Weather Records on 8 August 1987

861 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1987. Highest significance: David City 4E, US.

Key Facts for 8 August 1987

On 8 August 1987, 861 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
332 were record highs and 285 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 832 daily.
David City 4E set a daily record precipitation of 83.1 mm (3.3 in) on 8 August 1987.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

861 stations

861 station records on 8 August 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Panguitch	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vendinga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Loris 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high maximum temperature	41.4 C (106.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caliente	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pedernal 9 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Water Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Olive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bel'cy	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lompoc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Encinal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Langley	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Allison	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

861 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 178, Highest daily minimum 196, Lowest daily minimum 107, Heaviest daily rainfall 244.

Records on 8 August 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	178
Highest daily minimum	196
Lowest daily minimum	107
Heaviest daily rainfall	244
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1987 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 24, daily 832.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

648 broken records

Margins by which the 648 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1987

Top 20 records on 8 August 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1987	David City 4E, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1987	Tekamah, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	62 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1987	Panguitch, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1987	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	64 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1987	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	96.1 mm (3.8 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1987	Oakland, US	daily rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1987	Osceola, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 August 1987	Red Oak, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1987	Ashland #2, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1987	Independence #1, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	103 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1987	White Lake, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1987	Waterloo, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1987	Rush 1N, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1987	Vendinga, RU	daily rain	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1987	Jefferson, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	78 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1987	Wahoo, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1987	Genoa 2 W, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1987	Mt Ayr, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1987	Kirov, RU	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1987	Loris 2 S, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	37 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

1793 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1987. 1987 had 861 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

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Data for records on 1987-08-08: 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	599
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3