Weather Records on 23 August 1987

1,119 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 1987. Highest significance: Hatch, US.

Key Facts for 23 August 1987

On 23 August 1987, 1,119 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
371 were record highs and 403 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 1,077 daily.
Hatch set an all-time record daily precipitation of 87.9 mm (3.5 in) on 23 August 1987.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

1,119 stations

1,119 station records on 23 August 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 August 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Webster Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Slavgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Strathalbyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paulistrom	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bolmen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Archer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sakon Nakhon	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Park City G.C.	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maxcanu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deurne	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Donald (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Byers 5 ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Anthonis	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boesmansrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walker	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aneth Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,119 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 119, Lowest daily maximum 257, Highest daily minimum 252, Lowest daily minimum 146, Heaviest daily rainfall 345.

Records on 23 August 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	119
Lowest daily maximum	257
Highest daily minimum	252
Lowest daily minimum	146
Heaviest daily rainfall	345
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 1987 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 40, daily 1,077.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

861 broken records

Margins by which the 861 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 1987

Top 20 records on 23 August 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 1987	Hatch, US	all-time rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1987	Webster Springs, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1987	Slavgorod, RU	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1987	Bell Ranch, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1987	Strathalbyn, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	77 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1987	Sharon Springs, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	93 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1987	Castle Rock, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	90 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1987	Rico, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	88 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1987	East London -Signal STN, ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	85 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1987	Paulistrom, SE	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1987	Lugano, CH	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	81 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1987	Bolmen, SE	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1987	Orskar_A, SE	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	98 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1987	Crested Butte, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1987	Pipestone, US	monthly low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	85 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1987	Springer, US	monthly low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	90 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1987	Archer, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	65 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1987	Lodgepole, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1987	Birdwood, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	94 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1987	Perpignan, FR	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	45 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 1,119 records.

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

Records on 08-23 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1813	2
1816	2
1817	1
1818	1
1829	1
1839	3
1840	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1853	2
1857	1
1858	1
1864	1
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1877	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1890	3
1891	4
1892	4
1893	4
1894	2
1895	3
1896	6
1897	1
1898	8
1899	8
1900	2
1901	10
1902	9
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	27
1907	15
1908	18
1909	10
1910	15
1911	23
1912	44
1913	9
1914	23
1915	63
1916	23
1917	26
1918	91
1919	24
1920	102
1921	280
1922	58
1923	284
1924	127
1925	182
1926	99
1927	198
1928	196
1929	240
1930	432
1931	412
1932	211
1933	342
1934	308
1935	220
1936	980
1937	522
1938	654
1939	439
1940	535
1941	375
1942	540
1943	505
1944	578
1945	338
1946	416
1947	1,071
1948	594
1949	456
1950	461
1951	347
1952	456
1953	292
1954	438
1955	375
1956	501
1957	645
1958	402
1959	494
1960	806
1961	644
1962	364
1963	380
1964	724
1965	357
1966	802
1967	541
1968	1,384
1969	728
1970	518
1971	610
1972	614
1973	650
1974	612
1975	627
1976	703
1977	557
1978	577
1979	459
1980	552
1981	663
1982	713
1983	1,264
1984	862
1985	1,187
1986	839
1987	1,119
1988	1,604
1989	902
1990	661
1991	697
1992	1,291
1993	796
1994	738
1995	1,212
1996	1,161
1997	1,599
1998	1,138
1999	802
2000	936
2001	834
2002	931
2003	1,103
2004	862
2005	786
2006	728
2007	1,513
2008	966
2009	1,241
2010	1,244
2011	1,412
2012	688
2013	397
2014	960
2015	673
2016	595
2017	543
2018	479
2019	445
2020	1,093
2021	629
2022	781
2023	1,287
2024	1,150
2025	1,295
2026	592

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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 20	823
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1