Weather Records on 19 September 1987

1,113 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 September 1987. Highest significance: Aksu-Ayuli, KZ.

Key Facts for 19 September 1987

On 19 September 1987, 1,113 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
534 were record highs and 187 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 1,081 daily.
Aksu-Ayuli set a monthly record daily precipitation of 27.1 mm (1.1 in) on 19 September 1987.
Across 166 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 410 records.

Record Map

1,113 stations

1,113 station records on 19 September 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 September 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aksu-Ayuli	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kleinfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Laingsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ethridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brielle	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Urjupino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vega de Alatorre	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kootwijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sretensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vondelingsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Keshan	China	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
West Medway	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nuevo Ixcatlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Horto Florestal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Selopugino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
A Coruna	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mullin	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jose de Melo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Paraiso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Andres	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgeland 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vermelho Velho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bombana (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oostvoorne	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nijkerk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lajes Ab	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ijsselmonde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,113 records

Records set or tied on 19 September 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 235, Lowest daily maximum 128, Highest daily minimum 299, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 390, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 19 September 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	235
Lowest daily maximum	128
Highest daily minimum	299
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	390
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 19 September 1987 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 32, daily 1,081.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

913 broken records

Margins by which the 913 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 September 1987

Top 20 records on 19 September 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 September 1987	Aksu-Ayuli, KZ	monthly rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	46 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 September 1987	Kleinfontein, ZA	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1987	Hope 3 NE, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1987	Laingsburg, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1987	Ethridge, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1987	Corozal Substn, PR	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1987	Brielle, NL	daily rain	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1987	San Marcos, MX	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1987	Urjupino, RU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1987	Bonham 3NNE, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1987	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	110 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1987	Huichapan, MX	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1987	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1987	Ft Ripley, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1987	Middletown 2 NW, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	85 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1987	Vega de Alatorre, MX	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1987	Kootwijk, NL	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1987	Sretensk, RU	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1987	Vondelingsfontein, ZA	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1987	Keshan, CN	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	39 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

1805 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1987. 1987 had 1,113 records.

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

Records on 09-19 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1818	1
1820	1
1825	1
1830	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	3
1851	2
1854	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1877	2
1881	2
1882	4
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	7
1890	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	5
1896	2
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	17
1902	6
1903	16
1904	9
1905	18
1906	33
1907	9
1908	5
1909	16
1910	16
1911	4
1912	39
1913	200
1914	48
1915	174
1916	38
1917	134
1918	62
1919	52
1920	53
1921	109
1922	81
1923	83
1924	90
1925	356
1926	171
1927	152
1928	211
1929	435
1930	154
1931	400
1932	292
1933	343
1934	171
1935	240
1936	152
1937	331
1938	519
1939	292
1940	459
1941	430
1942	830
1943	540
1944	406
1945	417
1946	802
1947	694
1948	457
1949	303
1950	474
1951	240
1952	545
1953	467
1954	557
1955	578
1956	661
1957	638
1958	354
1959	774
1960	344
1961	445
1962	387
1963	403
1964	350
1965	1,080
1966	529
1967	417
1968	433
1969	493
1970	437
1971	1,127
1972	629
1973	438
1974	637
1975	570
1976	390
1977	719
1978	1,139
1979	727
1980	591
1981	1,462
1982	594
1983	1,630
1984	970
1985	926
1986	737
1987	1,113
1988	973
1989	911
1990	874
1991	2,027
1992	752
1993	885
1994	736
1995	1,096
1996	1,069
1997	1,107
1998	1,039
1999	611
2000	947
2001	1,188
2002	866
2003	1,094
2004	964
2005	814
2006	851
2007	633
2008	647
2009	700
2010	1,414
2011	848
2012	775
2013	578
2014	715
2015	520
2016	999
2017	703
2018	871
2019	584
2020	668
2021	511
2022	666
2023	622
2024	707
2025	554
2026	711

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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	798
10 to 20	71
20 to 30	28
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1