Weather Records on 5 December 2000

973 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 December 2000. Highest significance: Marion, US.

Key Facts for 5 December 2000

On 5 December 2000, 973 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
404 were record highs and 425 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 950 daily.
Marion set a daily record low minimum temperature of -16.7 C (1.9 F) on 5 December 2000.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

973 stations

973 station records on 5 December 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 December 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barnett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Leopoldina (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cachoeira Suica (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kimberley Res.Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lissadell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stormont Castle	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Piracicaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nadi Airport	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Florencia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nutwood Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Juvenilia (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Zapote	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moron de la Frontera	Spain	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Peti	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yulmbu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Izana	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Izana	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Rafael	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sauda	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Idabel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hope Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Voru	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Acajete	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wheaton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Itarana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

973 records

Records set or tied on 5 December 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 168, Lowest daily maximum 222, Highest daily minimum 236, Lowest daily minimum 203, Heaviest daily rainfall 103, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 5 December 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	168
Lowest daily maximum	222
Highest daily minimum	236
Lowest daily minimum	203
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 5 December 2000 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 950.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

759 broken records

Margins by which the 759 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

5 December 2000

Top 20 records on 5 December 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 December 2000	Marion, US	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2000	Circle Hot Springs, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2000	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2000	Williston Exp Farm, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2000	Mount Barnett, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	90 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2000	Santa Leopoldina (Dnos), BR	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2000	Wyndham, AU	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2000	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily low max	25.4 C (77.7 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	106 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2000	Cachoeira Suica (Dnos), BR	daily rain	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2000	Kimberley Res.Station, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2000	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	95 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2000	Purcellville, US	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2000	Port Washington, US	daily low max	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2000	Spring Creek, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2000	Camp Hill 2NW, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2000	Galva, US	daily low max	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2000	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2000	Lissadell, AU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2000	Ekalaka, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 December 2000	Marlinton, US	daily low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	89 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

1796 to 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2000. 2000 had 973 records.

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

Records on 12-05 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1797	2
1808	1
1812	1
1820	1
1823	1
1824	1
1825	2
1827	1
1829	3
1833	2
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1846	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	4
1859	1
1863	1
1866	2
1867	4
1868	4
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	3
1880	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	2
1888	3
1891	5
1892	2
1893	1
1895	13
1896	1
1897	1
1898	7
1900	11
1901	1
1902	13
1903	8
1904	4
1905	4
1906	15
1907	6
1908	7
1909	55
1910	10
1911	97
1912	40
1913	35
1914	22
1915	95
1916	81
1917	35
1918	32
1919	48
1920	89
1921	56
1922	99
1923	168
1924	106
1925	220
1926	370
1927	82
1928	168
1929	111
1930	247
1931	224
1932	235
1933	566
1934	164
1935	273
1936	409
1937	336
1938	279
1939	691
1940	244
1941	899
1942	583
1943	276
1944	320
1945	418
1946	552
1947	283
1948	529
1949	139
1950	887
1951	780
1952	324
1953	459
1954	425
1955	568
1956	1,229
1957	348
1958	465
1959	287
1960	898
1961	415
1962	834
1963	326
1964	909
1965	534
1966	1,038
1967	253
1968	766
1969	594
1970	845
1971	690
1972	2,240
1973	910
1974	527
1975	859
1976	533
1977	1,227
1978	960
1979	863
1980	1,054
1981	590
1982	1,577
1983	1,024
1984	1,141
1985	1,324
1986	798
1987	829
1988	581
1989	1,317
1990	887
1991	1,384
1992	1,743
1993	871
1994	1,481
1995	1,094
1996	987
1997	718
1998	2,489
1999	1,060
2000	973
2001	2,046
2002	2,027
2003	1,031
2004	805
2005	1,475
2006	1,646
2007	992
2008	807
2009	1,229
2010	1,237
2011	1,472
2012	1,081
2013	1,763
2014	476
2015	721
2016	636
2017	568
2018	338
2019	463
2020	529
2021	679
2022	454
2023	1,402
2024	796
2025	872

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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	737
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2