Weather Records on 21 December 2000

944 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 December 2000. Highest significance: Beja, PT.

Key Facts for 21 December 2000

On 21 December 2000, 944 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
129 were record highs and 293 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 69 monthly and 871 daily.
Beja set a monthly record daily precipitation of 96.4 mm (3.8 in) on 21 December 2000.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

944 stations

944 station records on 21 December 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 December 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beja	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Friend 3E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Farmington	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Elgin	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Areyonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart River Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Illalangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Germantown Wastewater Utility	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kimberley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marechal Floriano (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stilwell	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muscoda	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Naples	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Union Grove Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mojave	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stoughton Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Is	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burarama (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leon 6 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flint Fcwos	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

944 records

Records set or tied on 21 December 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 175, Heaviest daily rainfall 118, Heaviest daily snowfall 114, Deepest snow cover 290.

Records on 21 December 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	175
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	114
Deepest snow cover	290

Records on 21 December 2000 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 69, daily 871.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

685 broken records

Margins by which the 685 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

21 December 2000

Top 20 records on 21 December 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 December 2000	Beja, PT	monthly rain	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	68 of 100 (Major)
21 December 2000	Friend 3E, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	75 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 December 2000	Farmington, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	71 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 December 2000	Elgin, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 December 2000	Areyonga, AU	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2000	Ft Madison, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2000	Khartoum, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2000	Lockhart River Airport, AU	daily rain	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2000	Harlan Co Lake, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2000	Bethany, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	102 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2000	Illalangi, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2000	Portage Wwtp, US	monthly snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	90 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2000	Elgin Water, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2000	Lamoni, US	all-time snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2000	Williamston 3NE, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2000	Audubon, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	91 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2000	Pella 1S, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	81 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2000	Perry, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	86 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2000	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2000	Hickman, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	1 year	50 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 944 records.

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

Records on 12-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1799	1
1801	2
1808	3
1825	1
1828	1
1839	1
1846	1
1850	1
1855	7
1859	1
1860	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1884	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	4
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1900	8
1901	15
1902	5
1903	25
1904	3
1905	15
1906	15
1907	17
1908	19
1909	20
1910	29
1911	36
1912	23
1913	11
1914	107
1915	43
1916	40
1917	18
1918	41
1919	57
1920	30
1921	104
1922	34
1923	323
1924	377
1925	120
1926	178
1927	147
1928	70
1929	156
1930	66
1931	556
1932	150
1933	581
1934	230
1935	398
1936	323
1937	189
1938	145
1939	140
1940	622
1941	651
1942	968
1943	148
1944	762
1945	396
1946	495
1947	700
1948	297
1949	1,281
1950	504
1951	1,061
1952	197
1953	256
1954	444
1955	888
1956	672
1957	846
1958	516
1959	272
1960	585
1961	254
1962	563
1963	1,137
1964	613
1965	247
1966	400
1967	1,923
1968	818
1969	828
1970	547
1971	680
1972	651
1973	1,292
1974	374
1975	548
1976	446
1977	470
1978	517
1979	558
1980	726
1981	1,476
1982	702
1983	3,324
1984	1,012
1985	979
1986	404
1987	775
1988	717
1989	3,203
1990	2,701
1991	1,125
1992	751
1993	967
1994	793
1995	878
1996	1,114
1997	810
1998	1,142
1999	851
2000	944
2001	650
2002	579
2003	1,103
2004	675
2005	606
2006	1,443
2007	946
2008	1,062
2009	1,097
2010	2,039
2011	653
2012	759
2013	1,029
2014	878
2015	1,173
2016	543
2017	459
2018	742
2019	755
2020	965
2021	323
2022	528
2023	1,170
2024	778
2025	1,099

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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	545
50 to 100	85
100 to 150	35
150 to 200	14
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1