Weather Records on 23 March 1987

1,279 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1987. Highest significance: W Pt, US.

Key Facts for 23 March 1987

On 23 March 1987, 1,279 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
483 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 107 monthly and 1,166 daily.
W Pt set a monthly record daily precipitation of 74.2 mm (2.9 in) on 23 March 1987.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

1,279 stations

1,279 station records on 23 March 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lyons	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Spencer 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Valparaiso	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Solingen-Hohenscheid	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlett 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Panhandle	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Salina Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Remscheid-Lennep	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Western 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eschwege	Germany	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Canadian	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Osmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bellaire 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,279 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 164, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 319, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 533, Heaviest daily snowfall 53, Deepest snow cover 107.

Records on 23 March 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	164
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	319
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	533
Heaviest daily snowfall	53
Deepest snow cover	107

Records on 23 March 1987 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 107, daily 1,166.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,085 broken records

Margins by which the 1,085 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1987

Top 20 records on 23 March 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1987	W Pt, US	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	77 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1987	Onawa 3NW, US	monthly rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	76 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1987	David City 4E, US	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1987	Osceola, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	85 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1987	Crete 4ESE, US	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	93 years	72 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1987	Harlan Co Lake, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1987	Alton, US	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1987	Sterling, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1987	York, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1987	Geneva, US	monthly rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	9 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1987	Lyons, US	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1987	O'Neill, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1987	Spencer 6 SSE, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1987	Valparaiso, US	monthly rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	1 year	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1987	Franklin, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1987	Hastings 4N, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1987	Centerville 6 SE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1987	Solingen-Hohenscheid, DE	daily rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1987	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	monthly rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1987	Emerald 1 W, US	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	57 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

1796 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1987. 1987 had 1,279 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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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 100	1,049
100 to 200	32
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1