Weather Records on 9 November 1987

614 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 November 1987. Highest significance: Prescott 2 NNW, US.

Key Facts for 9 November 1987

On 9 November 1987, 614 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
201 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 602 daily.
Prescott 2 NNW set a daily record precipitation of 121.9 mm (4.8 in) on 9 November 1987.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 522 records.

Record Map

614 stations

614 station records on 9 November 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 November 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Pira Wild Horse Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Epping	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Shepherds Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Okay	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Werona (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dekalb	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eromanga - Webber St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Naboomspruit (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Werrina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lands End Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Springleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Emory	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Keo	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sparkman	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McCook	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tinnenburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dzhergital	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nix Store 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paintsville 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ennis	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Skurup_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

614 records

Records set or tied on 9 November 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 273, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 9 November 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	273
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 9 November 1987 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 602.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

502 broken records

Margins by which the 502 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 November 1987

Top 20 records on 9 November 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 November 1987	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	88 years	70 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1987	Pira Wild Horse Plains, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1987	Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1987	Epping, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1987	Flemington Racecourse, AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	53 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1987	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 November 1987	Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate, AU	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	94 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1987	Malvern, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1987	Ivanhoe (Mt Manara), AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	93 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1987	Shepherds Flat, AU	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1987	Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig, AU	daily rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1987	Okay, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	70 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1987	Phuket, TH	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1987	Boerne, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1987	Harleton, US	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1987	Werona (Fairview), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1987	Dekalb, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1987	Eagle, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1987	Clarksville 2NE, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1987	Eromanga - Webber St, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	42 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

1794 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1987. 1987 had 614 records.

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

Records on 11-09 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1828	1
1835	1
1849	1
1856	2
1859	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	2
1875	2
1876	4
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	2
1895	20
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	3
1900	2
1901	2
1902	6
1903	3
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	3
1908	13
1909	11
1910	8
1911	15
1912	12
1913	50
1914	45
1915	34
1916	45
1917	121
1918	19
1919	76
1920	96
1921	176
1922	21
1923	191
1924	89
1925	224
1926	341
1927	213
1928	81
1929	120
1930	280
1931	997
1932	308
1933	652
1934	442
1935	276
1936	368
1937	354
1938	360
1939	346
1940	611
1941	604
1942	384
1943	521
1944	299
1945	1,211
1946	773
1947	499
1948	439
1949	310
1950	903
1951	506
1952	471
1953	483
1954	675
1955	605
1956	426
1957	341
1958	460
1959	309
1960	488
1961	382
1962	611
1963	362
1964	374
1965	227
1966	1,529
1967	629
1968	681
1969	508
1970	603
1971	887
1972	432
1973	996
1974	430
1975	1,339
1976	1,154
1977	1,361
1978	726
1979	815
1980	916
1981	883
1982	1,189
1983	872
1984	920
1985	1,472
1986	1,766
1987	614
1988	588
1989	967
1990	994
1991	2,382
1992	929
1993	715
1994	885
1995	1,304
1996	1,262
1997	774
1998	1,214
1999	2,238
2000	2,444
2001	811
2002	872
2003	732
2004	874
2005	1,655
2006	1,236
2007	744
2008	523
2009	714
2010	1,201
2011	1,082
2012	927
2013	451
2014	475
2015	976
2016	1,247
2017	413
2018	1,217
2019	921
2020	2,410
2021	413
2022	1,489
2023	637
2024	839
2025	499

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Data for records on 1987-11-09: 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	461
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2