Weather Records on 8 June 1987

920 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 June 1987. Highest significance: Alamogordo, US.

Key Facts for 8 June 1987

On 8 June 1987, 920 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
295 were record highs and 301 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 878 daily.
Alamogordo set a daily record precipitation of 34.5 mm (1.4 in) on 8 June 1987.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

920 stations

920 station records on 8 June 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 June 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alamogordo	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Itarana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Presa Parral	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mointy	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Joao de Petropolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Candelaria	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville Chase Naas	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hartline	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine 10 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rairden 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sandefjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Helsinki Kaisaniemi AWS	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Molndal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Maloya	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lyngor Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Amvrosiivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Sauz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson Camp Ave Exp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wuzhou	China	Record low minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sattahip	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sidsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ibitiuva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Iizuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kuygan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lyman	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yeelirrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Iwami Airport	Japan	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Junta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

920 records

Records set or tied on 8 June 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 119, Lowest daily maximum 191, Highest daily minimum 176, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 324.

Records on 8 June 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	119
Lowest daily maximum	191
Highest daily minimum	176
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	324
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 June 1987 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 38, daily 878.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

766 broken records

Margins by which the 766 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 June 1987

Top 20 records on 8 June 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 June 1987	Alamogordo, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1987	Itarana, BR	monthly rain	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1987	Presa Parral, MX	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1987	Mointy, KZ	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1987	Duncan, US	all-time rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1987	Wooster Exp STN, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1987	Sao Joao de Petropolis, BR	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1987	Axel, NL	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	81 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1987	Lugano, CH	daily rain	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1987	Candelaria, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1987	Beeville Chase Naas, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1987	Hartline, US	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1987	Brownsville, US	monthly low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	83 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1987	Valentine 10 WSW, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1987	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily high max	22.7 C (72.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	113 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1987	Rairden 2WSW, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1987	Sandefjord, NO	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1987	Hope, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1987	Vestervig, DK	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1987	Helsinki Kaisaniemi AWS, FI	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	41 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 920 records.

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

Records on 06-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1804	1
1808	1
1811	1
1816	1
1837	1
1838	1
1841	3
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	2
1862	3
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1885	1
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	5
1892	1
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	2
1902	3
1903	22
1904	4
1905	7
1906	30
1907	6
1908	40
1909	6
1910	11
1911	32
1912	48
1913	31
1914	56
1915	191
1916	51
1917	50
1918	48
1919	31
1920	71
1921	393
1922	88
1923	83
1924	175
1925	151
1926	119
1927	123
1928	134
1929	154
1930	292
1931	356
1932	304
1933	808
1934	364
1935	279
1936	240
1937	251
1938	347
1939	244
1940	230
1941	802
1942	307
1943	177
1944	403
1945	343
1946	272
1947	550
1948	787
1949	347
1950	1,153
1951	593
1952	358
1953	567
1954	312
1955	701
1956	549
1957	342
1958	423
1959	473
1960	301
1961	588
1962	301
1963	500
1964	581
1965	391
1966	368
1967	411
1968	617
1969	458
1970	576
1971	504
1972	780
1973	631
1974	835
1975	576
1976	494
1977	1,385
1978	1,035
1979	1,005
1980	739
1981	1,107
1982	649
1983	974
1984	1,088
1985	1,271
1986	729
1987	920
1988	1,230
1989	1,026
1990	691
1991	906
1992	825
1993	1,054
1994	1,246
1995	1,654
1996	1,751
1997	1,267
1998	1,402
1999	1,217
2000	1,298
2001	980
2002	971
2003	1,158
2004	1,197
2005	1,299
2006	863
2007	1,463
2008	1,771
2009	840
2010	710
2011	1,491
2012	577
2013	729
2014	732
2015	759
2016	747
2017	560
2018	385
2019	704
2020	914
2021	854
2022	452
2023	785
2024	588
2025	747
2026	402

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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	722
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1