Weather Records on 14 March 1987

631 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 March 1987. Highest significance: Mikkalo 6 W, US.

Key Facts for 14 March 1987

On 14 March 1987, 631 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
146 were record highs and 226 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 624 daily.
Mikkalo 6 W set a monthly record daily precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 14 March 1987.
Across 156 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

631 stations

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

Weather records on 14 March 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mikkalo 6 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Eschwege	Germany	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bilasuvar	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-New Cemetry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montello Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haxby 18 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gottingen	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Akita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Serenje	Zambia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gyoytapa	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Niigata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dalton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huejuquilla El Alto (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Sooden-Allendorf	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kanazawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Witzenhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dearborn	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhauser	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oldenburg (A)	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lansing Capital City AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jacigua (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Esashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Rosarito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grosse Pointe Farms	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Essen/Mulheim	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ceballos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cuetzalan del Progreso	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

631 records

Records set or tied on 14 March 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 163, Heaviest daily rainfall 134, Heaviest daily snowfall 79, Deepest snow cover 46.

Records on 14 March 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	163
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	79
Deepest snow cover	46

Records on 14 March 1987 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 624.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

522 broken records

Margins by which the 522 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 March 1987

Top 20 records on 14 March 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 March 1987	Mikkalo 6 W, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1987	Eschwege, DE	daily snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1987	Bilasuvar, AZ	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1987	Henichesk, UA	daily low min	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1987	Eaton Rapids, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1987	Pretoria-New Cemetry, ZA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1987	Plymouth-Kingston, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1987	Montello Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1987	Oshkosh, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1987	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1987	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	86 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1987	Haxby 18 SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1987	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1987	Gottingen, DE	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1987	Calarasi, RO	daily low min	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	84 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1987	Crosby, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	78 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1987	Akita, JP	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1987	Serenje, ZM	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1987	Gyoytapa, AZ	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1987	Niigata, JP	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 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

1810 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1987. 1987 had 631 records.

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

Records on 03-14 in each year
Year	Records
1810	2
1817	1
1827	1
1828	1
1845	4
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	2
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	3
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	16
1904	9
1905	16
1906	24
1907	16
1908	16
1909	4
1910	29
1911	67
1912	14
1913	109
1914	37
1915	14
1916	17
1917	147
1918	244
1919	21
1920	30
1921	66
1922	79
1923	50
1924	169
1925	140
1926	448
1927	224
1928	156
1929	310
1930	170
1931	258
1932	440
1933	383
1934	227
1935	498
1936	178
1937	427
1938	317
1939	267
1940	393
1941	296
1942	470
1943	414
1944	705
1945	590
1946	893
1947	368
1948	319
1949	302
1950	372
1951	524
1952	345
1953	416
1954	598
1955	288
1956	820
1957	873
1958	514
1959	211
1960	968
1961	501
1962	633
1963	332
1964	322
1965	235
1966	436
1967	914
1968	645
1969	742
1970	489
1971	658
1972	763
1973	1,537
1974	378
1975	1,073
1976	291
1977	827
1978	669
1979	668
1980	780
1981	1,068
1982	860
1983	803
1984	1,060
1985	580
1986	580
1987	631
1988	1,098
1989	1,468
1990	2,475
1991	844
1992	1,109
1993	4,380
1994	1,207
1995	1,436
1996	615
1997	1,490
1998	627
1999	1,187
2000	558
2001	745
2002	1,087
2003	1,534
2004	678
2005	980
2006	1,179
2007	1,565
2008	845
2009	971
2010	691
2011	888
2012	1,565
2013	1,014
2014	892
2015	1,224
2016	911
2017	1,179
2018	646
2019	1,219
2020	934
2021	1,037
2022	507
2023	700
2024	938
2025	1,386
2026	793

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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	477
50 to 100	40
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1