Weather Records on 13 December 1987

675 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 December 1987. Highest significance: Estancia 4N, US.

Key Facts for 13 December 1987

On 13 December 1987, 675 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
148 were record highs and 116 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 619 daily.
Estancia 4N set a monthly record daily snowfall of 43.2 cm (17.0 in) on 13 December 1987.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

675 stations

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

Weather records on 13 December 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
El Paso Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bonney Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Middalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.6 mm (7.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cavern City AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kihei 311	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Opihihale #2 24.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dilijan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Follett	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Borger	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paia 406	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Follett	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Keahua 410	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lanihau 68.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wyola 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waiakea Scd 88.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	340.4 mm (13.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Montpellier-Aeroport	France	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Afton 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
White Signal	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koloko Rsvr 1137	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spreckelsville 400	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fantan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bingham 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis 13 N	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elida	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Intake Wainiha 1086	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salt Springs Pwr House	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pedernal 9 E	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saigo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pedernal 9 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Deming	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Borger	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sandia Park	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Rs 338	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis 13 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Claflin	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amarillo	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roswell Ind Air Pk	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

675 records

Records set or tied on 13 December 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 249, Heaviest daily snowfall 110, Deepest snow cover 52.

Records on 13 December 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	249
Heaviest daily snowfall	110
Deepest snow cover	52

Records on 13 December 1987 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 46, daily 619.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

565 broken records

Margins by which the 565 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 December 1987

Top 20 records on 13 December 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 December 1987	Estancia 4N, US	monthly snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 years	71 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1987	El Paso Intl AP, US	all-time snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	31 years	71 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1987	Kilauea 1134, US	daily rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	66 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1987	Bonney Downs, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	65 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1987	Middalya, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1987	Gran Quivira Natl Mon, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	81 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1987	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	182.6 mm (7.2 in)	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1987	Cavern City AP, US	monthly snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1987	Kihei 311, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1987	Opihihale #2 24.1, US	monthly rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1987	Dilijan, AM	monthly rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1987	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1987	Follett, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1987	Somerton (Bective Estate), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1987	Estancia 4N, US	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	81 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1987	Borger, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1987	Moanalua 770, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1987	Paia 406, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1987	El Paso Intl AP, US	monthly rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1987	Aztec Ruins Nm, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	46 years	50 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 675 records.

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

Records on 12-13 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	2
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	2
1855	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1878	6
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1887	1
1890	1
1891	9
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	5
1901	4
1902	13
1903	13
1904	8
1905	3
1906	7
1907	11
1908	6
1909	23
1910	45
1911	72
1912	42
1913	23
1914	35
1915	51
1916	207
1917	144
1918	87
1919	52
1920	55
1921	65
1922	84
1923	206
1924	139
1925	160
1926	228
1927	566
1928	227
1929	303
1930	52
1931	525
1932	385
1933	422
1934	186
1935	168
1936	242
1937	375
1938	89
1939	159
1940	426
1941	324
1942	312
1943	244
1944	426
1945	355
1946	455
1947	306
1948	450
1949	321
1950	290
1951	226
1952	431
1953	222
1954	345
1955	479
1956	477
1957	566
1958	855
1959	297
1960	981
1961	898
1962	1,365
1963	442
1964	398
1965	811
1966	653
1967	743
1968	593
1969	545
1970	221
1971	567
1972	991
1973	625
1974	291
1975	1,038
1976	411
1977	685
1978	446
1979	1,072
1980	536
1981	912
1982	740
1983	1,121
1984	1,172
1985	1,642
1986	381
1987	675
1988	906
1989	1,355
1990	649
1991	1,734
1992	1,113
1993	960
1994	1,094
1995	1,634
1996	833
1997	1,126
1998	1,221
1999	964
2000	2,914
2001	1,092
2002	602
2003	1,131
2004	493
2005	589
2006	957
2007	720
2008	1,583
2009	1,016
2010	1,776
2011	833
2012	837
2013	451
2014	1,046
2015	2,363
2016	397
2017	749
2018	380
2019	520
2020	445
2021	420
2022	1,122
2023	485
2024	296
2025	1,344

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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	472
50 to 100	50
100 to 150	22
150 to 200	12
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	1