Weather Records on 1 December 2000

777 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 2000. Highest significance: Roundup, US.

Key Facts for 1 December 2000

On 1 December 2000, 777 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
437 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 727 daily.
Roundup set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 1 December 2000.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

777 stations

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

Weather records on 1 December 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Roundup	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Udialla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakonojo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hermidale Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miandetta (Tyrone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Horeb (Marathorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaverhead R/S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shields	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan (the Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbora (Ellismayne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miyazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beach	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Merrylands (Welsford Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Granville Shell Refinery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 8 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Margaret River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Revesby (Paten Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Liverpool(Whitlam Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
West Pennant Hills (Cumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Parauna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Valerio Trujano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Varfu Omul	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dudinka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-48.3 C (-54.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ekalaka	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pinkett (Benbookra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Benmore: Younger Botanic Garde	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Linton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leola	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Selby	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Primghar	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iroquois	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montelimar	France	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Petrisberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

777 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 250, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 187, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 183, Heaviest daily snowfall 59, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 1 December 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	250
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	187
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	59
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 1 December 2000 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 50, daily 727.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

636 broken records

Margins by which the 636 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 December 2000

Top 20 records on 1 December 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 2000	Roundup, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	79 of 100 (Major)
1 December 2000	Udialla, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	70 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2000	Miyakonojo, JP	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2000	Cathcart (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2000	Glendive, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2000	New England, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	95 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2000	Pollock, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	73 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2000	Roscoe, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2000	Hermidale Tank, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2000	Miandetta (Tyrone), AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2000	Fichtelberg, DE	daily high max	12.6 C (54.7 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2000	Sonnblick, AT	daily high min	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2000	Madison Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2000	Mount Horeb (Marathorn), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2000	Beaverhead R/S, US	monthly high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2000	Mandan Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2000	Fichtelberg, DE	daily high min	5.1 C (41.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	100 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2000	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	158 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2000	Wibaux 2 E, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 2000	Cottonwood 2 E, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	81 years	40 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

1797 to 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2000. 2000 had 777 records.

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

Records on 12-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1805	1
1807	2
1810	1
1817	2
1821	1
1823	2
1831	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	3
1873	6
1875	8
1876	4
1877	1
1879	7
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	4
1897	10
1898	5
1899	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	13
1904	4
1905	11
1906	3
1907	8
1908	40
1909	64
1910	39
1911	45
1912	37
1913	53
1914	142
1915	23
1916	29
1917	52
1918	32
1919	78
1920	192
1921	55
1922	85
1923	70
1924	135
1925	145
1926	115
1927	271
1928	85
1929	515
1930	128
1931	337
1932	383
1933	656
1934	667
1935	164
1936	433
1937	238
1938	159
1939	346
1940	300
1941	391
1942	424
1943	93
1944	478
1945	259
1946	224
1947	392
1948	252
1949	313
1950	437
1951	585
1952	762
1953	283
1954	308
1955	624
1956	338
1957	295
1958	531
1959	355
1960	258
1961	373
1962	1,073
1963	282
1964	1,181
1965	598
1966	995
1967	601
1968	883
1969	673
1970	1,299
1971	574
1972	843
1973	888
1974	1,339
1975	1,007
1976	1,294
1977	1,166
1978	777
1979	874
1980	1,019
1981	1,320
1982	1,759
1983	1,275
1984	513
1985	3,874
1986	803
1987	1,020
1988	538
1989	822
1990	514
1991	2,124
1992	552
1993	597
1994	717
1995	1,386
1996	1,448
1997	736
1998	1,698
1999	790
2000	777
2001	1,211
2002	637
2003	627
2004	1,033
2005	815
2006	2,866
2007	1,427
2008	879
2009	927
2010	1,991
2011	947
2012	1,027
2013	400
2014	677
2015	850
2016	384
2017	496
2018	807
2019	803
2020	567
2021	2,030
2022	584
2023	609
2024	636
2025	679

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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	574
20 to 40	41
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2