Weather Records on 14 January 1987

1,305 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 January 1987. Highest significance: Sapphire (Argyle), AU.

Key Facts for 14 January 1987

On 14 January 1987, 1,305 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
465 were record highs and 601 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 51 were all-time records, 98 monthly and 1,156 daily.
Sapphire (Argyle) set a daily record precipitation of 67.2 mm (2.6 in) on 14 January 1987.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

1,305 stations

1,305 station records on 14 January 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 January 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-25.1 C (-13.2 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.4 C (-10.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anadyr	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lind 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ndumu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.7 C (-10.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stiege	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-28.6 C (-19.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lacrosse	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-27.6 C (-17.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.7 C (-3.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-15.7 C (3.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.8 C (-5.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-31.0 C (-23.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Three Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nordhorn	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen/Flesland	Norway	Record snow depth	69.0 cm (27.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,305 records

Records set or tied on 14 January 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 303, Lowest daily maximum 335, Highest daily minimum 162, Lowest daily minimum 266, Heaviest daily rainfall 136, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 72.

Records on 14 January 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	303
Lowest daily maximum	335
Highest daily minimum	162
Lowest daily minimum	266
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	72

Records on 14 January 1987 by timescale: all-time 51, monthly 98, daily 1,156.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,149 broken records

Margins by which the 1,149 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 340.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 January 1987

Top 20 records on 14 January 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 January 1987	Sapphire (Argyle), AU	daily rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1987	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low min	-25.1 C (-13.2 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	105 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1987	Magdeburg, DE	daily low min	-23.4 C (-10.1 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	105 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1987	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low max	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	122 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1987	Anadyr, RU	monthly rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1987	Lind 3 NE, US	all-time snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1987	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low max	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	148 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1987	Gorlitz, DE	daily low max	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	105 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1987	Cottbus, DE	daily low max	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	86 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1987	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily low min	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	93 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1987	Putbus, DE	daily low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	105 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1987	Port Isabel, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1987	Ritzville 1 SSE, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1987	Waren, DE	daily low min	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	93 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1987	Ndumu, ZA	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1987	Wien, AT	daily low max	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	122 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1987	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily low max	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	75 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1987	Cottbus, DE	daily low min	-23.7 C (-10.7 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	75 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1987	Waren, DE	daily low max	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	75 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1987	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	93 years	42 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

1794 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1987. 1987 had 1,305 records.

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

Records on 01-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1799	1
1839	1
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1878	3
1881	3
1884	2
1885	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	1
1902	4
1903	2
1904	25
1905	18
1906	10
1907	12
1908	9
1909	23
1910	79
1911	53
1912	53
1913	6
1914	63
1915	36
1916	17
1917	63
1918	134
1919	35
1920	66
1921	74
1922	31
1923	120
1924	48
1925	261
1926	69
1927	119
1928	626
1929	244
1930	713
1931	92
1932	1,117
1933	82
1934	163
1935	253
1936	134
1937	536
1938	425
1939	198
1940	484
1941	481
1942	385
1943	603
1944	489
1945	481
1946	292
1947	497
1948	435
1949	355
1950	930
1951	533
1952	813
1953	629
1954	404
1955	293
1956	397
1957	796
1958	296
1959	243
1960	905
1961	414
1962	485
1963	1,887
1964	1,313
1965	486
1966	300
1967	436
1968	1,198
1969	904
1970	549
1971	706
1972	1,467
1973	645
1974	1,194
1975	718
1976	585
1977	747
1978	859
1979	1,883
1980	1,162
1981	1,042
1982	1,642
1983	685
1984	876
1985	1,211
1986	580
1987	1,305
1988	917
1989	872
1990	588
1991	542
1992	1,143
1993	1,474
1994	1,112
1995	2,049
1996	1,472
1997	1,769
1998	863
1999	754
2000	804
2001	1,140
2002	1,010
2003	524
2004	1,162
2005	1,337
2006	878
2007	2,533
2008	457
2009	841
2010	644
2011	1,565
2012	415
2013	1,619
2014	452
2015	634
2016	434
2017	801
2018	601
2019	349
2020	823
2021	677
2022	529
2023	808
2024	2,058
2025	387
2026	1,202

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Data for records on 1987-01-14: 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 2026-10-17 (17 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	1,112
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1