Weather Records on 15 January 2000

1,020 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 2000. Highest significance: Jarrahdale, AU.

Key Facts for 15 January 2000

On 15 January 2000, 1,020 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
476 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 995 daily.
Jarrahdale set a daily record precipitation of 40.4 mm (1.6 in) on 15 January 2000.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

1,020 stations

1,020 station records on 15 January 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jarrahdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hines Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Rosa Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hyden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lake King	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Soledad de Doblado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Graham Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Nanambinia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Oakland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Allan Rocks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Depot Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bannister	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Muchea Tree Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Westbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Norseman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Camm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bodallin South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bremer Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brookton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
King Rocks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Araluen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Totutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Westonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Jula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greenview	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aldervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nangeenan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Holt Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Meckering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wattening	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Loma Fina	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tenampa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mandurah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Toodyay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Malyalling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coolgardie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Serpentine Main Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nokaning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wungong Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dalyup Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baandee North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hillcroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boddington Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wialki	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hyden North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quairading	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bolgart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Codg Codgen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bendering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dalwallinu Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cardup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,020 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 327, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 425, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 15 January 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	327
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	425
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 15 January 2000 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 995.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

834 broken records

Margins by which the 834 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 660.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 2000

Top 20 records on 15 January 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 2000	Jarrahdale, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2000	Rio Grande City, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	96 years	73 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2000	Hopetoun, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2000	Peppermint Grove, AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	66 years	69 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2000	Hines Hill, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	84 years	67 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2000	Rosa Brook, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2000	Hyden, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2000	Lake King, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2000	Soledad de Doblado, MX	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2000	Graham Rock, AU	daily rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2000	Nanambinia, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2000	Oakland, AU	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	76 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2000	Allan Rocks, AU	monthly rain	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2000	Depot Springs, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 January 2000	Bannister, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	89 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2000	Muchea Tree Farm, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2000	Westbourne, AU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2000	Norseman, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2000	Lake Camm, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 2000	Bodallin South, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	57 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 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2000. 2000 had 1,020 records.

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

Records on 01-15 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1799	2
1820	2
1838	1
1845	3
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1890	3
1891	1
1893	7
1894	2
1895	6
1896	4
1897	5
1898	1
1899	10
1900	3
1901	10
1902	7
1903	1
1904	11
1905	22
1906	23
1907	12
1908	5
1909	29
1910	78
1911	14
1912	28
1913	10
1914	27
1915	67
1916	26
1917	35
1918	241
1919	39
1920	79
1921	55
1922	19
1923	48
1924	43
1925	398
1926	41
1927	406
1928	410
1929	151
1930	581
1931	156
1932	1,069
1933	241
1934	101
1935	218
1936	230
1937	587
1938	679
1939	234
1940	265
1941	376
1942	402
1943	613
1944	348
1945	417
1946	333
1947	604
1948	738
1949	727
1950	963
1951	577
1952	665
1953	1,193
1954	515
1955	273
1956	531
1957	790
1958	453
1959	261
1960	707
1961	740
1962	660
1963	1,422
1964	829
1965	643
1966	437
1967	518
1968	812
1969	989
1970	406
1971	600
1972	1,748
1973	753
1974	1,663
1975	744
1976	517
1977	773
1978	951
1979	1,441
1980	901
1981	671
1982	1,187
1983	756
1984	1,121
1985	1,022
1986	515
1987	1,124
1988	742
1989	880
1990	829
1991	748
1992	1,159
1993	1,121
1994	1,465
1995	1,808
1996	1,199
1997	1,330
1998	855
1999	1,159
2000	1,020
2001	929
2002	775
2003	586
2004	1,371
2005	727
2006	767
2007	2,717
2008	629
2009	1,125
2010	820
2011	943
2012	476
2013	1,132
2014	507
2015	479
2016	597
2017	988
2018	916
2019	339
2020	1,330
2021	717
2022	593
2023	672
2024	2,651
2025	439
2026	682

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Data for records on 2000-01-15: 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 100	829
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1