Weather Records on 13 November 1987

722 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 November 1987. Highest significance: Machias, US.

Key Facts for 13 November 1987

On 13 November 1987, 722 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
283 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 714 daily.
Machias set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 13 November 1987.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

722 stations

722 station records on 13 November 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 November 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Machias	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kenai AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Boston	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kroonplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valsugana Velha-Montante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
West Medway	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marechal Floriano (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	145.1 mm (5.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Duas Barras (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	108.4 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paysandu	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fundao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	127.2 mm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hertzogville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adamsonsvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kasilof 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ware	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Driekop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guarapari (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kjelsas I Sorkedalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Matilde (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vega de Alatorre	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gvarv	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Esperanza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Doornpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grootkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Washington Reagan Natl AP	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Antonio Escobedo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grimeli I Krodsherad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Verkeerdevlei (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flora	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Skwentna	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Olivine	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

722 records

Records set or tied on 13 November 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 218, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 246, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 54.

Records on 13 November 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	218
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	246
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	54

Records on 13 November 1987 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 714.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

584 broken records

Margins by which the 584 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 November 1987

Top 20 records on 13 November 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 November 1987	Machias, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	93 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1987	Kenai AP, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	12.5 cm (4.9 in)	85 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1987	Hiasen I Sigdal, NO	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1987	Boston, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1987	Colesberg (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	95 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1987	Plymouth-Kingston, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1987	Goshen, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1987	Nieu-Bethesda (Pol), ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1987	Kroonplaats, ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1987	Valsugana Velha-Montante, BR	daily rain	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1987	West Medway, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1987	Marechal Floriano (Dnos), BR	all-time rain	145.1 mm (5.7 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1987	Duas Barras (Dnos), BR	daily rain	108.4 mm (4.3 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1987	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1987	E Wareham, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1987	Paysandu, UY	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1987	Harnosand, SE	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1987	Fundao, BR	daily rain	127.2 mm (5.0 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1987	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	98 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1987	Bau, BR	monthly rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	23 years	40 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

1795 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1987. 1987 had 722 records.

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

Records on 11-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1823	2
1825	1
1826	1
1835	2
1848	1
1852	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	2
1866	4
1869	3
1870	1
1873	4
1874	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	2
1883	1
1886	2
1888	1
1890	3
1893	1
1894	5
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	8
1902	17
1903	6
1904	14
1905	13
1906	29
1907	13
1908	9
1909	33
1910	11
1911	62
1912	30
1913	112
1914	43
1915	26
1916	162
1917	66
1918	10
1919	162
1920	88
1921	100
1922	49
1923	178
1924	188
1925	240
1926	129
1927	93
1928	213
1929	426
1930	346
1931	528
1932	357
1933	252
1934	225
1935	317
1936	292
1937	335
1938	429
1939	266
1940	1,131
1941	321
1942	116
1943	144
1944	759
1945	606
1946	566
1947	241
1948	171
1949	440
1950	321
1951	516
1952	246
1953	465
1954	282
1955	1,493
1956	262
1957	395
1958	644
1959	873
1960	397
1961	540
1962	212
1963	360
1964	618
1965	442
1966	388
1967	467
1968	818
1969	620
1970	433
1971	425
1972	1,035
1973	657
1974	658
1975	763
1976	1,219
1977	570
1978	1,014
1979	500
1980	524
1981	884
1982	1,086
1983	1,057
1984	678
1985	1,636
1986	2,629
1987	722
1988	641
1989	1,107
1990	1,155
1991	984
1992	831
1993	1,582
1994	1,091
1995	1,248
1996	1,076
1997	1,330
1998	1,168
1999	2,053
2000	1,597
2001	818
2002	609
2003	867
2004	804
2005	1,071
2006	897
2007	525
2008	768
2009	1,065
2010	1,631
2011	695
2012	507
2013	718
2014	1,591
2015	623
2016	629
2017	266
2018	1,144
2019	2,622
2020	577
2021	473
2022	1,145
2023	566
2024	364
2025	1,238

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	543
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1