Weather Records on 8 February 2000

786 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 2000. Highest significance: Daly Waters, AU.

Key Facts for 8 February 2000

On 8 February 2000, 786 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
558 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 757 daily.
Daly Waters set a daily record precipitation of 50.2 mm (2.0 in) on 8 February 2000.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

786 stations

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

Weather records on 8 February 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tully River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	250.0 mm (9.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tejocotes	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coroneo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tilzapotla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Sao Mateus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Searchlight	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Zapote	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Las Gaviotas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plevna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Phoenicia	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Acaponeta	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Castanhao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos Yautepec	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Badiraguato (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Casca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Desterro Do Melo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pavillion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Venustiano Carranza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Lucas Arroyo Paloma	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Westhope	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Evelyn State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	217.0 mm (8.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Temascal	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sanalona II	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quiriego (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Enderlin 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

786 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 279, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 279, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 110, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 8 February 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	279
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	279
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 8 February 2000 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 27, daily 757.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

601 broken records

Margins by which the 601 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 482.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 2000

Top 20 records on 8 February 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 2000	Daly Waters, AU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	103 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2000	Cold Bay AP, US	daily snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2000	Ellendale, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2000	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2000	Fullerton 1 ESE, US	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2000	Greenville Wtp, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2000	Salzburg, AT	daily high min	4.7 C (40.5 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	122 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2000	Kiev, UA	daily high max	8.2 C (46.8 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2000	Klamath Falls 2 SSW, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2000	Wien, AT	daily high max	14.3 C (57.7 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	136 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2000	Uman, UA	daily high max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	105 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2000	Saentis, CH	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2000	Las Animas, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2000	Fallon Exp STN, US	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2000	Tully River Station, AU	daily rain	250.0 mm (9.8 in)	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2000	Villa Purificacion (Dge), MX	monthly high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2000	Tejocotes, MX	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2000	Anderson Wtr Wks, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2000	Halle, DE	daily high min	7.3 C (45.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	81 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 2000	Coroneo, MX	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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

1798 to 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2000. 2000 had 786 records.

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

Records on 02-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1822	1
1829	1
1838	1
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	4
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	14
1896	1
1898	1
1899	9
1900	9
1901	5
1902	3
1903	18
1904	8
1905	2
1906	9
1907	16
1908	36
1909	8
1910	16
1911	47
1912	67
1913	22
1914	25
1915	30
1916	16
1917	45
1918	44
1919	39
1920	43
1921	39
1922	60
1923	41
1924	147
1925	685
1926	205
1927	59
1928	263
1929	458
1930	181
1931	398
1932	526
1933	1,064
1934	418
1935	370
1936	717
1937	738
1938	575
1939	315
1940	235
1941	342
1942	224
1943	459
1944	500
1945	530
1946	239
1947	553
1948	417
1949	346
1950	500
1951	811
1952	198
1953	462
1954	1,111
1955	448
1956	584
1957	998
1958	323
1959	274
1960	551
1961	863
1962	448
1963	933
1964	305
1965	793
1966	1,116
1967	539
1968	229
1969	561
1970	342
1971	1,146
1972	348
1973	759
1974	560
1975	346
1976	771
1977	704
1978	1,331
1979	1,355
1980	1,345
1981	736
1982	808
1983	492
1984	630
1985	1,256
1986	819
1987	835
1988	837
1989	2,241
1990	2,042
1991	1,376
1992	833
1993	894
1994	2,056
1995	1,004
1996	1,697
1997	725
1998	1,148
1999	1,633
2000	786
2001	1,743
2002	863
2003	719
2004	692
2005	865
2006	614
2007	657
2008	797
2009	1,217
2010	1,023
2011	883
2012	876
2013	733
2014	1,125
2015	1,344
2016	777
2017	1,648
2018	851
2019	1,386
2020	597
2021	970
2022	273
2023	414
2024	1,347
2025	886
2026	912

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Data for records on 2000-02-08: 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 2026-10-15 (15 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 100	594
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1