Weather Records on 23 December 2000

746 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 December 2000. Highest significance: Poowong (Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 23 December 2000

On 23 December 2000, 746 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
111 were record highs and 162 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 67 monthly and 678 daily.
Poowong (Post Office) set a daily record precipitation of 54.8 mm (2.2 in) on 23 December 2000.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 544 records.

Record Map

746 stations

746 station records on 23 December 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 December 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Friend 3E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Herbert Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Milwaukee Mitchell AP	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Creighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wonthaggi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Umberatana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumaris	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Koo Wee Rup (Srw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbourne South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Nowranie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Scoresby Research Institute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Malaga Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	77.9 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moorabbin Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waukon 3NNE	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lang Lang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Germantown Wastewater Utility	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Flint Fcwos	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Longwarry (Gooneparoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nyora (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oelwein 2 S	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mirboo North Water Board	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Helen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hallston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caro Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lapeer Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cheltenham Kingston Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lacon	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

746 records

Records set or tied on 23 December 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 239.

Records on 23 December 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	239

Records on 23 December 2000 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 67, daily 678.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

567 broken records

Margins by which the 567 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

23 December 2000

Top 20 records on 23 December 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 December 2000	Poowong (Post Office), AU	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	109 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2000	Friend 3E, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2000	Gammon Ranges (Wooltana), AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	114 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2000	Herbert Vale, AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	93 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2000	Milwaukee Mitchell AP, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 December 2000	Creighton, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	106 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2000	Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	90 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2000	Wonthaggi, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2000	Hickman, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2000	Lamoni, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2000	Elgin Water, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2000	Gammon Ranges (Umberatana), AU	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2000	Beaumaris, AU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2000	Koo Wee Rup (Srw), AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2000	Carrathool (Gum Creek), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	112 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2000	Korumburra, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2000	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	125 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2000	Cranbourne South, AU	daily rain	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2000	Elkhorn, US	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	94 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 December 2000	Urana (Nowranie), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	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 746 records.

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

Records on 12-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1825	1
1829	1
1840	1
1852	1
1855	1
1860	3
1864	1
1868	1
1870	6
1871	2
1875	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	3
1893	2
1894	5
1896	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	6
1901	2
1903	5
1904	11
1905	3
1906	16
1907	35
1908	8
1909	59
1910	41
1911	29
1912	36
1913	87
1914	57
1915	59
1916	34
1917	26
1918	51
1919	39
1920	33
1921	219
1922	28
1923	146
1924	257
1925	205
1926	146
1927	100
1928	137
1929	393
1930	141
1931	987
1932	329
1933	734
1934	92
1935	360
1936	370
1937	232
1938	183
1939	264
1940	365
1941	750
1942	534
1943	745
1944	484
1945	752
1946	234
1947	517
1948	528
1949	618
1950	521
1951	405
1952	242
1953	605
1954	348
1955	1,162
1956	496
1957	485
1958	209
1959	352
1960	1,442
1961	320
1962	439
1963	1,391
1964	1,457
1965	653
1966	436
1967	885
1968	891
1969	852
1970	940
1971	695
1972	376
1973	479
1974	611
1975	628
1976	514
1977	663
1978	351
1979	813
1980	516
1981	1,127
1982	1,140
1983	4,533
1984	668
1985	629
1986	571
1987	804
1988	878
1989	3,791
1990	3,241
1991	1,196
1992	504
1993	991
1994	1,091
1995	1,212
1996	1,184
1997	1,016
1998	688
1999	936
2000	746
2001	663
2002	778
2003	766
2004	1,231
2005	903
2006	1,194
2007	873
2008	771
2009	1,073
2010	1,298
2011	735
2012	817
2013	1,235
2014	1,070
2015	1,972
2016	432
2017	621
2018	373
2019	699
2020	916
2021	702
2022	1,426
2023	856
2024	637
2025	1,678

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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	449
50 to 100	64
100 to 150	31
150 to 200	11
200 to 250	10
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1