Weather Records on 18 December 2000

1,572 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 December 2000. Highest significance: Northfield, US.

Key Facts for 18 December 2000

On 18 December 2000, 1,572 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
309 were record highs and 290 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 1,505 daily.
Northfield set a monthly record daily precipitation of 66.3 mm (2.6 in) on 18 December 2000.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

1,572 stations

1,572 station records on 18 December 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 December 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Chittenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Two Rivers	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Fundao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	206.2 mm (8.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Chester	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lowell	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Estacao Alvaro da Silveira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Two Rivers	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vermelho Velho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	190.8 mm (7.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Joao de Petropolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	143.6 mm (5.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Caete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Garrafao (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.6 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ellenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Mitchell AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bemerside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Iuna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Claryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Melo Franco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Licking 4N	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gest Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buckingham Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Do Peixe (Mmv)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Flint Fcwos	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nelia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sabara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	115.9 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cachoeira Suica (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	145.9 mm (5.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ponta da Fruta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Nova Do Paraopeba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shuttle Meadow Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Battle Creek 5NW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,572 records

Records set or tied on 18 December 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 220, Lowest daily maximum 202, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 444, Heaviest daily snowfall 237, Deepest snow cover 292.

Records on 18 December 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	220
Lowest daily maximum	202
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	444
Heaviest daily snowfall	237
Deepest snow cover	292

Records on 18 December 2000 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 58, daily 1,505.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,251 broken records

Margins by which the 1,251 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 December 2000

Top 20 records on 18 December 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 December 2000	Northfield, US	monthly rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	112 years	72 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2000	Grafton, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	85 years	71 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2000	Port Washington, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2000	Chittenden, US	monthly rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	69 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2000	Two Rivers, US	monthly snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 years	69 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2000	Fundao, BR	all-time rain	206.2 mm (8.1 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	68 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2000	Norfolk 2 SW, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	113 years	67 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2000	Chester, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	49 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2000	Lowell, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2000	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	102 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 December 2000	Albion, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2000	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	81 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2000	Alpena Wwtp, US	all-time snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	34 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2000	Estacao Alvaro da Silveira, BR	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2000	Houston, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	83 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2000	Two Rivers, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2000	Vermelho Velho, BR	all-time rain	190.8 mm (7.5 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2000	Sao Joao de Petropolis, BR	daily rain	143.6 mm (5.7 in)	103.7 mm (4.1 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2000	Caete, BR	daily rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 December 2000	Garrafao (Dnos), BR	daily rain	107.6 mm (4.2 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 years	56 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 1,572 records.

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

Records on 12-18 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1805	1
1814	1
1825	1
1846	1
1849	1
1852	2
1858	1
1859	4
1862	2
1864	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	5
1892	4
1894	8
1895	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	3
1900	2
1901	6
1902	33
1903	11
1904	25
1905	3
1906	21
1907	15
1908	16
1909	18
1910	19
1911	9
1912	33
1913	38
1914	20
1915	28
1916	57
1917	62
1918	21
1919	117
1920	77
1921	123
1922	108
1923	378
1924	480
1925	74
1926	173
1927	151
1928	165
1929	366
1930	230
1931	360
1932	353
1933	506
1934	209
1935	138
1936	466
1937	459
1938	185
1939	900
1940	242
1941	213
1942	281
1943	419
1944	191
1945	598
1946	199
1947	266
1948	354
1949	561
1950	289
1951	867
1952	450
1953	373
1954	507
1955	611
1956	333
1957	901
1958	524
1959	477
1960	477
1961	885
1962	759
1963	571
1964	840
1965	402
1966	644
1967	1,105
1968	488
1969	376
1970	502
1971	387
1972	375
1973	1,008
1974	229
1975	625
1976	459
1977	992
1978	946
1979	1,087
1980	772
1981	1,362
1982	537
1983	2,014
1984	1,439
1985	1,384
1986	875
1987	1,505
1988	1,061
1989	1,818
1990	1,367
1991	756
1992	1,045
1993	697
1994	643
1995	1,065
1996	1,833
1997	1,195
1998	863
1999	923
2000	1,572
2001	906
2002	1,437
2003	987
2004	506
2005	987
2006	1,167
2007	746
2008	1,014
2009	1,253
2010	1,322
2011	697
2012	729
2013	513
2014	556
2015	1,254
2016	1,821
2017	516
2018	464
2019	679
2020	326
2021	762
2022	536
2023	1,293
2024	780
2025	994

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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	1,031
50 to 100	152
100 to 150	42
150 to 200	19
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	2