Weather Records on 14 August 2000

1,117 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 2000. Highest significance: Urana (Butherwah), AU.

Key Facts for 14 August 2000

On 14 August 2000, 1,117 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
447 were record highs and 270 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,095 daily.
Urana (Butherwah) set a daily record precipitation of 28.0 mm (1.1 in) on 14 August 2000.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

1,117 stations

1,117 station records on 14 August 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Berrigan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Walker	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Marrar (Centenary Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Eielson Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Barranco Azul	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	194.8 mm (7.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cardenas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhneangarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boree Creek (Richmond St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Hook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wright 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga Agricultural Insti	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro del Gallo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rosillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga Research Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Remontnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
West Buxton 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral-Nye-Vody	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bethungra (Retreat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woomargama Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cruillas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zhigalovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Linjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Molino Blanco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Treborane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sahuaripa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Temi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterino-Nikolskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leadville (Moreton Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meerlieu (Springvale West)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,117 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 198, Lowest daily maximum 119, Highest daily minimum 249, Lowest daily minimum 151, Heaviest daily rainfall 400.

Records on 14 August 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	198
Lowest daily maximum	119
Highest daily minimum	249
Lowest daily minimum	151
Heaviest daily rainfall	400
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 2000 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 1,095.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

845 broken records

Margins by which the 845 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 129.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 2000

Top 20 records on 14 August 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 2000	Urana (Butherwah), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	102 years	68 of 100 (Major)
14 August 2000	Berrigan Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 August 2000	Walker, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	51 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 August 2000	Marrar (Centenary Drive), AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	107 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 August 2000	Eielson Fld, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2000	Barranco Azul, MX	monthly rain	194.8 mm (7.7 in)	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2000	Lockhart Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2000	Sandy Lake Dam Libby, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2000	Cardenas, MX	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2000	Superior, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2000	Murrurundi Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	104 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2000	The Rock Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2000	Nizhneangarsk, RU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2000	Boree Creek (Richmond St), AU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2000	San Gabriel, MX	daily rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2000	Sandy Hook, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	121 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2000	Wright 3 E, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2000	Goonoo Goonoo Station, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	112 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2000	Wagga Wagga Agricultural Insti, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2000	San Pedro del Gallo (Smn), MX	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	9 years	47 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 1,117 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	812
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1