Weather Records on 2 December 2000

735 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 December 2000. Highest significance: Golden, US.

Key Facts for 2 December 2000

On 2 December 2000, 735 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
353 were record highs and 116 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 701 daily.
Golden set a daily record snowfall of 26.7 cm (10.5 in) on 2 December 2000.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

735 stations

735 station records on 2 December 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 December 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Golden	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Amiens-Glisy	France	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lille-Lesquin	France	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cawdor (Woodburn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Novo Brasil	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woy Woy (Everglades Country Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oneida	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Varfu Omul	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beach	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lockhart River Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca Beach Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Serraria (Alto Do Moacir)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alto Rio Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sirte	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iroquois	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ticuman	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Tizate	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waldron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois Srn In Forage Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ankeny	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warruwi	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pancas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.1 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Itaici	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Catarina Sur	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Angel R. Cabada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record low maximum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malkal	Sudan	Record low minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Itaimbe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jalacingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mys Shmidta	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-37.1 C (-34.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barra de Sao Gabriel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ignacio Zaragoza -Belen-	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

735 records

Records set or tied on 2 December 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 151, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 202, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 207, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 2 December 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	151
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	202
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 2 December 2000 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 34, daily 701.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

614 broken records

Margins by which the 614 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 242.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 December 2000

Top 20 records on 2 December 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 December 2000	Golden, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	24.2 cm (9.5 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2000	Cold Bay AP, US	monthly rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 December 2000	Amiens-Glisy, FR	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2000	Weslaco, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2000	Goldsboro 4 SE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2000	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2000	Lille-Lesquin, FR	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2000	Cawdor (Woodburn), AU	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2000	White Hall 1 E, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	95 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2000	Ekalaka, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2000	Huetamo, MX	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2000	Novo Brasil, BR	daily rain	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2000	Halmstad, SE	daily high max	9.8 C (49.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2000	Griggsville, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2000	Ashley, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2000	Anderson, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	90 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2000	Woy Woy (Everglades Country Cl, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2000	Oneida, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2000	Montelimar, FR	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	73 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 December 2000	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily high min	5.4 C (41.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	86 years	35 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 735 records.

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

Records on 12-02 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1807	2
1810	2
1817	1
1823	1
1828	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1852	1
1856	4
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1867	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	2
1875	4
1876	5
1878	1
1879	9
1884	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	10
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	9
1904	1
1905	17
1906	10
1907	8
1908	15
1909	37
1910	18
1911	56
1912	81
1913	67
1914	101
1915	19
1916	169
1917	40
1918	50
1919	99
1920	43
1921	113
1922	59
1923	28
1924	168
1925	156
1926	167
1927	460
1928	77
1929	545
1930	272
1931	305
1932	525
1933	485
1934	194
1935	143
1936	331
1937	265
1938	335
1939	345
1940	551
1941	752
1942	835
1943	179
1944	276
1945	222
1946	198
1947	633
1948	211
1949	254
1950	598
1951	629
1952	614
1953	482
1954	317
1955	561
1956	594
1957	217
1958	442
1959	412
1960	410
1961	341
1962	1,144
1963	250
1964	726
1965	496
1966	1,117
1967	804
1968	753
1969	548
1970	1,232
1971	764
1972	547
1973	1,031
1974	1,019
1975	721
1976	920
1977	723
1978	1,056
1979	862
1980	1,428
1981	739
1982	3,111
1983	1,041
1984	701
1985	3,666
1986	887
1987	1,118
1988	613
1989	981
1990	616
1991	1,970
1992	719
1993	632
1994	632
1995	1,002
1996	1,180
1997	816
1998	1,732
1999	706
2000	735
2001	639
2002	615
2003	554
2004	798
2005	944
2006	1,388
2007	1,704
2008	871
2009	1,013
2010	1,602
2011	730
2012	1,265
2013	557
2014	546
2015	818
2016	269
2017	737
2018	1,152
2019	615
2020	534
2021	1,988
2022	771
2023	591
2024	715
2025	889

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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 2026-10-17 (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 50	596
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1