Weather Records on 21 February 2000

812 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 2000. Highest significance: Broken Hill (Sturts Meadows), AU.

Key Facts for 21 February 2000

On 21 February 2000, 812 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
295 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 761 daily.
Broken Hill (Sturts Meadows) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 136.1 mm (5.4 in) on 21 February 2000.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

812 stations

812 station records on 21 February 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Broken Hill (Sturts Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
Meringur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Broken Hill (Langawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	195.0 mm (7.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Broken Hill (Topar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Broken Hill (Waterbag)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Wentworth (Burtundy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Harrogate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Palmer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Menindee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Pooncarie Mail Agency	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
White Cliffs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Morkalla North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Morozovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Menindee Dwr Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Broken Hill (Patton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dunrobin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lerida	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Galah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dotswood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Milparinka (Mount Arrowsmith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Merrinee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Compass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
St Kitts	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Keyneton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Searchlight	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yundi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rockleigh (Black Heath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aldgate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Willow Point)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pirlta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Linga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greenock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paringa Lock V	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnwill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Walpa (Danyo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
W Otis	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gulnare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky River (Brookland Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda (Bagot Well)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

812 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 161, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 420, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 21 February 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	161
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	420
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 21 February 2000 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 38, daily 761.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

665 broken records

Margins by which the 665 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 480.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 2000

Top 20 records on 21 February 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 2000	Broken Hill (Sturts Meadows), AU	all-time rain	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
21 February 2000	Meringur, AU	all-time rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
21 February 2000	Broken Hill (Langawirra), AU	all-time rain	195.0 mm (7.7 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	24 years	77 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2000	Broken Hill (Topar), AU	monthly rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	82 years	77 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2000	Williamstown, AU	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2000	Broken Hill (Waterbag), AU	all-time rain	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	26 years	72 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2000	Wentworth (Burtundy), AU	all-time rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	93 years	72 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2000	Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2000	Harrogate, AU	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2000	Macclesfield, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2000	Meadows, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2000	Palmer, AU	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2000	Menindee Post Office, AU	monthly rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	70 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2000	Pooncarie Mail Agency, AU	all-time rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2000	White Cliffs Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2000	Bowen Downs, AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	111 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2000	Morkalla North, AU	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2000	Morozovsk, RU	monthly rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2000	Menindee Dwr Depot, AU	monthly rain	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2000	Truro, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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 812 records.

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

Records on 02-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1810	3
1814	3
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1847	1
1849	2
1850	1
1851	1
1855	1
1856	1
1860	1
1861	1
1862	2
1870	2
1875	2
1876	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	1
1893	9
1894	2
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	14
1899	3
1900	1
1901	11
1902	8
1903	13
1904	12
1905	6
1906	51
1907	18
1908	12
1909	28
1910	26
1911	24
1912	26
1913	29
1914	25
1915	52
1916	82
1917	415
1918	80
1919	47
1920	23
1921	96
1922	157
1923	40
1924	84
1925	209
1926	101
1927	191
1928	81
1929	403
1930	1,334
1931	197
1932	159
1933	229
1934	423
1935	300
1936	617
1937	699
1938	181
1939	586
1940	159
1941	224
1942	552
1943	460
1944	313
1945	621
1946	149
1947	458
1948	511
1949	889
1950	492
1951	573
1952	356
1953	1,238
1954	958
1955	857
1956	460
1957	709
1958	993
1959	383
1960	493
1961	831
1962	590
1963	1,022
1964	357
1965	275
1966	574
1967	312
1968	1,177
1969	658
1970	545
1971	787
1972	717
1973	790
1974	634
1975	655
1976	845
1977	1,362
1978	1,382
1979	1,212
1980	837
1981	1,600
1982	1,074
1983	608
1984	518
1985	837
1986	1,341
1987	658
1988	633
1989	866
1990	1,971
1991	680
1992	418
1993	1,540
1994	980
1995	1,267
1996	1,742
1997	1,806
1998	1,100
1999	552
2000	812
2001	583
2002	934
2003	1,253
2004	629
2005	840
2006	801
2007	747
2008	1,131
2009	622
2010	1,156
2011	1,379
2012	540
2013	845
2014	881
2015	1,773
2016	1,151
2017	1,828
2018	2,891
2019	1,330
2020	547
2021	879
2022	734
2023	677
2024	648
2025	1,776
2026	552

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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 2026-10-13 (13 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	651
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1