Weather Records on 7 August 1987

1,146 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1987. Highest significance: Velikie Luki, RU.

Key Facts for 7 August 1987

On 7 August 1987, 1,146 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
308 were record highs and 569 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 1,092 daily.
Velikie Luki set an all-time record daily precipitation of 105.8 mm (4.2 in) on 7 August 1987.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

1,146 stations

1,146 station records on 7 August 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	105.8 mm (4.2 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mesa Verde Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
McGill	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Voru	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Javlenka	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Orderville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vitebsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wah Wah Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	Syria	Record high minimum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pelion 0.8 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Helsinki Kaisaniemi AWS	Finland	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alamogordo	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Attu	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Casas Grandes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nuevo Casas Grandes (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high maximum temperature	42.4 C (108.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vyborg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aleppo	Syria	Record high maximum temperature	46.3 C (115.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Demopolis L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Potter	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pskov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clarks Hill 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blue	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Bow	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valga	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,146 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 130, Lowest daily maximum 229, Highest daily minimum 178, Lowest daily minimum 340, Heaviest daily rainfall 269.

Records on 7 August 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	130
Lowest daily maximum	229
Highest daily minimum	178
Lowest daily minimum	340
Heaviest daily rainfall	269
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1987 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 48, daily 1,092.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

934 broken records

Margins by which the 934 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1987

Top 20 records on 7 August 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1987	Velikie Luki, RU	all-time rain	105.8 mm (4.2 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
7 August 1987	Mesa Verde Np, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1987	McGill, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1987	Goldsboro 4 SE, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	78 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1987	Saint Paul, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1987	Hatch, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1987	Viljandi, EE	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1987	Voru, EE	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1987	Javlenka, KZ	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1987	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1987	Dalton, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1987	Orderville, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1987	Vitebsk, BY	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1987	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low min	5.3 C (41.5 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1987	Wah Wah Rch, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1987	Palmyra, SY	daily high min	29.2 C (84.6 F)	6.4 C (11.5 F)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1987	Pelion 0.8 NW, US	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1987	Concord, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1987	Bakke, NO	daily rain	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	86 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1987	Nikolaevskoe, RU	all-time rain	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	39 years	46 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

1808 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1987. 1987 had 1,146 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,047

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 7 August 1987
Margin	Records
0 to 10	844
10 to 20	44
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	14
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	1