Weather Records on 27 July 1987

1,108 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 1987. Highest significance: La Crosse River, US.

Key Facts for 27 July 1987

On 27 July 1987, 1,108 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
414 were record highs and 436 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 1,087 daily.
La Crosse River set a monthly record daily precipitation of 133.1 mm (5.2 in) on 27 July 1987.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

1,108 stations

1,108 station records on 27 July 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 July 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Petrozawodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Qitai	China	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leon (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wenzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high maximum temperature	43.2 C (109.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Methoni	Greece	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Izana	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Jocoque	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Girua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newlyn - Cynthia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gavriila Buhta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malkal	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	303.0 mm (11.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	38.6 C (101.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cacahoatan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Union Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuetzalan del Progreso	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tancochapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Selby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Plutarco Elias Calles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Colusa 2 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aldinga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brotterode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Creel (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Falfurrias	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sanderson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,108 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 180, Lowest daily maximum 262, Highest daily minimum 234, Lowest daily minimum 174, Heaviest daily rainfall 258.

Records on 27 July 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	180
Lowest daily maximum	262
Highest daily minimum	234
Lowest daily minimum	174
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 1987 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 14, daily 1,087.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

883 broken records

Margins by which the 883 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 1987

Top 20 records on 27 July 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 1987	La Crosse River, US	monthly rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	87 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1987	Petrozawodsk, RU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1987	Qitai, CN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1987	Leon (Dge), MX	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1987	Wenzhou, CN	daily rain	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1987	Nicosia, CY	daily high max	43.2 C (109.8 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	85 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1987	Methoni, GR	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1987	Izana, ES	all-time high max	29.2 C (84.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1987	Presa Jocoque, MX	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1987	Port Isabel, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1987	Kenai AP, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	86 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1987	Innsbruck, AT	daily low min	7.9 C (46.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	103 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1987	Nicosia, CY	daily high min	26.6 C (79.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	91 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1987	Putbus, DE	daily low max	14.9 C (58.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	109 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1987	Irapuato, MX	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1987	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily low min	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	97 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1987	Viroqua, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1987	Girua, BR	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1987	Newlyn - Cynthia, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1987	Sonnblick, AT	daily low min	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	76 years	38 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

1805 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1987. 1987 had 1,108 records.

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

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	591
2015	744
2016	564
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,170

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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	809
10 to 20	42
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2