Weather Records on 22 July 1987

1,234 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 July 1987. Highest significance: Kalispell Glacier AP, US.

Key Facts for 22 July 1987

On 22 July 1987, 1,234 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
372 were record highs and 512 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 56 monthly and 1,174 daily.
Kalispell Glacier AP set a monthly record daily precipitation of 53.1 mm (2.1 in) on 22 July 1987.
Across 171 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

1,234 stations

1,234 station records on 22 July 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 July 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bombala (Cambalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bigfork 13 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	266.7 mm (10.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chemult	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 32 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Squaw Butte-Northern Great Bas	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cass Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sumiha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Thompson Falls Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Ville	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Little River	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Toketee Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Forks Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Paulowna	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hungry Horse Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Skq Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
E Glacier	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Esashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eerbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hamersveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
W Glacier	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Star Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 1 NE Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wickiup Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halstad	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Park City G.C.	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Honohina 137	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willigulli North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	Syria	Record low minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tangancicuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,234 records

Records set or tied on 22 July 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 187, Lowest daily maximum 318, Highest daily minimum 185, Lowest daily minimum 194, Heaviest daily rainfall 350.

Records on 22 July 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	187
Lowest daily maximum	318
Highest daily minimum	185
Lowest daily minimum	194
Heaviest daily rainfall	350
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 July 1987 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 56, daily 1,174.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

967 broken records

Margins by which the 967 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 July 1987

Top 20 records on 22 July 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 July 1987	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	monthly rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
22 July 1987	Bombala (Cambalong), AU	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	75 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1987	Mayville, US	all-time rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	72 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1987	Prospect 2 SW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1987	Fortine 1 N, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1987	Elephant Butte Dam, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1987	Sharon, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1987	Bigfork 13 S, US	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1987	Crater Lake Nps HQ, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1987	Pahoa 65, US	monthly rain	266.7 mm (10.5 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1987	Chemult, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1987	Libby 32 SSE, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1987	Schwerin, DE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1987	Squaw Butte-Northern Great Bas, US	monthly rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1987	Babb 6 NE, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1987	Hangzhou, CN	daily rain	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1987	Irapuato, MX	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	78 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1987	Cedarville, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	74 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1987	Cass Lake, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1987	Sumiha, RU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	51 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 1,234 records.

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

Records on 07-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1797	2
1806	2
1808	1
1809	1
1811	1
1813	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1850	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1883	1
1885	3
1886	5
1887	2
1889	5
1890	5
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	5
1897	2
1898	4
1900	4
1901	12
1902	3
1903	10
1904	4
1905	12
1906	20
1907	11
1908	9
1909	7
1910	30
1911	26
1912	40
1913	38
1914	52
1915	28
1916	39
1917	34
1918	212
1919	36
1920	71
1921	172
1922	54
1923	107
1924	342
1925	268
1926	345
1927	329
1928	200
1929	267
1930	282
1931	367
1932	291
1933	307
1934	805
1935	250
1936	331
1937	368
1938	404
1939	345
1940	470
1941	236
1942	278
1943	392
1944	633
1945	280
1946	455
1947	1,196
1948	533
1949	419
1950	738
1951	384
1952	797
1953	404
1954	668
1955	618
1956	350
1957	544
1958	450
1959	581
1960	419
1961	519
1962	393
1963	504
1964	418
1965	543
1966	541
1967	295
1968	473
1969	454
1970	1,105
1971	449
1972	715
1973	981
1974	602
1975	335
1976	521
1977	478
1978	1,172
1979	646
1980	844
1981	1,551
1982	710
1983	1,025
1984	945
1985	712
1986	784
1987	1,234
1988	1,001
1989	838
1990	1,026
1991	810
1992	1,393
1993	1,193
1994	1,075
1995	1,241
1996	1,062
1997	1,106
1998	989
1999	756
2000	1,020
2001	1,183
2002	1,002
2003	1,536
2004	805
2005	1,197
2006	1,938
2007	1,190
2008	839
2009	1,294
2010	1,350
2011	1,940
2012	675
2013	604
2014	669
2015	661
2016	895
2017	509
2018	910
2019	513
2020	453
2021	558
2022	782
2023	676
2024	718
2025	877
2026	873

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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 10	844
10 to 20	62
20 to 30	35
30 to 40	19
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1