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The first night of the year 2000

1 January 2000 · 00:00 · Paris, France

The first night of the year 2000: Caligora

At midnight the Eiffel Tower sparkled into the year 2000. The sky and the weather of Paris that night, a few days after the great storms of December 1999.

The weather that day

  • 6.1 to 9.1 °C, overcast, no rain.
  • A west wind, 7 km/h on average, and pressure from 1024 to 1029 hPa.

The sky

  • Sunrise at 08:44, sunset at 17:04.
  • The moon: waning crescent, 27% lit.

Its name

Caligora: Mist that never lifted, one of the shortest days: winter in Paris.

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Weather: ERA5 reanalysis, Copernicus Climate Change Service. Not made by AI.