Weather Records on 27 December 2000

1,392 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 2000. Highest significance: Friend 3E, US.

Key Facts for 27 December 2000

On 27 December 2000, 1,392 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
206 were record highs and 401 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 79 monthly and 1,302 daily.
Friend 3E set a daily record snow depth of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 27 December 2000.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 534 records.

Record Map

1,392 stations

1,392 station records on 27 December 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Friend 3E	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.2 mm (6.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Arizona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Eastland	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Honey Grove	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Anson	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lubbock	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waukon 3NNE	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leeds	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Childress Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Izamal Escuela	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Thrall 3SSE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Haynesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Park Forest Water	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ilfracombe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Autaugaville 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kewanee 1E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gholson 8 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hammon 3 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Abernathy	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Platteville	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Mitchell AP	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pampa #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Borger	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adjuntas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carrington	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,392 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 103, Lowest daily maximum 291, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 277, Heaviest daily snowfall 132, Deepest snow cover 376.

Records on 27 December 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	103
Lowest daily maximum	291
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	277
Heaviest daily snowfall	132
Deepest snow cover	376

Records on 27 December 2000 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 79, daily 1,302.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,081 broken records

Margins by which the 1,081 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 2000

Top 20 records on 27 December 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 2000	Friend 3E, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 December 2000	Eastland, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 December 2000	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily rain	163.2 mm (6.4 in)	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	97 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 December 2000	Eufaula 6 SSW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 December 2000	Arizona, AU	daily rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 December 2000	Eastland, US	all-time snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	83 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 December 2000	Toledo 3N, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2000	El Reno 1 N, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	106 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2000	Honey Grove, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	101 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2000	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2000	Nashville, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2000	Eastland, US	all-time snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2000	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily high max	31.0 C (87.8 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	92 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2000	Broken Bow 1 N, US	daily rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2000	Grundy Ctr, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2000	Anson, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	101 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2000	Richmond Post Office, AU	daily low max	25.7 C (78.3 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	85 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2000	Beloit, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2000	Lubbock, US	monthly snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2000	Lumpkin 2 SE, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	96 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 1,392 records.

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

Records on 12-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	2
1810	1
1839	2
1845	1
1849	1
1860	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	1
1872	3
1875	1
1876	2
1881	1
1882	2
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1894	6
1896	5
1897	6
1898	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	6
1903	12
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	38
1908	3
1909	25
1910	13
1911	12
1912	51
1913	24
1914	44
1915	42
1916	43
1917	67
1918	42
1919	188
1920	148
1921	336
1922	37
1923	292
1924	340
1925	509
1926	208
1927	175
1928	282
1929	394
1930	142
1931	314
1932	219
1933	474
1934	199
1935	706
1936	972
1937	241
1938	396
1939	429
1940	526
1941	204
1942	880
1943	246
1944	274
1945	406
1946	878
1947	356
1948	445
1949	730
1950	481
1951	266
1952	118
1953	241
1954	511
1955	533
1956	628
1957	316
1958	425
1959	1,114
1960	385
1961	217
1962	490
1963	243
1964	897
1965	473
1966	715
1967	817
1968	993
1969	778
1970	352
1971	1,207
1972	401
1973	819
1974	782
1975	622
1976	613
1977	815
1978	775
1979	578
1980	1,778
1981	832
1982	1,449
1983	2,382
1984	814
1985	821
1986	484
1987	2,166
1988	1,855
1989	925
1990	880
1991	477
1992	500
1993	1,329
1994	1,122
1995	1,317
1996	1,758
1997	850
1998	924
1999	867
2000	1,392
2001	642
2002	944
2003	1,242
2004	853
2005	913
2006	965
2007	838
2008	1,708
2009	1,005
2010	1,851
2011	1,094
2012	1,118
2013	506
2014	482
2015	2,877
2016	884
2017	1,415
2018	1,039
2019	558
2020	402
2021	1,532
2022	1,025
2023	750
2024	680
2025	1,100

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Data for records on 2000-12-27: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	895
50 to 100	114
100 to 150	41
150 to 200	21
200 to 250	8
250 to 300	2