Weather Records on 31 July 2000

1,001 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 July 2000. Highest significance: Watertown, US.

Key Facts for 31 July 2000

On 31 July 2000, 1,001 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
626 were record highs and 219 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 36 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 926 daily.
Watertown set a daily record precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 31 July 2000.
Across 155 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

1,001 stations

1,001 station records on 31 July 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 July 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
San Pedro del Gallo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Saran-Paul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Huauchinango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nouasseur	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Caitas de Felipe Pescador	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McDermitt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Penn Yan	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	39.7 C (103.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alder 17 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Meyersdale 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coacoyulillo (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cuthbert	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malad City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Zapote	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Peon Blanco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cardenas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tremonton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Malinaltepec (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meadville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Har Kenaan	Israel	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sahuaripa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	38.1 C (100.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shadzhatmaz	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
N Creek 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Falls 46 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nouasseur	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	45.4 C (113.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,001 records

Records set or tied on 31 July 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 370, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 256, Lowest daily minimum 149, Heaviest daily rainfall 156.

Records on 31 July 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	370
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	256
Lowest daily minimum	149
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 July 2000 by timescale: all-time 36, monthly 39, daily 926.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

726 broken records

Margins by which the 726 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 July 2000

Top 20 records on 31 July 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 July 2000	Watertown, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2000	San Pedro del Gallo (Smn), MX	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2000	Hanover, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	108 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 July 2000	Saran-Paul, RU	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2000	Huauchinango, MX	daily rain	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2000	Arcadia, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2000	Kingston, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2000	Nouasseur, MA	all-time high min	29.3 C (84.7 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2000	Woodruff, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	100 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2000	Louisville 1 E, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	106 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2000	Kislovodsk, RU	monthly high max	36.2 C (97.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	87 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2000	Caitas de Felipe Pescador, MX	monthly rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2000	Anaconda, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	82 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2000	McDermitt, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	106 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2000	Penn Yan, US	all-time rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2000	Cavendish, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2000	Mina, US	daily high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2000	Richland, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	82 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2000	Heber, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 2000	Ely AP, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 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

1804 to 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 2000. 2000 had 1,001 records.

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

Records on 07-31 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1815	1
1816	1
1828	1
1834	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	2
1851	1
1858	2
1860	4
1863	1
1866	1
1873	2
1876	1
1879	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	4
1903	16
1904	12
1905	10
1906	14
1907	17
1908	22
1909	15
1910	21
1911	29
1912	14
1913	31
1914	28
1915	71
1916	63
1917	126
1918	39
1919	27
1920	168
1921	112
1922	24
1923	236
1924	97
1925	349
1926	226
1927	161
1928	145
1929	134
1930	143
1931	441
1932	314
1933	504
1934	449
1935	418
1936	548
1937	297
1938	417
1939	357
1940	415
1941	323
1942	342
1943	342
1944	312
1945	499
1946	426
1947	341
1948	341
1949	406
1950	511
1951	364
1952	472
1953	414
1954	459
1955	813
1956	574
1957	268
1958	374
1959	424
1960	622
1961	504
1962	348
1963	294
1964	637
1965	858
1966	606
1967	326
1968	637
1969	440
1970	576
1971	1,850
1972	667
1973	583
1974	363
1975	1,386
1976	530
1977	543
1978	754
1979	501
1980	1,047
1981	672
1982	767
1983	901
1984	777
1985	1,065
1986	1,021
1987	934
1988	940
1989	1,753
1990	911
1991	647
1992	1,169
1993	1,031
1994	1,207
1995	1,223
1996	1,084
1997	984
1998	1,195
1999	1,643
2000	1,001
2001	1,414
2002	1,080
2003	1,157
2004	779
2005	742
2006	1,405
2007	1,023
2008	911
2009	1,156
2010	1,485
2011	1,040
2012	712
2013	469
2014	1,000
2015	948
2016	501
2017	485
2018	1,135
2019	551
2020	1,034
2021	1,020
2022	861
2023	671
2024	748
2025	836
2026	753

Download the Data

Data for records on 2000-07-31: 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 2026-10-14 (14 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	696
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1