Weather Records on 13 December 2000

2,914 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 December 2000. Highest significance: Eldon, US.

Key Facts for 13 December 2000

On 13 December 2000, 2,914 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,148 were record highs and 682 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 109 monthly and 2,798 daily.
Eldon set a daily record precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 13 December 2000.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 13 December 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 December 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Charleston	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Grovespring 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Houston	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mt Vernon UNIV Mo - SW Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Union Grove Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Overbrook 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Houston	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Monticello	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Springfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.8 cm (13.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ornskoldsvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kansas City Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon UNIV Mo - SW Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Robacksdalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ralston	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bowgada	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yandanooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Longton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bernie	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ullanger	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moberly	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Barnsdall	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pryor	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ooratippra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.2 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stalon_11	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Licking 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mannford 6 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elkedra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,914 records

Records set or tied on 13 December 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 609, Lowest daily maximum 559, Highest daily minimum 539, Lowest daily minimum 123, Heaviest daily rainfall 442, Heaviest daily snowfall 327, Deepest snow cover 315.

Records on 13 December 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	609
Lowest daily maximum	559
Highest daily minimum	539
Lowest daily minimum	123
Heaviest daily rainfall	442
Heaviest daily snowfall	327
Deepest snow cover	315

Records on 13 December 2000 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 109, daily 2,798.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

2,481 broken records

Margins by which the 2,481 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 December 2000

Top 20 records on 13 December 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 December 2000	Eldon, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	102 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
13 December 2000	Paradise Valley 1 NW, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	74 of 100 (Major)
13 December 2000	Oswego 1 N, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	102 years	73 of 100 (Major)
13 December 2000	Willow Sprg Radio Kuku, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	16.6 cm (6.5 in)	93 years	73 of 100 (Major)
13 December 2000	Charleston, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	99 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 December 2000	Goshen 3SW, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	83 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 December 2000	Grovespring 1NE, US	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 December 2000	Houston, US	monthly snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	83 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 December 2000	Mt Vernon UNIV Mo - SW Ctr, US	monthly snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 December 2000	Union Grove Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 December 2000	Overbrook 5 SE, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	15 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 December 2000	Albion, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 December 2000	Eldorado Springs, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 December 2000	Houston, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	100 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 December 2000	Lockwood, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 December 2000	Monticello, US	daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	86 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 December 2000	Bartlesville Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 December 2000	Springfield, US	monthly snowfall	34.8 cm (13.7 in)	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	11 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 2000	Pitea, SE	daily rain	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	106 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 2000	Kroksjo, SE	daily rain	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 2,914 records.

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

Records on 12-13 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	2
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	2
1855	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1878	6
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1887	1
1890	1
1891	9
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	5
1901	4
1902	13
1903	13
1904	8
1905	3
1906	7
1907	11
1908	6
1909	23
1910	45
1911	72
1912	42
1913	23
1914	35
1915	51
1916	207
1917	144
1918	87
1919	52
1920	55
1921	65
1922	84
1923	206
1924	139
1925	160
1926	228
1927	566
1928	227
1929	303
1930	52
1931	525
1932	385
1933	422
1934	186
1935	168
1936	242
1937	375
1938	89
1939	159
1940	426
1941	324
1942	312
1943	244
1944	426
1945	355
1946	455
1947	306
1948	450
1949	321
1950	290
1951	226
1952	431
1953	222
1954	345
1955	479
1956	477
1957	566
1958	855
1959	297
1960	981
1961	898
1962	1,365
1963	442
1964	398
1965	811
1966	653
1967	743
1968	593
1969	545
1970	221
1971	567
1972	991
1973	625
1974	291
1975	1,038
1976	411
1977	685
1978	446
1979	1,072
1980	536
1981	912
1982	740
1983	1,121
1984	1,172
1985	1,642
1986	381
1987	675
1988	906
1989	1,355
1990	649
1991	1,734
1992	1,113
1993	960
1994	1,094
1995	1,634
1996	833
1997	1,126
1998	1,221
1999	964
2000	2,914
2001	1,092
2002	602
2003	1,131
2004	493
2005	589
2006	957
2007	720
2008	1,583
2009	1,016
2010	1,776
2011	833
2012	837
2013	451
2014	1,046
2015	2,363
2016	397
2017	749
2018	380
2019	520
2020	445
2021	420
2022	1,122
2023	486
2024	296
2025	1,343

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	2,222
50 to 100	163
100 to 150	63
150 to 200	26
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1