Weather Records on 15 February 2000

962 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 February 2000. Highest significance: Saxon 1WSW, US.

Key Facts for 15 February 2000

On 15 February 2000, 962 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
487 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 921 daily.
Saxon 1WSW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 15 February 2000.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

962 stations

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

Weather records on 15 February 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Saxon 1WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Foleyvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Strathdarr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vuna Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Redford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	226.3 mm (8.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wellshot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Evesham Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Darkwater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlyon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Polson	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Potomac	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record snow depth	190.0 cm (74.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saetermoen II	Norway	Record snow depth	190.0 cm (74.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Power 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minong 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake Stream	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tilzapotla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake Stream	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harlem	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moffit 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Temascal	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellenburg Depot	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Drummond	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dimbokro	Cote D'Ivoire	Record low minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prattsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Erldunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winvic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Meteor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maywin Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Austral Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winter	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Moffatt National Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

962 records

Records set or tied on 15 February 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 346, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 283, Heaviest daily snowfall 106, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 15 February 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	346
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	283
Heaviest daily snowfall	106
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 15 February 2000 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 40, daily 921.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

759 broken records

Margins by which the 759 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 February 2000

Top 20 records on 15 February 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 February 2000	Saxon 1WSW, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2000	Foleyvale Station, AU	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2000	Strathdarr, AU	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	86 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2000	Culbertson, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2000	Manistique Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2000	Chester, US	daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2000	Vuna Station, AU	daily rain	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2000	Redford, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2000	Georgetown Rs, US	monthly rain	226.3 mm (8.9 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2000	Jordan, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2000	Winton Post Office, AU	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2000	Wellshot, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2000	Steele 4N, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	101 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2000	Evesham Station, AU	daily rain	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2000	Liberty 1 NE, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	92 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2000	Darkwater, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2000	Glenlyon Station, AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2000	Polson, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	89 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2000	Potomac, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2000	Bones I Bardu, NO	monthly snow depth	190.0 cm (74.8 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	79 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

1794 to 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2000. 2000 had 962 records.

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

Records on 02-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	1
1803	1
1806	1
1828	1
1829	1
1830	2
1838	1
1849	1
1855	3
1856	3
1858	3
1859	1
1865	2
1867	3
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	5
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1882	4
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	11
1899	7
1900	8
1901	9
1902	2
1903	25
1904	14
1905	16
1906	4
1907	22
1908	50
1909	16
1910	4
1911	33
1912	12
1913	163
1914	82
1915	47
1916	60
1917	82
1918	57
1919	46
1920	29
1921	99
1922	36
1923	68
1924	204
1925	102
1926	61
1927	112
1928	359
1929	286
1930	130
1931	189
1932	230
1933	108
1934	198
1935	523
1936	1,058
1937	219
1938	429
1939	495
1940	230
1941	109
1942	461
1943	1,126
1944	314
1945	700
1946	306
1947	613
1948	376
1949	1,255
1950	489
1951	380
1952	186
1953	385
1954	1,850
1955	722
1956	710
1957	444
1958	714
1959	541
1960	555
1961	480
1962	718
1963	270
1964	405
1965	305
1966	467
1967	632
1968	321
1969	844
1970	589
1971	551
1972	444
1973	531
1974	375
1975	587
1976	754
1977	544
1978	1,271
1979	1,599
1980	1,007
1981	1,111
1982	1,014
1983	574
1984	928
1985	866
1986	1,273
1987	882
1988	481
1989	1,765
1990	2,706
1991	1,120
1992	887
1993	1,327
1994	676
1995	1,916
1996	955
1997	1,030
1998	1,483
1999	913
2000	962
2001	1,224
2002	525
2003	1,029
2004	1,093
2005	695
2006	872
2007	2,115
2008	491
2009	910
2010	1,424
2011	861
2012	562
2013	257
2014	1,549
2015	1,173
2016	1,209
2017	575
2018	754
2019	979
2020	583
2021	3,289
2022	468
2023	1,064
2024	967
2025	506
2026	690

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Data for records on 2000-02-15: 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 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	709
50 to 100	39
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	3