Weather Records on 11 March 1987

596 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 March 1987. Highest significance: Matias Romero (Smn), MX.

Key Facts for 11 March 1987

On 11 March 1987, 596 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 339 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 587 daily.
Matias Romero (Smn) set a daily record precipitation of 51.8 mm (2.0 in) on 11 March 1987.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

596 stations

596 station records on 11 March 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 March 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Matias Romero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Eschwege	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Larissa	Greece	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Candelaria (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Nova Do Paraopeba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Funk Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Garrafao (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Camacho	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart River Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.6 mm (4.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cope Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Varzea da Palma	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhauser	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Novi Sad	Serbia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Towson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Serdan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Sooden-Allendorf	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuetzalan del Progreso	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pecos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jourdanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Einbeck	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tantima	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lassance	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Escola Florestal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gottingen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gastonia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Erfurt-Bindersleben	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

596 records

Records set or tied on 11 March 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 196, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 143, Heaviest daily rainfall 121, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 39.

Records on 11 March 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	196
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	143
Heaviest daily rainfall	121
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	39

Records on 11 March 1987 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 587.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

478 broken records

Margins by which the 478 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

11 March 1987

Top 20 records on 11 March 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 March 1987	Matias Romero (Smn), MX	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1987	Eschwege, DE	daily snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1987	Richland, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1987	Larissa, GR	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1987	Candelaria (Smn), MX	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1987	Coleman, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1987	Water Valley, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1987	Machilipatnam, IN	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1987	Ponte Nova Do Paraopeba, BR	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1987	Odesa, UA	daily low max	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	88 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1987	Odesa, UA	daily low min	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	88 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1987	Simferopol, UA	daily low min	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1987	Porto Alegre, BR	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1987	Simferopol, UA	daily low max	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1987	Funk Rch, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1987	Garrafao (Dnos), BR	monthly rain	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1987	Camacho, MX	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1987	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1987	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1987	Lockhart River Airport, AU	daily rain	125.6 mm (4.9 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	35 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 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1987. 1987 had 596 records.

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

Records on 03-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1810	3
1814	1
1822	1
1844	1
1845	2
1847	3
1849	1
1850	2
1854	3
1855	1
1858	3
1859	1
1860	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	8
1903	12
1904	7
1905	6
1906	38
1907	7
1908	10
1909	26
1910	19
1911	19
1912	19
1913	22
1914	25
1915	18
1916	29
1917	49
1918	58
1919	39
1920	15
1921	66
1922	42
1923	78
1924	265
1925	264
1926	134
1927	277
1928	119
1929	210
1930	105
1931	273
1932	1,123
1933	300
1934	764
1935	520
1936	356
1937	188
1938	120
1939	569
1940	417
1941	265
1942	225
1943	251
1944	304
1945	262
1946	461
1947	234
1948	2,148
1949	329
1950	671
1951	677
1952	804
1953	330
1954	489
1955	1,103
1956	964
1957	521
1958	441
1959	189
1960	1,115
1961	353
1962	674
1963	440
1964	296
1965	386
1966	539
1967	1,272
1968	519
1969	1,093
1970	389
1971	552
1972	1,320
1973	1,406
1974	956
1975	592
1976	375
1977	1,690
1978	579
1979	891
1980	472
1981	1,539
1982	807
1983	943
1984	743
1985	829
1986	747
1987	596
1988	1,176
1989	1,894
1990	2,496
1991	532
1992	1,083
1993	561
1994	689
1995	1,138
1996	1,339
1997	1,152
1998	2,609
1999	533
2000	1,199
2001	802
2002	736
2003	935
2004	826
2005	988
2006	1,590
2007	830
2008	816
2009	1,195
2010	966
2011	734
2012	868
2013	949
2014	556
2015	897
2016	1,249
2017	483
2018	479
2019	767
2020	605
2021	980
2022	1,203
2023	984
2024	424
2025	699
2026	1,580

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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 50	461
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1