Weather Records on 19 December 1987

1,095 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1987. Highest significance: Helena 1 SSE, US.

Key Facts for 19 December 1987

On 19 December 1987, 1,095 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
437 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 1,060 daily.
Helena 1 SSE set a daily record snow depth of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 19 December 1987.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

1,095 stations

1,095 station records on 19 December 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Archer City 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Throckmorton	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Orienta 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Torreoes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ze da Rosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cresciumal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ringgold	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson Camp Ave Exp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Antelope	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Levelland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Santa Terezinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Legune	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hanna	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anson	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Piratininga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Funk Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Robert Lee 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Campolide	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madill	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Wood	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe Bay MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Divisa de Anitapolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olimpia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.7 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mairipora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roselandia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Piracaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beregovo	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,095 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 174, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 263, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 520, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 61.

Records on 19 December 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	174
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	263
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	520
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	61

Records on 19 December 1987 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 35, daily 1,060.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

946 broken records

Margins by which the 946 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 1987

Top 20 records on 19 December 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1987	Helena 1 SSE, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1987	Muskogee, US	monthly rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1987	Newry, AU	daily rain	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	76 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1987	Archer City 2W, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1987	Throckmorton, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1987	Orienta 1SSW, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1987	McAlester Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	91 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1987	Holbrook, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1987	Victoria River Downs, AU	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1987	Torreoes, BR	daily rain	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1987	Geneseo, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	91 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1987	Ada, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1987	Healdton 3 E, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1987	Wellington, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1987	Ze da Rosa, BR	monthly rain	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1987	Nueva Esperanza, MX	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1987	Cresciumal, BR	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1987	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1987	Vandalia, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1987	Lindsay 2 W, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	46 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

1793 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1987. 1987 had 1,095 records.

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

Records on 12-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1795	1
1805	1
1835	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	3
1855	3
1859	3
1860	1
1861	2
1869	2
1870	1
1875	2
1877	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	16
1903	2
1904	19
1905	5
1906	9
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	22
1911	17
1912	41
1913	50
1914	23
1915	31
1916	38
1917	36
1918	24
1919	53
1920	30
1921	60
1922	155
1923	180
1924	492
1925	79
1926	152
1927	222
1928	45
1929	386
1930	76
1931	650
1932	239
1933	459
1934	455
1935	110
1936	689
1937	211
1938	237
1939	390
1940	392
1941	588
1942	654
1943	364
1944	241
1945	700
1946	182
1947	283
1948	397
1949	632
1950	545
1951	622
1952	469
1953	517
1954	443
1955	906
1956	287
1957	984
1958	386
1959	249
1960	432
1961	595
1962	670
1963	966
1964	753
1965	392
1966	851
1967	1,063
1968	900
1969	381
1970	485
1971	288
1972	325
1973	1,014
1974	252
1975	843
1976	398
1977	569
1978	1,191
1979	829
1980	456
1981	1,515
1982	768
1983	2,804
1984	1,066
1985	1,179
1986	609
1987	1,095
1988	1,001
1989	1,740
1990	1,463
1991	1,236
1992	1,176
1993	1,153
1994	692
1995	1,459
1996	2,108
1997	830
1998	855
1999	609
2000	1,154
2001	627
2002	1,467
2003	996
2004	664
2005	697
2006	1,061
2007	689
2008	1,545
2009	1,937
2010	1,610
2011	832
2012	774
2013	636
2014	537
2015	1,109
2016	1,080
2017	783
2018	397
2019	541
2020	327
2021	603
2022	494
2023	1,224
2024	864
2025	1,542

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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 50	915
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1