Weather Records on 25 July 1987

1,248 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 July 1987. Highest significance: White Lake, US.

Key Facts for 25 July 1987

On 25 July 1987, 1,248 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
687 were record highs and 315 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 19 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 1,169 daily.
White Lake set a daily record precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 25 July 1987.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

1,248 stations

1,248 station records on 25 July 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 July 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	61 of 100 (Major)
Peterboro 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tapalpa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Debaltseve	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tacotan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Atemajac de Brizuela	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fredrika	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Casimiro Castillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
El Cuchillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ignacio Lopez Rayon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cuitzmala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Gregorio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tecoman (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ashburnham	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koosharem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tangancicuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Otatitlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Florida	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laxbacken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dinosaur Nm-Quarry Area	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Autlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beemer	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pilger	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Union de Tula	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	38.4 C (101.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flakatrask	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lovanger	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,248 records

Records set or tied on 25 July 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 364, Lowest daily maximum 222, Highest daily minimum 323, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 246.

Records on 25 July 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	364
Lowest daily maximum	222
Highest daily minimum	323
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	246
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 July 1987 by timescale: all-time 19, monthly 60, daily 1,169.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

898 broken records

Margins by which the 898 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 July 1987

Top 20 records on 25 July 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 July 1987	White Lake, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	66 of 100 (Major)
25 July 1987	Sarajevo, BA	all-time high min	26.0 C (78.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	71 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 July 1987	Peterboro 2 S, US	all-time high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	86 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 July 1987	Hartington, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1987	Tapalpa (Smn), MX	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1987	W Pt, US	all-time high min	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 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)
25 July 1987	Debaltseve, UA	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1987	Tacotan, MX	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1987	Atemajac de Brizuela, MX	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1987	Fredrika, SE	all-time rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1987	Casimiro Castillo, MX	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1987	El Cuchillo, MX	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1987	Wanakena Rngr School, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1987	Loa, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	86 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1987	Tarcutta (Wollumbi), AU	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1987	Ignacio Lopez Rayon, MX	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1987	Cuitzmala, MX	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1987	Hatteras, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1987	Biskra, DZ	daily high min	33.9 C (93.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	70 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

1795 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1987. 1987 had 1,248 records.

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

Records on 07-25 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1801	1
1832	2
1836	1
1839	2
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1870	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	4
1888	1
1889	6
1890	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	1
1897	5
1898	3
1899	1
1900	3
1901	5
1902	15
1903	11
1904	18
1905	8
1906	13
1907	14
1908	15
1909	7
1910	26
1911	48
1912	44
1913	19
1914	28
1915	21
1916	48
1917	44
1918	91
1919	36
1920	71
1921	47
1922	149
1923	92
1924	175
1925	120
1926	119
1927	145
1928	248
1929	158
1930	367
1931	381
1932	402
1933	430
1934	968
1935	210
1936	881
1937	301
1938	343
1939	342
1940	607
1941	381
1942	272
1943	234
1944	279
1945	297
1946	432
1947	445
1948	346
1949	593
1950	451
1951	330
1952	426
1953	497
1954	427
1955	401
1956	378
1957	421
1958	376
1959	451
1960	286
1961	362
1962	756
1963	636
1964	460
1965	446
1966	456
1967	273
1968	364
1969	448
1970	387
1971	656
1972	465
1973	690
1974	589
1975	672
1976	502
1977	979
1978	501
1979	847
1980	543
1981	1,008
1982	723
1983	1,110
1984	891
1985	768
1986	1,155
1987	1,248
1988	899
1989	959
1990	984
1991	1,149
1992	799
1993	1,558
1994	1,244
1995	971
1996	1,016
1997	939
1998	1,037
1999	1,172
2000	1,261
2001	1,201
2002	801
2003	1,421
2004	1,693
2005	1,213
2006	1,679
2007	1,103
2008	900
2009	758
2010	1,678
2011	1,026
2012	835
2013	622
2014	919
2015	651
2016	661
2017	865
2018	1,115
2019	1,253
2020	538
2021	768
2022	1,041
2023	775
2024	921
2025	965
2026	1,263

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Data for records on 1987-07-25: 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	861
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1