Weather Records on 20 November 2000

1,163 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 November 2000. Highest significance: Coonabarabran (Namoi Street), AU.

Key Facts for 20 November 2000

On 20 November 2000, 1,163 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
194 were record highs and 403 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 81 monthly and 1,082 daily.
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street) set a daily record precipitation of 77.4 mm (3.0 in) on 20 November 2000.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

1,163 stations

1,163 station records on 20 November 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 November 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mullaley (Garrawilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Spring Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Curlewis (Pine Cliff)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Nullamanna (Severn Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Premer (Eden Moor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mason City	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Willow Tree (Green Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cape St. Lucia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nullamanna (Silverdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.6 mm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nullamanna (Belmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ostre Toten - Apelsvoll	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cullowhee	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Izuhara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Picayune	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dululu Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda (Croppa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (General Store)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Alley Point (Poplars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marillana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Irako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coolatai (Willunga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Caroona (West Mooki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell (Wandera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ajaccio	France	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hedal I Valdres II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rawlinna Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Plains (Croye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wallangra (Wallangra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Wattle St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glentana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra (Pearsby Hall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Cooinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zapote	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weabonga (Monomeeth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Boondari)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Breeza (Alpha)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tamworth (Hillgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Lucas Ojitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Andrews	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,163 records

Records set or tied on 20 November 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 257, Highest daily minimum 121, Lowest daily minimum 146, Heaviest daily rainfall 383, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 114.

Records on 20 November 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	257
Highest daily minimum	121
Lowest daily minimum	146
Heaviest daily rainfall	383
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	114

Records on 20 November 2000 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 81, daily 1,082.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

933 broken records

Margins by which the 933 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 November 2000

Top 20 records on 20 November 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 November 2000	Coonabarabran (Namoi Street), AU	daily rain	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
20 November 2000	Capella Post Office, AU	monthly rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	65 years	79 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2000	Murrurundi Post Office, AU	monthly rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	72 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2000	Mullaley (Garrawilla), AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2000	Spring Ridge, AU	monthly rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	71 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2000	Curlewis (Pine Cliff), AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2000	Nullamanna (Severn Vale), AU	monthly rain	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2000	Sapphire (Argyle), AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	64 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2000	Premer (Eden Moor), AU	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2000	Mason City, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 November 2000	Willow Tree (Green Hills), AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2000	Cape St. Lucia, ZA	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2000	Nullamanna (Silverdale), AU	monthly rain	129.6 mm (5.1 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2000	Nullamanna (Belmore), AU	monthly rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2000	Quirindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2000	Ostre Toten - Apelsvoll, NO	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2000	Cullowhee, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2000	Willow Tree (Valais), AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	113 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2000	Valley Head, US	monthly snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 2000	Comet Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	54 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 1,163 records.

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

Records on 11-20 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	2
1816	3
1829	4
1835	1
1836	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	4
1893	2
1894	1
1897	7
1900	11
1901	6
1902	10
1903	10
1904	9
1905	7
1906	22
1907	5
1908	8
1909	26
1910	14
1911	29
1912	15
1913	64
1914	89
1915	12
1916	16
1917	65
1918	14
1919	47
1920	15
1921	73
1922	26
1923	45
1924	84
1925	224
1926	294
1927	105
1928	140
1929	130
1930	600
1931	646
1932	255
1933	702
1934	477
1935	55
1936	286
1937	1,102
1938	167
1939	265
1940	280
1941	438
1942	774
1943	248
1944	347
1945	322
1946	774
1947	413
1948	651
1949	362
1950	877
1951	742
1952	494
1953	850
1954	876
1955	365
1956	598
1957	190
1958	218
1959	270
1960	330
1961	540
1962	700
1963	597
1964	863
1965	285
1966	434
1967	277
1968	479
1969	710
1970	368
1971	651
1972	729
1973	941
1974	655
1975	660
1976	389
1977	1,332
1978	1,413
1979	819
1980	745
1981	1,119
1982	800
1983	1,054
1984	537
1985	2,379
1986	1,142
1987	666
1988	1,218
1989	986
1990	1,010
1991	798
1992	1,416
1993	1,211
1994	1,484
1995	1,237
1996	1,566
1997	461
1998	829
1999	493
2000	1,163
2001	843
2002	900
2003	1,242
2004	738
2005	432
2006	1,034
2007	1,151
2008	1,171
2009	1,184
2010	678
2011	816
2012	657
2013	411
2014	1,018
2015	733
2016	725
2017	451
2018	339
2019	791
2020	578
2021	414
2022	1,283
2023	554
2024	645
2025	660

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 20 November 2000
Margin	Records
0 to 50	865
50 to 100	50
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2