Weather Records on 23 January 2000

1,155 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 2000. Highest significance: Oudabunna, AU.

Key Facts for 23 January 2000

On 23 January 2000, 1,155 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
194 were record highs and 382 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 1,119 daily.
Oudabunna set a monthly record daily precipitation of 64.0 mm (2.5 in) on 23 January 2000.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

1,155 stations

1,155 station records on 23 January 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oudabunna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bullfinch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Telenning Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bonnie Doon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ejanding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Salinas AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Trayning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Newington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Meka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wyalkatchem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Konnongorring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Calingiri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Turkey Hill North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuk	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Barberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Koobabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bencubbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Paynes Find	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Berkshire Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shelleyvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eneabba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Madden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckanarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wongan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cashmere Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ninghan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Five Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mouroubra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nangeenan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Corrigin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nambi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yorkrakine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabubba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cadoux	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canaan Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baandee North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carterville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cunderdin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Doongin Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Redwing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Diacui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quairading	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Highfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Watheroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Merredin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Codg Codgen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barooga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Upper San Leandro Filters	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boogardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kokardine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,155 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 138, Lowest daily maximum 196, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 186, Heaviest daily rainfall 433, Heaviest daily snowfall 92, Deepest snow cover 54.

Records on 23 January 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	138
Lowest daily maximum	196
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	186
Heaviest daily rainfall	433
Heaviest daily snowfall	92
Deepest snow cover	54

Records on 23 January 2000 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 31, daily 1,119.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

980 broken records

Margins by which the 980 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 2000

Top 20 records on 23 January 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 2000	Oudabunna, AU	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	75 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 January 2000	Bullfinch, AU	daily rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	74 years	71 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2000	Telenning Hill, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2000	Bonnie Doon, AU	monthly rain	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2000	Round Hill, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2000	Ejanding, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2000	Salinas AP, US	monthly rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2000	Trayning, AU	monthly rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	9 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2000	Newington, AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 January 2000	Meka Station, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2000	Wyalkatchem, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2000	Konnongorring, AU	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2000	Calingiri, AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2000	Turkey Hill North, AU	monthly rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2000	Nuuk, GL	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2000	Barberton, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2000	Koobabbie, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2000	Hopetoun, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2000	Emu Creek Station, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	85 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 2000	Peppermint Grove, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	53 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 1,155 records.

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

Records on 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	769
20 to 40	144
40 to 60	40
60 to 80	19
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	2