Boston Weather in 1987

Historical record of Boston, Massachusetts weather for the year 1987 based on NOAA data.

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1987 Boston Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	August 17
Lowest temperature	-1 °F	February 15
Highest daily low	76 °F	August 18
Lowest daily high	17 °F	December 30
Most daily precipitation	2.5 inches	April 5
Most daily snow	6.2 inches	December 29
Total annual precipitation	45.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	52.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Boston in 1987?

The highest temperature recorded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1987 was 96 °F which happened on August 17.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Boston in 1987

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Aug 17
2	95 °F	Jul 24
3	94 °F	Aug 18
3	94 °F	Jul 25
5	93 °F	Jul 18
5	93 °F	May 30
7	92 °F	Aug 16
7	92 °F	May 31
9	90 °F	Aug 15
10	88 °F	Jul 26

What was the coldest temperature in Boston in 1987?

The lowest temperature recorded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1987 was -1 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Boston in 1987

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-1 °F	February 15
1	-1 °F	February 14
3	3 °F	December 30
4	4 °F	February 16
4	4 °F	February 13
6	7 °F	December 29
7	8 °F	January 27
8	9 °F	January 25
9	11 °F	January 28
9	11 °F	January 24

January 1987 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	39	24	0.05	0.0
January 2	39	31	2.24	3.1
January 3	31	23	0.07	0.6
January 4	35	21	0.00	0.0
January 5	36	24	0.00	0.0
January 6	37	23	0.00	0.0
January 7	44	34	0.00	0.0
January 8	35	26	0.00	0.0
January 9	40	25	0.00	0.0
January 10	42	30	0.82	0.9
January 11	43	32	0.15	0.8
January 12	39	30	0.00	0.0
January 13	38	29	0.00	0.0
January 14	47	27	0.00	0.0
January 15	50	41	0.02	0.0
January 16	46	24	0.00	0.0
January 17	27	15	0.00	0.0
January 18	35	17	0.91	0.7
January 19	31	22	0.47	4.4
January 20	28	18	0.13	1.3
January 21	33	16	0.00	0.0
January 22	40	22	0.75	5.3
January 23	44	16	0.03	0.0
January 24	18	11	0.00	0.0
January 25	26	9	0.00	0.0
January 26	23	14	0.29	3.3
January 27	26	8	0.00	0.0
January 28	28	11	0.00	0.0
January 29	35	18	0.00	0.0
January 30	34	18	0.94	3.0
January 31	36	28	0.41	0.9

February 1987 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	36	25	0.00	0.0
February 2	45	29	0.00	0.0
February 3	43	38	0.00	0.0
February 4	40	30	0.01	0.1
February 5	30	16	0.00	0.0
February 6	39	22	0.00	0.0
February 7	47	28	0.00	0.0
February 8	39	29	0.00	0.0
February 9	38	17	0.70	3.6
February 10	35	13	0.00	0.0
February 11	35	23	0.00	0.0
February 12	33	20	0.00	0.0
February 13	27	4	0.01	0.0
February 14	20	-1	0.00	0.0
February 15	17	-1	0.00	0.0
February 16	35	4	0.00	0.0
February 17	42	18	0.00	0.0
February 18	36	22	0.00	0.0
February 19	37	20	0.00	0.0
February 20	38	21	0.00	0.0
February 21	41	24	0.00	0.0
February 22	45	28	0.00	0.0
February 23	38	30	0.00	0.0
February 24	40	26	0.00	0.0
February 25	41	25	0.00	0.0
February 26	40	25	0.00	0.0
February 27	38	26	0.00	0.0
February 28	47	28	0.00	0.0

March 1987 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	37	34	1.72	0.0
March 2	37	28	0.14	1.2
March 3	33	25	0.01	0.2
March 4	32	25	0.00	0.0
March 5	35	20	0.00	0.0
March 6	49	27	0.00	0.0
March 7	61	41	0.00	0.0
March 8	64	41	0.00	0.0
March 9	48	22	0.00	0.0
March 10	28	12	0.00	0.0
March 11	29	14	0.00	0.0
March 12	37	24	0.00	0.0
March 13	36	30	0.09	0.9
March 14	37	30	0.04	0.4
March 15	39	28	0.00	0.0
March 16	38	27	0.00	0.0
March 17	37	26	0.00	0.0
March 18	45	31	0.00	0.0
March 19	46	33	0.00	0.0
March 20	42	34	0.03	0.0
March 21	39	33	0.17	0.8
March 22	42	35	0.05	0.0
March 23	43	35	0.00	0.0
March 24	56	33	0.00	0.0
March 25	65	39	0.00	0.0
March 26	55	45	0.03	0.0
March 27	63	40	0.00	0.0
March 28	51	42	0.10	0.0
March 29	56	41	0.00	0.0
March 30	62	43	0.00	0.0
March 31	60	44	1.89	0.0

April 1987 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	51	34	0.85	0.0
April 2	54	32	0.00	0.0
April 3	52	41	0.00	0.0
April 4	49	44	0.84	0.0
April 5	47	40	2.52	0.0
April 6	42	40	1.60	0.0
April 7	44	40	0.18	0.0
April 8	49	40	0.02	0.0
April 9	48	41	0.00	0.0
April 10	65	40	0.00	0.0
April 11	65	48	0.00	0.0
April 12	72	41	0.00	0.0
April 13	44	34	0.90	0.0
April 14	45	34	0.00	0.0
April 15	52	40	0.00	0.0
April 16	43	38	0.08	0.0
April 17	43	39	0.09	0.0
April 18	51	43	0.17	0.0
April 19	56	45	0.01	0.0
April 20	50	46	0.03	0.0
April 21	57	44	0.03	0.0
April 22	57	39	0.00	0.0
April 23	45	37	0.00	0.0
April 24	56	45	0.21	0.0
April 25	47	40	0.00	0.0
April 26	50	35	0.00	0.0
April 27	46	35	0.00	0.0
April 28	40	31	1.71	3.2
April 29	51	32	0.22	0.9
April 30	53	43	0.00	0.0

May 1987 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	60	39	0.00
May 2	65	41	0.00
May 3	52	44	0.47
May 4	45	42	0.09
May 5	42	40	0.65
May 6	51	41	0.00
May 7	75	48	0.00
May 8	55	47	0.00
May 9	71	46	0.00
May 10	83	59	0.00
May 11	73	50	0.00
May 12	76	52	0.00
May 13	55	43	0.00
May 14	69	39	0.00
May 15	67	47	0.08
May 16	67	40	0.00
May 17	79	57	0.00
May 18	64	48	0.00
May 19	53	46	0.00
May 20	54	43	0.00
May 21	69	45	0.00
May 22	78	54	0.00
May 23	70	46	0.05
May 24	49	44	0.20
May 25	54	44	0.00
May 26	61	50	0.00
May 27	66	51	0.00
May 28	84	53	0.18
May 29	76	62	0.01
May 30	93	61	0.00
May 31	92	73	0.02

June 1987 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	85	65	0.00
June 2	65	51	1.45
June 3	58	50	0.00
June 4	58	52	0.16
June 5	67	55	0.29
June 6	69	53	0.00
June 7	69	50	0.00
June 8	81	55	0.01
June 9	76	60	0.00
June 10	73	56	0.00
June 11	76	55	0.00
June 12	68	58	0.03
June 13	79	59	0.14
June 14	82	55	0.01
June 15	87	68	0.00
June 16	82	62	0.00
June 17	71	56	0.00
June 18	80	57	0.00
June 19	86	60	0.00
June 20	81	62	0.00
June 21	66	58	0.00
June 22	67	58	0.42
June 23	59	54	0.10
June 24	82	53	0.00
June 25	67	53	0.00
June 26	60	53	0.00
June 27	61	57	0.01
June 28	76	57	0.00
June 29	83	59	0.00
June 30	86	67	0.00

July 1987 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	80	66	0.00
July 2	69	57	0.70
July 3	62	57	0.00
July 4	85	58	0.00
July 5	74	64	0.00
July 6	78	60	0.00
July 7	76	57	0.00
July 8	72	62	0.04
July 9	80	66	0.00
July 10	75	65	0.00
July 11	80	66	0.00
July 12	82	70	0.00
July 13	80	72	0.00
July 14	83	71	0.01
July 15	79	65	0.07
July 16	71	60	0.00
July 17	76	61	0.00
July 18	93	64	0.00
July 19	81	68	0.00
July 20	82	68	0.00
July 21	77	63	0.00
July 22	72	61	0.00
July 23	80	63	0.00
July 24	95	70	0.00
July 25	94	73	0.00
July 26	88	69	0.00
July 27	84	64	0.00
July 28	83	64	0.00
July 29	70	58	0.00
July 30	80	60	0.00
July 31	74	65	0.00

August 1987 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	82	61	0.00
August 2	80	61	0.12
August 3	80	67	0.26
August 4	81	71	0.00
August 5	77	67	0.00
August 6	74	61	0.00
August 7	72	62	0.00
August 8	86	65	0.17
August 9	77	62	0.71
August 10	68	62	0.19
August 11	81	60	0.00
August 12	70	58	0.00
August 13	74	59	0.00
August 14	82	59	0.00
August 15	90	63	0.00
August 16	92	68	0.00
August 17	96	72	0.00
August 18	94	76	0.00
August 19	83	67	0.00
August 20	86	66	0.05
August 21	84	64	0.00
August 22	82	64	0.04
August 23	77	63	0.00
August 24	73	56	0.00
August 25	77	55	0.00
August 26	73	58	0.00
August 27	62	59	0.23
August 28	63	59	0.03
August 29	60	55	1.13
August 30	72	54	0.00
August 31	77	58	0.00

September 1987 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	75	60	0.35
September 2	72	56	0.00
September 3	73	55	0.00
September 4	65	52	0.00
September 5	77	53	0.00
September 6	79	58	0.00
September 7	77	66	0.07
September 8	79	64	0.26
September 9	86	65	0.58
September 10	84	64	0.00
September 11	69	61	0.00
September 12	65	57	0.00
September 13	67	59	2.30
September 14	81	64	0.01
September 15	78	60	0.00
September 16	80	61	0.00
September 17	72	62	0.00
September 18	63	58	1.51
September 19	61	58	0.81
September 20	60	57	1.10
September 21	65	57	0.01
September 22	64	58	0.03
September 23	72	55	0.00
September 24	75	58	0.00
September 25	63	50	0.00
September 26	70	48	0.00
September 27	69	50	0.00
September 28	79	55	0.00
September 29	83	63	0.00
September 30	74	62	0.26

October 1987 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	68	52	0.00
October 2	69	47	0.00
October 3	73	57	0.07
October 4	59	44	1.57
October 5	68	42	0.00
October 6	72	52	0.00
October 7	72	55	0.03
October 8	64	49	0.00
October 9	59	44	0.00
October 10	70	52	0.00
October 11	56	43	0.47
October 12	50	43	0.00
October 13	55	40	0.00
October 14	56	41	0.00
October 15	62	41	0.00
October 16	60	48	0.00
October 17	59	50	0.00
October 18	72	55	0.00
October 19	67	51	0.00
October 20	62	49	0.00
October 21	67	47	0.05
October 22	57	43	0.00
October 23	61	41	0.00
October 24	68	48	0.00
October 25	63	45	0.00
October 26	54	40	0.00
October 27	57	37	0.00
October 28	65	48	0.54
October 29	56	42	0.00
October 30	55	39	0.00
October 31	59	44	0.00

November 1987 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	58	39	0.00	0.0
November 2	48	37	0.00	0.0
November 3	63	42	0.02	0.0
November 4	78	55	0.00	0.0
November 5	68	45	0.00	0.0
November 6	45	32	0.00	0.0
November 7	47	30	0.00	0.0
November 8	64	36	0.00	0.0
November 9	66	49	0.08	0.0
November 10	49	34	0.65	0.1
November 11	38	29	0.51	3.0
November 12	40	29	0.89	5.9
November 13	48	33	0.00	0.0
November 14	56	39	0.00	0.0
November 15	51	38	0.00	0.0
November 16	48	34	0.00	0.0
November 17	62	38	0.02	0.0
November 18	70	49	0.12	0.0
November 19	50	42	0.00	0.0
November 20	45	35	0.26	0.0
November 21	35	16	0.00	0.0
November 22	36	17	0.00	0.0
November 23	48	27	0.00	0.0
November 24	60	45	0.00	0.0
November 25	49	44	0.00	0.0
November 26	46	32	0.11	0.0
November 27	35	30	0.00	0.0
November 28	40	28	0.00	0.0
November 29	46	32	0.00	0.0
November 30	59	46	0.83	0.0

December 1987 Boston Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	51	42	0.00	0.0
December 2	45	34	0.01	0.0
December 3	43	31	0.00	0.0
December 4	41	34	0.07	0.0
December 5	35	29	0.00	0.0
December 6	40	29	0.00	0.0
December 7	44	30	0.00	0.0
December 8	49	25	0.00	0.0
December 9	58	40	0.00	0.0
December 10	57	45	0.00	0.0
December 11	47	40	0.75	0.0
December 12	42	33	0.11	0.0
December 13	46	35	0.00	0.0
December 14	47	36	0.00	0.0
December 15	42	32	0.76	0.2
December 16	42	31	0.01	0.0
December 17	36	25	0.00	0.2
December 18	34	23	0.00	0.0
December 19	39	26	0.00	0.0
December 20	38	28	0.12	0.9
December 21	46	34	0.00	0.0
December 22	46	33	0.00	0.0
December 23	45	32	0.00	0.0
December 24	42	34	0.00	0.0
December 25	54	40	0.00	0.0
December 26	47	29	0.02	0.0
December 27	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 28	35	24	0.00	0.0
December 29	28	7	0.26	6.2
December 30	17	3	0.00	0.0
December 31	40	14	0.01	0.0

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