Weather Records on 4 October 2000

917 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 2000. Highest significance: Rushville, US.

Key Facts for 4 October 2000

On 4 October 2000, 917 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
608 were record highs and 187 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 109 monthly and 808 daily.
Rushville set a daily record precipitation of 69.9 mm (2.8 in) on 4 October 2000.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

917 stations

917 station records on 4 October 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lanzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Erick	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Derbent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Everglades	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mangum	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Reynolds Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leeds	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arroyo Frio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Zapote	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elabuga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Salitre	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chietla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hobbs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hammon 3 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leeds	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Timber Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Spur	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clovis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fargo 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huerta Vieja	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quiriego (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Black Mtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bochil	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Dieguito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zacatecas (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aguila	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

917 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 385, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 223, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 97, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 4 October 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	385
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	223
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	97
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 4 October 2000 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 109, daily 808.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

626 broken records

Margins by which the 626 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 2000

Top 20 records on 4 October 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 2000	Rushville, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	98 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2000	Greer, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2000	Roy, US	monthly high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	94 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2000	Lanzhou, CN	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2000	Erick, US	monthly high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2000	Derbent, RU	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2000	Hereford, US	monthly high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2000	Kaycee, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2000	Washington, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2000	Medicine Lake 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2000	Douglas 1 SE, US	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2000	Everglades, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2000	Mangum, US	monthly high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2000	Primghar, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	101 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2000	Escalante, US	monthly high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	65 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2000	Jackson Reynolds Fld, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2000	Goshen 3SW, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2000	Leeds, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2000	Elk City 4 W, US	monthly high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	62 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 2000	Bjoernoeya, NO	daily high min	5.8 C (42.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	90 years	37 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

1795 to 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2000. 2000 had 917 records.

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

Records on 10-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1841	2
1843	1
1844	2
1847	2
1853	1
1859	1
1864	8
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	3
1888	5
1889	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	3
1898	4
1899	1
1900	3
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	5
1905	11
1906	29
1907	10
1908	18
1909	13
1910	21
1911	23
1912	101
1913	12
1914	18
1915	13
1916	137
1917	157
1918	127
1919	30
1920	31
1921	46
1922	44
1923	21
1924	63
1925	130
1926	255
1927	172
1928	131
1929	339
1930	244
1931	361
1932	413
1933	299
1934	121
1935	833
1936	161
1937	483
1938	440
1939	345
1940	220
1941	850
1942	198
1943	426
1944	328
1945	543
1946	314
1947	592
1948	449
1949	491
1950	565
1951	617
1952	717
1953	358
1954	999
1955	630
1956	467
1957	533
1958	704
1959	812
1960	246
1961	758
1962	313
1963	528
1964	389
1965	760
1966	464
1967	440
1968	587
1969	628
1970	539
1971	361
1972	712
1973	604
1974	1,846
1975	681
1976	869
1977	517
1978	488
1979	733
1980	975
1981	994
1982	415
1983	762
1984	864
1985	863
1986	1,265
1987	1,502
1988	713
1989	742
1990	845
1991	813
1992	866
1993	956
1994	1,341
1995	1,192
1996	1,012
1997	928
1998	1,487
1999	1,596
2000	917
2001	547
2002	1,465
2003	610
2004	562
2005	1,973
2006	987
2007	997
2008	935
2009	1,431
2010	1,230
2011	919
2012	864
2013	1,130
2014	611
2015	741
2016	680
2017	780
2018	979
2019	1,131
2020	897
2021	644
2022	561
2023	936
2024	1,197
2025	979
2026	942

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Data for records on 2000-10-04: 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 2026-10-17 (17 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 20	592
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1