Weather Records on 16 October 2000

519 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 2000. Highest significance: Moran, US.

Key Facts for 16 October 2000

On 16 October 2000, 519 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
167 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 508 daily.
Moran set a daily record precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 16 October 2000.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

519 stations

519 station records on 16 October 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	France	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Andizan	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent 5WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leona Vicario	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.4 C (-19.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cushing	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dongfang	China	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hominy	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Valerio Trujano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Urgench	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maramec	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hoquiam Bowerman AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Elliot Island	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lille-Lesquin	France	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Presque Isle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Naples	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orienta 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prague 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vichy Rolla Natl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hammon 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mullin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Meoqui (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cardenas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barnsdall	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mulatos (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cherokee 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarraleah Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

519 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 92, Heaviest daily rainfall 201, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 October 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	92
Heaviest daily rainfall	201
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 October 2000 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 508.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

420 broken records

Margins by which the 420 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 2000

Top 20 records on 16 October 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 2000	Moran, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	101 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2000	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	81 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2000	Abbeville, FR	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2000	Driggs, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2000	Perry, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	85 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2000	Bartlesville Muni AP, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2000	Ft Scott, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	87 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2000	Shawnee, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2000	Marion, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	106 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2000	Union City 3 SE, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	85 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2000	Fredonia, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2000	Andizan, UZ	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2000	Toccoa, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	97 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2000	Crescent 5WSW, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2000	Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2000	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	82 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2000	Huetamo, MX	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	78 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2000	Chandler, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2000	Guthrie 5S, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2000	Meeker 5 W, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	87 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

1796 to 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2000. 2000 had 519 records.

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

Records on 10-16 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1810	1
1811	3
1817	1
1826	1
1830	1
1836	2
1838	1
1839	1
1856	1
1859	2
1862	2
1865	2
1870	3
1873	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	2
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	6
1893	12
1894	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	9
1898	4
1899	8
1901	4
1902	7
1903	6
1904	7
1905	16
1906	3
1907	6
1908	49
1909	20
1910	10
1911	18
1912	16
1913	25
1914	52
1915	17
1916	28
1917	19
1918	25
1919	58
1920	44
1921	54
1922	57
1923	84
1924	81
1925	304
1926	180
1927	122
1928	543
1929	118
1930	312
1931	515
1932	379
1933	218
1934	712
1935	395
1936	244
1937	1,200
1938	606
1939	494
1940	531
1941	220
1942	426
1943	1,233
1944	609
1945	414
1946	398
1947	865
1948	279
1949	378
1950	344
1951	266
1952	698
1953	508
1954	1,068
1955	427
1956	620
1957	354
1958	494
1959	319
1960	540
1961	790
1962	504
1963	464
1964	513
1965	498
1966	669
1967	516
1968	987
1969	845
1970	789
1971	979
1972	464
1973	539
1974	1,061
1975	487
1976	1,053
1977	549
1978	822
1979	580
1980	1,383
1981	897
1982	430
1983	432
1984	1,507
1985	672
1986	450
1987	1,259
1988	703
1989	820
1990	890
1991	1,543
1992	1,646
1993	999
1994	1,176
1995	1,061
1996	585
1997	939
1998	934
1999	705
2000	519
2001	754
2002	1,079
2003	530
2004	687
2005	684
2006	1,330
2007	645
2008	778
2009	1,931
2010	1,049
2011	816
2012	728
2013	546
2014	695
2015	1,142
2016	1,063
2017	1,014
2018	1,558
2019	463
2020	484
2021	541
2022	676
2023	608
2024	721
2025	559

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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 10	348
10 to 20	40
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1