Weather Records on 21 April 2000

921 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 April 2000. Highest significance: Grand Haven Fire Dept, US.

Key Facts for 21 April 2000

On 21 April 2000, 921 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
553 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 875 daily.
Grand Haven Fire Dept set a monthly record daily precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 21 April 2000.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

921 stations

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

Weather records on 21 April 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Buffalo Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Balgo Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gardner	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw #3	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Atepec	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jalapa del Valle	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
East Lansing 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Todd River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
High Point Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bond Springs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Undoolya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Igor I Sikorsky Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Papunya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elrose Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Allegan 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Springs Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arltunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carandotta Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Tintero	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rostov-Na-Donu	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

921 records

Records set or tied on 21 April 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 268, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 285, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 223, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 21 April 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	268
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	285
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	223
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 21 April 2000 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 43, daily 875.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

756 broken records

Margins by which the 756 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 144.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 April 2000

Top 20 records on 21 April 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 April 2000	Grand Haven Fire Dept, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	70 of 100 (Major)
21 April 2000	Williamston 3NE, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
21 April 2000	Hartford Brainard Fld, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	71 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 April 2000	Buffalo Gap, US	monthly rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 April 2000	Wanna, AU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	70 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 April 2000	Montpelier, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2000	Lyons River, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2000	Balgo Hills, AU	monthly rain	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	2 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2000	Barkly Downs, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	95 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2000	Angola, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2000	Hastings, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2000	Monroe, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2000	Wheaton 3 SE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2000	Gardner, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2000	Saginaw #3, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2000	Uman, UA	daily high min	13.0 C (55.4 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2000	San Juan Atepec, MX	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2000	Jalapa del Valle, MX	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2000	East Lansing 4 S, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2000	Standish 4NE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	45 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

1793 to 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2000. 2000 had 921 records.

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

Records on 04-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1814	1
1820	1
1838	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	3
1854	1
1858	3
1861	2
1865	3
1866	1
1868	1
1870	1
1875	4
1876	2
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	2
1888	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	2
1900	7
1901	17
1902	7
1903	3
1904	10
1905	18
1906	5
1907	17
1908	25
1909	20
1910	33
1911	9
1912	22
1913	14
1914	220
1915	24
1916	64
1917	48
1918	84
1919	31
1920	85
1921	59
1922	70
1923	223
1924	119
1925	295
1926	148
1927	284
1928	269
1929	193
1930	127
1931	358
1932	304
1933	201
1934	497
1935	266
1936	277
1937	416
1938	295
1939	110
1940	462
1941	306
1942	285
1943	481
1944	261
1945	367
1946	448
1947	459
1948	365
1949	448
1950	529
1951	884
1952	665
1953	640
1954	527
1955	607
1956	497
1957	824
1958	329
1959	505
1960	889
1961	647
1962	319
1963	778
1964	1,125
1965	658
1966	756
1967	903
1968	655
1969	388
1970	728
1971	546
1972	593
1973	1,163
1974	528
1975	360
1976	452
1977	854
1978	735
1979	449
1980	1,934
1981	944
1982	1,075
1983	1,366
1984	1,231
1985	1,245
1986	977
1987	1,290
1988	898
1989	1,557
1990	1,463
1991	1,291
1992	1,763
1993	847
1994	859
1995	1,476
1996	788
1997	964
1998	876
1999	752
2000	921
2001	967
2002	1,312
2003	607
2004	586
2005	693
2006	761
2007	480
2008	1,327
2009	983
2010	805
2011	1,053
2012	687
2013	1,015
2014	393
2015	621
2016	587
2017	797
2018	862
2019	731
2020	397
2021	1,608
2022	433
2023	886
2024	754
2025	506
2026	853

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Data for records on 2000-04-21: 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 2026-10-13 (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 20	712
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1