Weather Records on 24 February 2000

2,155 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 2000. Highest significance: Westkapelle, NL.

Key Facts for 24 February 2000

On 24 February 2000, 2,155 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,343 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 123 monthly and 2,032 daily.
Westkapelle set a daily record precipitation of 27.5 mm (1.1 in) on 24 February 2000.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 551 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 24 February 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 February 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Westkapelle	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waynoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wolphaartsdijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Cheetham Salt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	183.2 mm (7.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Geldern-Walbeck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ullanger	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mill	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro Maravilla	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dalbeg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kelsey Creek Dittmer Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Anthonis	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Dangar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.2 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yankton 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Balfes Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moss Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.6 mm (5.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nuland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,155 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 369, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 974, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 669, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 24 February 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	369
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	974
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	669
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 24 February 2000 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 123, daily 2,032.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,762 broken records

Margins by which the 1,762 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 2000

Top 20 records on 24 February 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 2000	Westkapelle, NL	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2000	Waynoka, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2000	Wolphaartsdijk, NL	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2000	Creston 2 SW, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2000	Bowen Cheetham Salt, AU	daily rain	183.2 mm (7.2 in)	162.9 mm (6.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2000	Roma Peak, AU	daily rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	115.4 mm (4.5 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2000	Geldern-Walbeck, DE	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2000	Lynch, US	monthly rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	96 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2000	Barguzin, RU	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	96 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 2000	Saint Ignatius, US	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	82 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 2000	Richardton Abbey, US	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	69 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 2000	Leinefelde, DE	daily rain	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 2000	Manston, GB	daily rain	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 2000	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	101 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 2000	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	101 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 2000	Heerde, NL	daily rain	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	101 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 2000	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	101 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 2000	Helmond, NL	daily rain	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	101 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 2000	Norwich, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	92 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 February 2000	Dillon AP, US	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	40 years	20 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

1794 to 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2000. 2000 had 2,155 records.

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

Records on 02-24 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1813	1
1814	4
1836	1
1846	2
1858	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	2
1879	4
1881	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	7
1889	6
1891	3
1892	2
1894	2
1896	1
1897	4
1898	10
1899	4
1900	14
1901	4
1902	7
1903	5
1904	5
1905	13
1906	33
1907	16
1908	14
1909	73
1910	25
1911	16
1912	58
1913	6
1914	26
1915	46
1916	24
1917	52
1918	50
1919	39
1920	15
1921	82
1922	54
1923	63
1924	73
1925	110
1926	166
1927	402
1928	139
1929	141
1930	1,185
1931	164
1932	226
1933	331
1934	887
1935	251
1936	514
1937	148
1938	202
1939	385
1940	279
1941	490
1942	287
1943	375
1944	463
1945	212
1946	440
1947	779
1948	299
1949	420
1950	712
1951	423
1952	535
1953	423
1954	720
1955	1,120
1956	627
1957	649
1958	866
1959	217
1960	1,145
1961	520
1962	1,412
1963	593
1964	447
1965	993
1966	637
1967	1,134
1968	734
1969	874
1970	354
1971	377
1972	753
1973	235
1974	365
1975	1,570
1976	999
1977	1,307
1978	1,061
1979	1,473
1980	466
1981	1,177
1982	898
1983	533
1984	652
1985	1,412
1986	1,309
1987	952
1988	373
1989	1,776
1990	1,969
1991	641
1992	922
1993	1,730
1994	1,070
1995	1,081
1996	1,209
1997	1,537
1998	1,459
1999	752
2000	2,155
2001	1,407
2002	883
2003	1,735
2004	980
2005	742
2006	487
2007	1,095
2008	1,060
2009	852
2010	1,527
2011	1,291
2012	838
2013	705
2014	623
2015	1,963
2016	818
2017	1,612
2018	1,356
2019	1,302
2020	697
2021	860
2022	1,808
2023	1,793
2024	417
2025	966
2026	1,107

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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 2026-10-16 (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	1,731
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	1