Weather Records on 10 March 1987

595 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 March 1987. Highest significance: Gordon Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 10 March 1987

On 10 March 1987, 595 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 284 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 578 daily.
Gordon Downs set a daily record precipitation of 197.0 mm (7.8 in) on 10 March 1987.
Across 160 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

595 stations

595 station records on 10 March 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 March 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	197.0 mm (7.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Guararema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Engordador	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mairipora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.6 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Itatiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jundiai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ibirite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rio da Cidade	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Villagran (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Sooden-Allendorf	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record low maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pentagna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz Das Palmeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Joanopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Encantada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hereford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pedro Do Rio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salto Grande (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Itaquaquecetuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salesopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Methoni	Greece	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barrocada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Matias Romero (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuetzalan del Progreso	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atibaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gramadinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caixa de Areia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Queluz (Centro Saude)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Biritiba Mirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Piracaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eschwege	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mwanza	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jambeiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Primavera	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bremerhaven	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Acatzingo de Hidalgo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moravia 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amberley AMO	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pedreira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Natividade da Serra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Isabel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhauser	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gottingen	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vinson	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

595 records

Records set or tied on 10 March 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 154, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 130, Heaviest daily rainfall 169, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 52.

Records on 10 March 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	154
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	130
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	52

Records on 10 March 1987 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 578.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

486 broken records

Margins by which the 486 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 March 1987

Top 20 records on 10 March 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 March 1987	Gordon Downs, AU	daily rain	197.0 mm (7.8 in)	172.9 mm (6.8 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
10 March 1987	Guararema, BR	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1987	Engordador, BR	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1987	Mairipora, BR	monthly rain	107.6 mm (4.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1987	Perus, BR	daily rain	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1987	Higgins, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	78 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1987	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily low min	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1987	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	109 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1987	Itatiba, BR	daily rain	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1987	Jundiai, BR	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1987	Ibirite, BR	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1987	Richfield, US	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	74 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1987	Rio da Cidade, BR	daily rain	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1987	Villagran (Smn), MX	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1987	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1987	Bad Sooden-Allendorf, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1987	Buenos Aires Observ, AR	daily low max	19.1 C (66.4 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	69 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1987	Pentagna, BR	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1987	Santa Cruz Das Palmeiras, BR	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1987	Joanopolis, BR	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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

1807 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1987. 1987 had 595 records.

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

Records on 03-10 in each year
Year	Records
1807	1
1809	1
1810	3
1834	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1858	2
1860	4
1862	1
1866	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1877	2
1878	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	3
1884	1
1886	2
1888	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	4
1894	10
1895	1
1896	2
1897	7
1898	1
1901	12
1902	4
1903	6
1904	13
1905	4
1906	26
1907	14
1908	14
1909	16
1910	14
1911	21
1912	53
1913	78
1914	29
1915	29
1916	33
1917	36
1918	73
1919	28
1920	22
1921	65
1922	58
1923	87
1924	236
1925	265
1926	122
1927	93
1928	107
1929	407
1930	96
1931	374
1932	1,857
1933	267
1934	479
1935	338
1936	406
1937	218
1938	142
1939	497
1940	367
1941	260
1942	233
1943	490
1944	646
1945	250
1946	274
1947	316
1948	1,943
1949	511
1950	500
1951	753
1952	478
1953	355
1954	573
1955	1,308
1956	633
1957	607
1958	490
1959	256
1960	834
1961	351
1962	765
1963	470
1964	934
1965	306
1966	588
1967	850
1968	557
1969	874
1970	341
1971	533
1972	1,382
1973	1,143
1974	1,376
1975	868
1976	488
1977	1,300
1978	877
1979	538
1980	491
1981	1,178
1982	858
1983	1,014
1984	1,397
1985	758
1986	1,041
1987	595
1988	830
1989	1,846
1990	1,333
1991	406
1992	1,063
1993	753
1994	1,496
1995	1,241
1996	1,978
1997	1,360
1998	1,957
1999	759
2000	1,609
2001	882
2002	850
2003	1,137
2004	942
2005	963
2006	1,625
2007	457
2008	792
2009	1,407
2010	1,287
2011	934
2012	785
2013	937
2014	988
2015	825
2016	1,781
2017	562
2018	410
2019	1,208
2020	753
2021	1,131
2022	1,486
2023	1,139
2024	489
2025	737
2026	1,485

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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 2026-10-17 (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 25	440
25 to 50	31
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	3
175 to 200	1