Weather Records on 11 April 1987

440 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 April 1987. Highest significance: Turnu Magurele, RO.

Key Facts for 11 April 1987

On 11 April 1987, 440 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
139 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 430 daily.
Turnu Magurele set a daily record precipitation of 32.8 mm (1.3 in) on 11 April 1987.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

440 stations

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

Weather records on 11 April 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Propria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Antonio Prado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Igarapava	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	135.8 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Ipero	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Antonio Escobedo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zaaiplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roselandia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Tiradentes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kooskia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jau (Cpef)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Instituto Biologico	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Caetano Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lagoa Grande (Mmv)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caucaia Do Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	47.2 C (117.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waialua 847	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Santo Angelo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Downieville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Osborne	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Passo Tainhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Engenheiro Hermilo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Metehara	Ethiopia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aldeinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Agua Soca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mikkalo 6 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Batista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mascota (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mae Hong Son	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta State AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Girua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Comercio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Don	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Observatorio Do Iag	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Paulo (Aeroport	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport Radio Wsal	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Hurtado	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sivas	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Los Banos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Placerville 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

440 records

Records set or tied on 11 April 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 155, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 11 April 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 11 April 1987 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 430.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

372 broken records

Margins by which the 372 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 April 1987

Top 20 records on 11 April 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 April 1987	Turnu Magurele, RO	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1987	Darwin Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	99 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1987	Propria, BR	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1987	Antonio Prado, BR	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1987	Igarapava, BR	monthly rain	135.8 mm (5.3 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1987	Bairro Ipero, BR	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1987	Antonio Escobedo (Smn), MX	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1987	Zaaiplaats, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1987	Roselandia, BR	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1987	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	26.9 C (80.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	110 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1987	Eastport, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	90 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1987	Porto Tiradentes, BR	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1987	Juncos 1 SE, PR	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1987	Kooskia, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1987	Cuatro Cienegas (Smn), MX	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	77 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1987	Grafton, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	88 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1987	Jau (Cpef), BR	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1987	Detour Village, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	76 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1987	Instituto Biologico, BR	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1987	Odendaalsrus, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	36 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

1800 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1987. 1987 had 440 records.

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

Records on 04-11 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1803	1
1808	1
1809	1
1812	3
1818	1
1831	1
1832	1
1834	1
1837	1
1845	1
1854	1
1857	1
1863	2
1865	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	1
1874	1
1876	2
1879	2
1880	2
1881	1
1882	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	4
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1894	7
1895	5
1896	3
1898	7
1899	11
1900	6
1901	4
1902	6
1903	13
1904	12
1905	20
1906	19
1907	7
1908	12
1909	30
1910	19
1911	19
1912	47
1913	48
1914	38
1915	127
1916	64
1917	62
1918	43
1919	42
1920	73
1921	32
1922	140
1923	89
1924	169
1925	197
1926	198
1927	156
1928	220
1929	214
1930	761
1931	185
1932	497
1933	481
1934	246
1935	261
1936	175
1937	245
1938	289
1939	611
1940	932
1941	579
1942	301
1943	546
1944	626
1945	890
1946	383
1947	478
1948	921
1949	402
1950	322
1951	623
1952	502
1953	594
1954	392
1955	610
1956	420
1957	508
1958	473
1959	582
1960	469
1961	532
1962	384
1963	450
1964	255
1965	763
1966	599
1967	757
1968	663
1969	353
1970	522
1971	495
1972	792
1973	1,479
1974	982
1975	851
1976	478
1977	1,231
1978	854
1979	977
1980	399
1981	1,036
1982	1,132
1983	1,040
1984	623
1985	952
1986	1,062
1987	440
1988	1,162
1989	1,931
1990	1,347
1991	1,287
1992	978
1993	722
1994	952
1995	2,134
1996	1,182
1997	3,077
1998	916
1999	1,318
2000	667
2001	1,865
2002	568
2003	1,156
2004	888
2005	930
2006	666
2007	962
2008	1,373
2009	1,102
2010	623
2011	1,664
2012	806
2013	1,482
2014	633
2015	399
2016	534
2017	489
2018	795
2019	812
2020	625
2021	892
2022	1,179
2023	1,036
2024	782
2025	1,177
2026	604

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 11 April 1987
Margin	Records
0 to 20	347
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2