Weather Records on 6 November 2000

1,575 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 November 2000. Highest significance: Covington 8 WNW, US.

Key Facts for 6 November 2000

On 6 November 2000, 1,575 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
289 were record highs and 332 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 1,530 daily.
Covington 8 WNW set a daily record precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 6 November 2000.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

1,575 stations

1,575 station records on 6 November 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 November 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Wolf Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Idabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lake City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Maud	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Winfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mont-de-Marsan	France	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Plentywood	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Carnasaw Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nanuque-Montante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Menomonie	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Caribou 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
St Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Morpeth: Cockle Park	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bowhill	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Omaha Eppley Airfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oban Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ostre Toten - Apelsvoll	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Long Pool	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Colstrip	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bond Springs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montague Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Braemar	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frisco City 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saint-Germain-Les-Belles	France	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vesta	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,575 records

Records set or tied on 6 November 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 130, Lowest daily maximum 239, Highest daily minimum 159, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 828, Heaviest daily snowfall 75, Deepest snow cover 51.

Records on 6 November 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	130
Lowest daily maximum	239
Highest daily minimum	159
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	828
Heaviest daily snowfall	75
Deepest snow cover	51

Records on 6 November 2000 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 41, daily 1,530.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,324 broken records

Margins by which the 1,324 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 November 2000

Top 20 records on 6 November 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 November 2000	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	90 years	75 of 100 (Major)
6 November 2000	Wolf Pt, US	all-time rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	73 of 100 (Major)
6 November 2000	Mena, US	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 November 2000	Cambridge, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 November 2000	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	103 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 November 2000	Smith Ctr, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 November 2000	Idabel, US	daily rain	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	54 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 November 2000	Smithville, US	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 November 2000	Lake City, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 November 2000	Maud, US	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	92.9 mm (3.7 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 November 2000	Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 November 2000	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 November 2000	Winfield, AU	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	62 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 November 2000	Mont-de-Marsan, FR	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 November 2000	Milford 4 NW, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 2000	Plentywood, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 2000	Carnasaw Twr, US	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 2000	Nanuque-Montante, BR	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 2000	Rock Rapids, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 2000	Jordan 1SSW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	58 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 1,575 records.

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

Records on 11-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	1
1812	1
1819	1
1828	2
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1842	3
1845	1
1849	1
1851	2
1856	2
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	2
1901	4
1902	6
1903	4
1904	6
1905	15
1906	13
1907	13
1908	21
1909	7
1910	52
1911	27
1912	53
1913	20
1914	36
1915	20
1916	127
1917	30
1918	40
1919	60
1920	53
1921	98
1922	84
1923	119
1924	737
1925	139
1926	123
1927	405
1928	86
1929	89
1930	439
1931	284
1932	307
1933	661
1934	626
1935	527
1936	356
1937	124
1938	1,098
1939	390
1940	201
1941	512
1942	373
1943	238
1944	459
1945	498
1946	682
1947	405
1948	1,219
1949	517
1950	314
1951	1,832
1952	193
1953	1,218
1954	442
1955	311
1956	431
1957	359
1958	227
1959	1,800
1960	388
1961	480
1962	343
1963	493
1964	259
1965	272
1966	548
1967	889
1968	463
1969	756
1970	407
1971	789
1972	387
1973	1,110
1974	355
1975	1,381
1976	653
1977	966
1978	762
1979	581
1980	1,353
1981	673
1982	698
1983	650
1984	536
1985	664
1986	810
1987	806
1988	1,010
1989	1,048
1990	1,240
1991	2,360
1992	1,450
1993	965
1994	1,368
1995	1,464
1996	1,720
1997	849
1998	752
1999	1,367
2000	1,575
2001	879
2002	1,220
2003	2,143
2004	828
2005	1,176
2006	1,397
2007	591
2008	1,266
2009	916
2010	1,349
2011	1,046
2012	894
2013	871
2014	453
2015	1,664
2016	838
2017	1,069
2018	633
2019	561
2020	1,351
2021	456
2022	907
2023	719
2024	1,239
2025	502

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Data for records on 2000-11-06: 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 2026-10-15 (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 25	1,127
25 to 50	133
50 to 75	34
75 to 100	17
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	2