Weather Records on 25 May 1987

703 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 1987. Highest significance: Launiupoko Intake 376, US.

Key Facts for 25 May 1987

On 25 May 1987, 703 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
190 were record highs and 204 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 685 daily.
Launiupoko Intake 376 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 165.6 mm (6.5 in) on 25 May 1987.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

703 stations

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

Weather records on 25 May 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Launiupoko Intake 376	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Floyd 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yichang	China	Record daily precipitation	139.1 mm (5.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Osterley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lake St Clair (Hec)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
City of Melbourne Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dergholm (Dorodong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoopa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Nelson Lighthouse Compari	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lushi	China	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Selmer	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ross (Macquarie River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Culpanovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	94.1 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Margaret Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aceituna Wtp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
W Liberty 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Casca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zunyi	China	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Margaret Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Piranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Castra Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ouse (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Westbury (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston Airport Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tecamachalco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmot (Back Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Paineiras (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vega de Alatorre	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Simmesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Juquitiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

703 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 134, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 307, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 25 May 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	134
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	307
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 25 May 1987 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 685.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

572 broken records

Margins by which the 572 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 1987

Top 20 records on 25 May 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 1987	Launiupoko Intake 376, US	monthly rain	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 years	71 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1987	Queenstown (Copper Mine), AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1987	Hailey 3 NNW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1987	Floyd 2 NE, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1987	Yichang, CN	monthly rain	139.1 mm (5.5 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	13 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1987	Osterley, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1987	Lake St Clair (Hec), AU	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1987	City of Melbourne Bay, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1987	Dergholm (Dorodong), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1987	Naracoopa, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1987	Cape Nelson Lighthouse Compari, AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1987	Lushi, CN	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1987	Selmer, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1987	Seward AP, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1987	Ross (Macquarie River), AU	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1987	Culpanovo, RU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1987	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	94.1 mm (3.7 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1987	Lake Margaret Dam, AU	daily rain	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1987	Aceituna Wtp, PR	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1987	Rock Springs, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	45 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 703 records.

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

Records on 05-25 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1797	1
1824	1
1830	1
1837	2
1839	1
1841	1
1846	2
1847	3
1848	1
1852	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1887	2
1889	3
1890	12
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	10
1902	2
1903	7
1904	14
1905	9
1906	41
1907	18
1908	25
1909	20
1910	35
1911	15
1912	21
1913	46
1914	33
1915	20
1916	33
1917	53
1918	22
1919	36
1920	59
1921	208
1922	118
1923	113
1924	277
1925	675
1926	221
1927	240
1928	301
1929	122
1930	156
1931	262
1932	358
1933	400
1934	219
1935	301
1936	407
1937	176
1938	456
1939	322
1940	259
1941	297
1942	534
1943	567
1944	392
1945	225
1946	371
1947	588
1948	317
1949	371
1950	644
1951	542
1952	436
1953	1,024
1954	284
1955	1,068
1956	940
1957	463
1958	439
1959	316
1960	493
1961	254
1962	567
1963	352
1964	716
1965	662
1966	295
1967	946
1968	394
1969	367
1970	385
1971	700
1972	477
1973	595
1974	820
1975	922
1976	412
1977	946
1978	581
1979	1,432
1980	1,160
1981	1,072
1982	714
1983	1,147
1984	677
1985	519
1986	500
1987	703
1988	635
1989	1,190
1990	656
1991	1,768
1992	1,682
1993	824
1994	773
1995	1,546
1996	1,304
1997	1,513
1998	882
1999	708
2000	1,417
2001	1,201
2002	1,001
2003	918
2004	903
2005	909
2006	801
2007	1,420
2008	840
2009	1,088
2010	1,512
2011	1,180
2012	1,616
2013	912
2014	761
2015	407
2016	429
2017	829
2018	800
2019	641
2020	564
2021	505
2022	752
2023	305
2024	688
2025	527
2026	913

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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 20	520
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1