Weather Records on 7 July 1987

728 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 July 1987. Highest significance: Beaconsfield 3N, US.

Key Facts for 7 July 1987

On 7 July 1987, 728 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
267 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 687 daily.
Beaconsfield 3N set a monthly record daily precipitation of 146.1 mm (5.8 in) on 7 July 1987.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

728 stations

728 station records on 7 July 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 July 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beaconsfield 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Worms	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bourges	France	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paso de San Antonio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	164.8 mm (6.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saarbrucken/Ensheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Venustiano Carranza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Luxembourg Airport	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bajanaul	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cuernavaca (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deming	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saxton 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Girua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tlacotepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Guaracha	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Capuluaque (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cronulla South Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lorentzweiler	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zoh Laguna	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Centenario	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Klippeneck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ytterhogdal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tularosa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttle	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Valerio Trujano	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Jaripo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Apizaco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Edsbyn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paxton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Banksia Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

728 records

Records set or tied on 7 July 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 117, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 296.

Records on 7 July 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	117
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	296
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 July 1987 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 40, daily 687.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

566 broken records

Margins by which the 566 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 July 1987

Top 20 records on 7 July 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 July 1987	Beaconsfield 3N, US	monthly rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1987	Worms, DE	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1987	St Charles Elm Pt, US	monthly rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1987	Weilerswist-Lommersum, DE	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1987	Waukesha Wwtp, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1987	Bourges, FR	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1987	Nurnberg, DE	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	90 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1987	Scottsburg, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	91 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1987	Paso de San Antonio, MX	daily rain	164.8 mm (6.5 in)	139.9 mm (5.5 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1987	Brunswick, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1987	Saarbrucken/Ensheim, DE	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1987	Ciudad Venustiano Carranza, MX	monthly rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1987	Ellsworth, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1987	Luxembourg Airport, LU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1987	Lamoni, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1987	Bethany, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1987	Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr, DE	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1987	Koolau Dam 833, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1987	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1987	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high max	18.0 C (64.4 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	104 years	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 728 records.

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

Records on 07-07 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1812	1
1813	1
1815	1
1819	3
1821	1
1825	1
1828	2
1835	1
1845	1
1850	1
1856	2
1857	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	1
1870	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	1
1877	3
1878	2
1879	1
1883	1
1887	4
1889	2
1890	8
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	3
1899	2
1900	14
1901	5
1902	13
1903	10
1904	4
1905	11
1906	12
1907	6
1908	26
1909	22
1910	16
1911	67
1912	31
1913	17
1914	49
1915	72
1916	126
1917	120
1918	42
1919	37
1920	42
1921	65
1922	135
1923	166
1924	166
1925	198
1926	135
1927	184
1928	200
1929	122
1930	332
1931	442
1932	315
1933	337
1934	390
1935	311
1936	795
1937	280
1938	268
1939	359
1940	467
1941	334
1942	516
1943	309
1944	411
1945	299
1946	208
1947	532
1948	404
1949	374
1950	431
1951	416
1952	515
1953	623
1954	622
1955	485
1956	1,170
1957	394
1958	749
1959	391
1960	663
1961	318
1962	294
1963	510
1964	549
1965	388
1966	304
1967	430
1968	624
1969	967
1970	391
1971	467
1972	1,155
1973	1,120
1974	652
1975	571
1976	679
1977	828
1978	794
1979	924
1980	848
1981	1,025
1982	795
1983	1,013
1984	1,044
1985	939
1986	770
1987	728
1988	1,251
1989	1,040
1990	781
1991	1,040
1992	938
1993	1,762
1994	1,394
1995	576
1996	1,218
1997	752
1998	1,382
1999	971
2000	823
2001	983
2002	667
2003	664
2004	1,084
2005	949
2006	1,061
2007	1,067
2008	1,174
2009	930
2010	1,411
2011	749
2012	1,423
2013	549
2014	539
2015	1,263
2016	717
2017	904
2018	550
2019	506
2020	556
2021	930
2022	744
2023	577
2024	1,277
2025	562
2026	522

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Data for records on 1987-07-07: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	512
20 to 40	47
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1