New Zealand experienced a cool summer in contrast to their second warmest winter in the past 140 years. April 2000 was the wettest April in the 235-year monthly England and Wales precipitation series. Sustained above-average rainfall from September through November 2000 led to major flooding in many parts of England and Wales. June 2000 was the wettest June in 80 years in part of central Chile, in contrast to a significant rainfall deficit that characterized the rest of the wet season. The first thunderstorm on record moved through Barrow, Alaska, on 20 June 2000.
Thunderstorms are more typical of warmer climates.
During the Northern Hemisphere summer, Canada experienced its first deadly tornado in over 14 years and, in a rare incident, a hurricane struck land in Newfoundland. This preliminary information for 2000 is based on observations up to the end of November from a network of ships, buoys and land-based weather stations. The data are collected and disseminated on a continuing basis by the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services of the WMO Member countries. In this data set departures from normal are based on the most recent WMO climatological standard normals period 1961-1990.