Weather Records on 3 August 1987

1,105 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 1987. Highest significance: Coldwater, US.

Key Facts for 3 August 1987

On 3 August 1987, 1,105 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
547 were record highs and 216 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 1,053 daily.
Coldwater set an all-time record high minimum temperature of 30.0 C (86.0 F) on 3 August 1987.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

1,105 stations

1,105 station records on 3 August 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coldwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	63 of 100 (Major)
Napoopoo 28	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Torntorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jarensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sorbytorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Breadalbane (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vendinga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sahty	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Premer Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Binda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Vale (Numeralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Black Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Motul	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cabbage Tree Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Batamaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Overtornea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alpharetta 4 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Tyers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Narva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brjansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine Miller Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga Research Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weabonga (Monomeeth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Abercrombie (Abercrombie Bridg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Altomunster-Maisbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Svatove	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barringun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha (Craigdarroch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Acaponeta	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Segen-Kyuel	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral Ridge Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,105 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 217, Lowest daily maximum 135, Highest daily minimum 330, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 342.

Records on 3 August 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	217
Lowest daily maximum	135
Highest daily minimum	330
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	342
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 1987 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 45, daily 1,053.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

771 broken records

Margins by which the 771 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 1987

Top 20 records on 3 August 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 1987	Coldwater, US	all-time high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1987	Napoopoo 28, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1987	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 August 1987	Milford 4 NW, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1987	Torntorp, SE	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1987	Mitchell 5E, US	all-time rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1987	Jarensk, RU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1987	Sorbytorp, SE	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1987	Breadalbane (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1987	Vendinga, RU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1987	Sahty, RU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1987	Wellington (Agrowplow), AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1987	Premer Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1987	Binda Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1987	Swan Vale (Numeralla), AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1987	Black Mountain, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1987	Greensburg, US	monthly rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1987	Motul, MX	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1987	Hanty-Mansijsk, RU	monthly high min	22.3 C (72.1 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1987	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	42 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

1815 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1987. 1987 had 1,105 records.

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

Records on 08-03 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1834	2
1835	1
1838	1
1841	1
1847	1
1849	1
1854	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1868	1
1872	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	4
1879	3
1880	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1894	1
1895	11
1896	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	6
1900	2
1902	6
1903	12
1904	6
1905	7
1906	20
1907	31
1908	23
1909	21
1910	14
1911	31
1912	68
1913	21
1914	24
1915	49
1916	55
1917	72
1918	71
1919	34
1920	56
1921	181
1922	33
1923	149
1924	165
1925	99
1926	300
1927	315
1928	332
1929	207
1930	816
1931	313
1932	319
1933	304
1934	434
1935	520
1936	555
1937	350
1938	542
1939	866
1940	292
1941	305
1942	328
1943	521
1944	530
1945	259
1946	316
1947	586
1948	414
1949	415
1950	445
1951	547
1952	326
1953	617
1954	401
1955	713
1956	640
1957	378
1958	389
1959	360
1960	482
1961	620
1962	359
1963	352
1964	891
1965	679
1966	444
1967	327
1968	368
1969	625
1970	394
1971	891
1972	757
1973	724
1974	906
1975	978
1976	892
1977	544
1978	832
1979	486
1980	800
1981	579
1982	778
1983	807
1984	925
1985	691
1986	750
1987	1,105
1988	1,046
1989	824
1990	845
1991	705
1992	869
1993	1,033
1994	973
1995	1,216
1996	965
1997	709
1998	1,406
1999	893
2000	869
2001	1,021
2002	1,000
2003	1,504
2004	980
2005	912
2006	1,514
2007	750
2008	926
2009	746
2010	1,392
2011	1,518
2012	685
2013	535
2014	961
2015	615
2016	640
2017	1,144
2018	1,039
2019	451
2020	708
2021	841
2022	654
2023	1,044
2024	1,401
2025	929
2026	1,242

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Data for records on 1987-08-03: 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 10	660
10 to 20	72
20 to 30	29
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1