Weather Records on 6 December 1987

978 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1987. Highest significance: Holbrook, US.

Key Facts for 6 December 1987

On 6 December 1987, 978 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
492 were record highs and 186 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 943 daily.
Holbrook set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 6 December 1987.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

978 stations

978 station records on 6 December 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Holbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Beulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Botataboomen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Maseru	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Do Costa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aparan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Weed Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maclear (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oliphantspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chewelah	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Campania (the Pines)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cass Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lobatse	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caxambu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Antonio Escobedo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Doorndraai	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willits 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston (Distillery Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baependi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Congonhal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glengarry (No3)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Legkraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Callahan	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Juca Casimiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Misurata	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mbulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weiser	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clear Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Prosser	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond (Lowlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cradle Valley (Waldheim)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Luminarias	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.9 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Itanhaem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emgcewe (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Garfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Luverne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

978 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 224, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 268, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 274, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 6 December 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	224
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	268
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	274
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 6 December 1987 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 33, daily 943.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

769 broken records

Margins by which the 769 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1987

Top 20 records on 6 December 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1987	Holbrook, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1987	Beulah, US	all-time rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	83 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1987	Botataboomen, ZA	monthly rain	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1987	N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1987	Maseru, LS	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1987	Brainerd, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1987	Ponte Do Costa, BR	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1987	Tiruchchirapalli, IN	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1987	Aparan, AM	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1987	Leech Lake, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1987	Weed Fire Dept, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1987	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	89 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1987	Maclear (Mag), ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1987	Oliphantspoort, ZA	daily rain	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1987	Harleton, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1987	Chewelah, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1987	Fayette, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1987	Campania (the Pines), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1987	Cass Lake, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1987	Lobatse, BW	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 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

1804 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1987. 1987 had 978 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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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	719
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1