Weather Records on 2 July 2000

583 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 July 2000. Highest significance: Buxton, GB.

Key Facts for 2 July 2000

On 2 July 2000, 583 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
264 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 557 daily.
Buxton set a daily record precipitation of 55.8 mm (2.2 in) on 2 July 2000.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

583 stations

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

Weather records on 2 July 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Mitchell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kunda	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nottingham: Watnall	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coldspring 5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Essen-Bredeney	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jomala Maarianhaminan Lentoase	Finland	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wungong Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bernkastel-Kues	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rochford 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Araluen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiirikoja	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Johvi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cardenas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bilovodsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huejuquilla El Alto (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Peon Blanco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Markovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buckatabon	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ubachsberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lsu Ben-Hur Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poteet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Churchman Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dwingelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lambertville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brookton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Tule	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Slidell	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poncitlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huautla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hollis 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Selby	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Serpentine Main Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Choshi	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Zapote	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ticuman	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago Zautla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chamal Nuevo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Soraby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Inkpen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ajaccio	France	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sevenum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

583 records

Records set or tied on 2 July 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 148, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 116, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 186.

Records on 2 July 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	148
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	116
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	186
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 July 2000 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 23, daily 557.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

446 broken records

Margins by which the 446 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 July 2000

Top 20 records on 2 July 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 July 2000	Buxton, GB	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2000	Milwaukee Mitchell AP, US	monthly rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2000	Sioux Rapids, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2000	Kunda, EE	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2000	Nottingham: Watnall, GB	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2000	Coldspring 5 SSW, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2000	Artichoke Lake 1 E, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2000	Essen-Bredeney, DE	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2000	Long Lake Dam, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2000	Jomala Maarianhaminan Lentoase, FI	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2000	Montevideo 1SW, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	94 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2000	Columbia 8 N, US	monthly rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2000	Wungong Dam, AU	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2000	Bernkastel-Kues, DE	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2000	Long Prairie, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2000	Rochford 2 WNW, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2000	Beaumont City, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2000	Mason City Muni AP, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2000	Araluen, AU	daily rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 2000	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low max	14.9 C (58.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	114 years	40 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 583 records.

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

Records on 07-02 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1807	1
1811	1
1816	2
1825	1
1826	2
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1856	1
1860	1
1863	1
1871	3
1872	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	2
1898	2
1899	5
1900	4
1901	12
1902	7
1903	9
1904	11
1905	30
1906	14
1907	26
1908	12
1909	34
1910	50
1911	32
1912	100
1913	19
1914	69
1915	33
1916	26
1917	22
1918	45
1919	38
1920	208
1921	234
1922	59
1923	223
1924	394
1925	112
1926	108
1927	183
1928	75
1929	162
1930	263
1931	526
1932	283
1933	500
1934	315
1935	252
1936	641
1937	434
1938	399
1939	191
1940	436
1941	535
1942	643
1943	359
1944	428
1945	425
1946	321
1947	313
1948	283
1949	372
1950	312
1951	309
1952	391
1953	553
1954	567
1955	633
1956	520
1957	1,058
1958	344
1959	386
1960	547
1961	343
1962	402
1963	666
1964	445
1965	440
1966	889
1967	610
1968	887
1969	468
1970	667
1971	334
1972	660
1973	628
1974	577
1975	605
1976	718
1977	450
1978	1,173
1979	773
1980	1,191
1981	770
1982	1,017
1983	904
1984	632
1985	756
1986	1,423
1987	791
1988	1,445
1989	962
1990	1,350
1991	1,123
1992	1,702
1993	641
1994	901
1995	1,110
1996	728
1997	1,101
1998	984
1999	1,066
2000	583
2001	1,240
2002	1,228
2003	1,111
2004	639
2005	648
2006	775
2007	932
2008	808
2009	1,083
2010	1,262
2011	1,066
2012	1,072
2013	1,471
2014	580
2015	1,096
2016	584
2017	504
2018	858
2019	401
2020	500
2021	861
2022	893
2023	559
2024	578
2025	1,293
2026	1,174

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Data for records on 2000-07-02: 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 10	389
10 to 20	33
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	3