Weather Records on 7 December 1987

866 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 1987. Highest significance: Churchman Brook, AU.

Key Facts for 7 December 1987

On 7 December 1987, 866 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
429 were record highs and 160 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 838 daily.
Churchman Brook set a monthly record daily precipitation of 65.4 mm (2.6 in) on 7 December 1987.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

866 stations

866 station records on 7 December 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Churchman Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Licking 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzyletrek	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jewett	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Armadale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 1NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lidice	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Misurata	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gasquet Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz Das Palmeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maud	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kennewick	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Taboas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Akita	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Upton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sirte	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Council	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parma Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anaconda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbatore/Peelamed	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sirte	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nakhon Si Thammarat	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weiser	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Benghazi Benina	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holter Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jordan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Adak AP	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Union Hidalgo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

866 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 202, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 227, Lowest daily minimum 92, Heaviest daily rainfall 263, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 7 December 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	202
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	227
Lowest daily minimum	92
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 7 December 1987 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 838.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

687 broken records

Margins by which the 687 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

7 December 1987

Top 20 records on 7 December 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 1987	Churchman Brook, AU	monthly rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	74 of 100 (Major)
7 December 1987	Bird City 10S, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1987	Licking 4N, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1987	Gyzyletrek, TM	monthly rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1987	Payette, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	85 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1987	Jewett, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1987	Longview, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1987	Armadale, AU	monthly rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1987	Livingston 2 NNE, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1987	Elk City 1NE, US	monthly high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1987	Lidice, BR	daily rain	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1987	Salem, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1987	Misurata, LY	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1987	Gasquet Rs, US	daily rain	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1987	Cambridge, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	89 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1987	Santa Cruz Das Palmeiras, BR	daily rain	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1987	Esengyly, TM	monthly rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1987	Maud, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1987	Kennewick, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	89 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1987	Taboas, BR	daily rain	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	36 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

1801 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1987. 1987 had 866 records.

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

Records on 12-07 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1805	1
1812	2
1815	1
1825	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	4
1848	3
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1866	1
1868	5
1871	5
1875	6
1879	5
1881	1
1884	2
1885	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	1
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	8
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	16
1903	9
1904	7
1905	3
1906	21
1907	4
1908	24
1909	21
1910	26
1911	7
1912	21
1913	19
1914	32
1915	53
1916	36
1917	52
1918	30
1919	38
1920	81
1921	39
1922	272
1923	128
1924	374
1925	119
1926	372
1927	404
1928	105
1929	146
1930	534
1931	180
1932	555
1933	130
1934	274
1935	270
1936	602
1937	890
1938	279
1939	780
1940	145
1941	139
1942	526
1943	199
1944	357
1945	240
1946	855
1947	240
1948	320
1949	187
1950	1,472
1951	1,751
1952	447
1953	673
1954	445
1955	195
1956	1,358
1957	589
1958	831
1959	539
1960	561
1961	206
1962	642
1963	436
1964	467
1965	476
1966	1,047
1967	386
1968	461
1969	952
1970	724
1971	854
1972	2,239
1973	448
1974	508
1975	404
1976	1,037
1977	1,369
1978	1,882
1979	827
1980	1,314
1981	896
1982	542
1983	957
1984	957
1985	922
1986	1,126
1987	866
1988	582
1989	675
1990	744
1991	698
1992	906
1993	544
1994	1,772
1995	912
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	2,384
1999	674
2000	1,085
2001	743
2002	917
2003	1,184
2004	1,096
2005	1,433
2006	1,246
2007	1,402
2008	833
2009	972
2010	1,405
2011	1,507
2012	643
2013	2,119
2014	479
2015	1,079
2016	389
2017	508
2018	558
2019	447
2020	597
2021	547
2022	579
2023	952
2024	712
2025	665

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Data for records on 1987-12-07: 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	645
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1