Weather Records on 22 August 1987

801 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1987. Highest significance: Westcliffe, US.

Key Facts for 22 August 1987

On 22 August 1987, 801 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
470 were record highs and 150 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 768 daily.
Westcliffe set a daily record precipitation of 70.4 mm (2.8 in) on 22 August 1987.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

801 stations

801 station records on 22 August 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Youngstown-Warren Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Zanesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Verhoture	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Tract	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shilka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Satenas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elyria 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluffs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lindong	China	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ubon Ratchathani	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
East Lansing 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chardon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aniak AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Srednij Kalar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Webster Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago Ixcuintla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Njukzha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

801 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 214, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 256, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 181.

Records on 22 August 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	214
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	256
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1987 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 27, daily 768.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

595 broken records

Margins by which the 595 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 1987

Top 20 records on 22 August 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1987	Westcliffe, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1987	Linesville 1 S, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1987	Izmail, UA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1987	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1987	Youngstown-Warren Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1987	Zanesville Muni AP, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1987	Verhoture, RU	all-time rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1987	Upper Tract, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1987	Monroe, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1987	Shilka, RU	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1987	Satenas, SE	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1987	Elyria 3 E, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1987	Klamath Falls 2 SSW, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	87 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1987	Calarasi, RO	daily low max	16.5 C (61.7 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	87 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1987	Port Lincoln (Woolga), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1987	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1987	Ravenna, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	78 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1987	Maxwell 3 NW, US	monthly rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1987	Warren 3 S, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1987	Castle Rock, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	90 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

1802 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1987. 1987 had 801 records.

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

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	781
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,359
2026	992

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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	533
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1