Weather Records on 25 March 1987

859 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 March 1987. Highest significance: Miami, US.

Key Facts for 25 March 1987

On 25 March 1987, 859 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
316 were record highs and 186 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 836 daily.
Miami set a daily record snow depth of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 25 March 1987.
Across 164 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

859 stations

859 station records on 25 March 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 March 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Miami	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Philip AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkestone, Howick	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eschwege	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Simusir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ogies (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winner	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winner	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blunt	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Matua	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uruapan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weston College, Mooi	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chitedze	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bonesteel	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Peter 4ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Antonio Escobedo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burwell 2WSW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chambers	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crossroads 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vryheid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haddam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Imuris (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Otatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield 7 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsonville	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aneth Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

859 records

Records set or tied on 25 March 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 188, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 185, Heaviest daily snowfall 73, Deepest snow cover 99.

Records on 25 March 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	188
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	73
Deepest snow cover	99

Records on 25 March 1987 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 18, daily 836.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

694 broken records

Margins by which the 694 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 March 1987

Top 20 records on 25 March 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 March 1987	Miami, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1987	Mason City, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	87 years	67 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1987	Philip AP, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1987	Petersburg 2 N, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1987	Hawkestone, Howick, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1987	Broken Bow 2 W, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1987	Perryton, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1987	Eschwege, DE	daily snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1987	Simusir, RU	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1987	Ogies (Pol), ZA	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1987	Chiricahua Nm, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1987	Winner, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1987	Cimarron, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	74 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1987	Winner, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1987	Hoxie, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	85 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1987	Atkinson 3SW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	73 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1987	Blunt, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1987	Matua, RU	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1987	Broken Bow 2 W, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1987	Lynch, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	46 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

1806 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1987. 1987 had 859 records.

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

Records on 03-25 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1830	1
1837	1
1841	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	1
1857	1
1861	1
1862	2
1865	2
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1876	4
1877	1
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1882	2
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	1
1896	10
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	2
1901	11
1902	13
1903	16
1904	21
1905	22
1906	20
1907	10
1908	8
1909	26
1910	65
1911	14
1912	22
1913	125
1914	68
1915	21
1916	26
1917	33
1918	25
1919	38
1920	82
1921	73
1922	33
1923	80
1924	45
1925	101
1926	289
1927	113
1928	265
1929	473
1930	216
1931	95
1932	283
1933	331
1934	402
1935	377
1936	227
1937	539
1938	427
1939	606
1940	1,544
1941	351
1942	518
1943	227
1944	373
1945	816
1946	528
1947	395
1948	274
1949	421
1950	348
1951	489
1952	429
1953	598
1954	667
1955	1,548
1956	849
1957	534
1958	355
1959	251
1960	1,108
1961	369
1962	330
1963	569
1964	893
1965	1,553
1966	536
1967	655
1968	787
1969	938
1970	297
1971	699
1972	439
1973	681
1974	1,110
1975	690
1976	472
1977	553
1978	725
1979	768
1980	382
1981	1,059
1982	540
1983	1,146
1984	704
1985	424
1986	660
1987	859
1988	1,250
1989	777
1990	1,204
1991	828
1992	642
1993	834
1994	1,210
1995	1,181
1996	1,481
1997	777
1998	1,222
1999	793
2000	654
2001	1,159
2002	814
2003	463
2004	1,395
2005	695
2006	1,000
2007	1,926
2008	1,455
2009	910
2010	756
2011	738
2012	1,113
2013	2,029
2014	986
2015	567
2016	511
2017	596
2018	784
2019	421
2020	882
2021	709
2022	957
2023	1,805
2024	806
2025	1,707
2026	2,283

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 25 March 1987
Margin	Records
0 to 100	643
100 to 200	35
200 to 300	14
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1