Weather Records on 16 September 1987

783 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1987. Highest significance: Red Oak, US.

Key Facts for 16 September 1987

On 16 September 1987, 783 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
473 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 736 daily.
Red Oak set a daily record precipitation of 96.5 mm (3.8 in) on 16 September 1987.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

783 stations

783 station records on 16 September 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wagner	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ottosdal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	356.0 mm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Big Fk 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zinapecuaro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hawarden	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alum Fk	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cotonou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mullen 21 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Del Bonita	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Benedito Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna del Fresno	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ragan	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brenham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beemer	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Neligh	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carnarvon Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bombana (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Penjamo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

783 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 197, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 276, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 209, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 September 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	197
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	276
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 September 1987 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 44, daily 736.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

580 broken records

Margins by which the 580 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 219.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1987

Top 20 records on 16 September 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1987	Red Oak, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	81 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1987	Lufkin Angelina Co AP, US	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	77 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1987	Wagner, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 September 1987	Ottosdal, ZA	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1987	Table Rock 4N, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1987	Hachijojima, JP	daily rain	356.0 mm (14.0 in)	219.2 mm (8.6 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1987	Big Fk 1 SSE, US	daily rain	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1987	Malvern, US	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1987	Baraboo Wwtp, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1987	Dodge, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1987	Osceola, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1987	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high min	11.2 C (52.2 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	101 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1987	Guthrie Ctr, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	90 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1987	Zinapecuaro, MX	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1987	W Pt, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1987	Benton, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1987	Newcastle, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1987	Vermillion 2 SE, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1987	Wisconsin Dells Wwtp, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1987	Monticello Muni AP, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	100 years	43 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 783 records.

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

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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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 50	570
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1