Weather Records on 8 December 1987

733 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 December 1987. Highest significance: Ostas I Hegra, NO.

Key Facts for 8 December 1987

On 8 December 1987, 733 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
327 were record highs and 168 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 712 daily.
Ostas I Hegra set a monthly record daily precipitation of 73.4 mm (2.9 in) on 8 December 1987.
Across 151 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

733 stations

733 station records on 8 December 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 December 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Songli	Norway	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Canovanas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	304.8 mm (12.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Key West NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt Roads	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coamo 2 SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gurabo Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cayey 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Juana Diaz Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jimma	Ethiopia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guantanamo Bay NAS	Cuba	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Upolu Point Uscg 159.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sirte	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hegra II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sprague River 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vaernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Luverne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seward	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Calistoga	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Benghazi Benina	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hialeah	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mankato	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tlaquepaque	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Isabel 2 ENE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Akron Washington Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Adak AP	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Agedabia	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Callejones	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Misurata	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria de Itabira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ajaccio	France	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Keno	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montenegro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shahat	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beira	Mozambique	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Siloam Springs 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

733 records

Records set or tied on 8 December 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 103, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 224, Lowest daily minimum 105, Heaviest daily rainfall 192, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 8 December 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	103
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	224
Lowest daily minimum	105
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 8 December 1987 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 712.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

583 broken records

Margins by which the 583 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 December 1987

Top 20 records on 8 December 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 December 1987	Ostas I Hegra, NO	monthly rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	79 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1987	Maunabo, PR	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	85 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1987	Songli, NO	all-time rain	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1987	Canovanas, PR	all-time rain	304.8 mm (12.0 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 December 1987	Namdalseid, NO	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1987	Key West NAS, US	monthly rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1987	Roosevelt Roads, PR	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1987	Coamo 2 SW, PR	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1987	Gurabo Substn, PR	monthly rain	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1987	Fajardo, PR	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1987	Cayey 1 E, PR	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1987	Juana Diaz Camp, PR	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1987	Jimma, ET	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1987	Miami Intl AP, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1987	Guantanamo Bay NAS, CU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1987	Paraiso, PR	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1987	Upolu Point Uscg 159.2, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1987	Centralia, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	85 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1987	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 December 1987	Karlshamn, SE	daily low max	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	87 years	37 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

1796 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1987. 1987 had 733 records.

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

Records on 12-08 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1805	1
1815	2
1824	1
1825	2
1844	2
1846	1
1848	2
1854	1
1856	2
1866	1
1868	3
1869	1
1871	4
1875	2
1879	5
1882	4
1885	1
1886	1
1891	2
1892	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	14
1898	3
1899	4
1900	6
1901	6
1902	17
1903	2
1904	6
1905	6
1906	39
1907	15
1908	11
1909	20
1910	14
1911	21
1912	33
1913	42
1914	59
1915	67
1916	93
1917	106
1918	27
1919	59
1920	95
1921	53
1922	163
1923	176
1924	399
1925	107
1926	80
1927	593
1928	100
1929	136
1930	421
1931	229
1932	327
1933	109
1934	437
1935	229
1936	138
1937	443
1938	447
1939	643
1940	495
1941	140
1942	481
1943	378
1944	269
1945	323
1946	1,331
1947	293
1948	269
1949	275
1950	859
1951	1,430
1952	539
1953	361
1954	354
1955	199
1956	890
1957	429
1958	794
1959	538
1960	544
1961	289
1962	413
1963	739
1964	375
1965	509
1966	1,255
1967	442
1968	436
1969	617
1970	801
1971	978
1972	1,825
1973	506
1974	631
1975	497
1976	1,130
1977	1,503
1978	2,440
1979	507
1980	1,527
1981	951
1982	835
1983	924
1984	989
1985	1,099
1986	958
1987	733
1988	581
1989	1,426
1990	847
1991	918
1992	689
1993	957
1994	1,178
1995	764
1996	949
1997	1,194
1998	1,348
1999	530
2000	1,056
2001	513
2002	735
2003	862
2004	1,172
2005	2,056
2006	2,166
2007	1,042
2008	924
2009	1,593
2010	1,951
2011	968
2012	724
2013	1,403
2014	404
2015	1,125
2016	594
2017	677
2018	747
2019	623
2020	942
2021	362
2022	682
2023	909
2024	426
2025	986

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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	535
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	3
140 to 160	1