	651
1970	1,713
1971	730
1972	516
1973	1,496
1974	1,171
1975	957
1976	1,215
1977	537
1978	805
1979	1,640
1980	569
1981	589
1982	1,320
1983	598
1984	604
1985	1,545
1986	654
1987	820
1988	1,644
1989	1,900
1990	1,161
1991	872
1992	1,640
1993	1,525
1994	1,224
1995	783
1996	2,009
1997	1,203
1998	2,895
1999	1,107
2000	605
2001	954
2002	1,628
2003	1,362
2004	684
2005	1,764
2006	1,204
2007	1,003
2008	2,350
2009	761
2010	2,002
2011	885
2012	591
2013	398
2014	1,398
2015	1,311
2016	748
2017	1,045
2018	620
2019	522
2020	565
2021	590
2022	698
2023	426
2024	1,170
2025	597
2026	1,053

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Data for records on 2000-01-08: 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 25	471
25 to 50	20
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	2