Chapel Hill Weather in 1987

Historical record of Chapel Hill, North Carolina weather for the year 1987 based on NOAA data.

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1987 Chapel Hill Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	July 24
Lowest temperature	16 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	73 °F	August 10
Lowest daily high	29 °F	January 27
Most daily precipitation	3.3 inches	May 20
Most daily snow	4.0 inches	February 27
Total annual precipitation	44.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	14.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Chapel Hill in 1987?

The highest temperature recorded in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1987 was 101 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Chapel Hill in 1987

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Jul 24
1	101 °F	Jul 22
3	100 °F	Jul 23
3	100 °F	Jul 21
5	99 °F	Aug 5
6	98 °F	Aug 29
6	98 °F	Aug 4
6	98 °F	Jul 26
6	98 °F	Jul 25
6	98 °F	Jul 11
6	98 °F	Jul 10

What was the coldest temperature in Chapel Hill in 1987?

The lowest temperature recorded in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1987 was 16 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Chapel Hill in 1987

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	16 °F	January 28
1	16 °F	January 27
3	17 °F	January 24
4	18 °F	December 19
4	18 °F	December 18
4	18 °F	November 22
4	18 °F	January 26
8	19 °F	January 29
9	20 °F	January 30
10	21 °F	December 17
10	21 °F	December 6
10	21 °F	January 17

January 1987 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	50	26	0.21	0.0
January 2	48	32	0.95	0.0
January 3	47	27	0.00	0.0
January 4	47	23	0.00	0.0
January 5	46	23	0.00	0.0
January 6	49	24	0.00	0.0
January 7	53	24	0.00	0.0
January 8	61	28	0.00	0.0
January 9	52	22	0.00	0.0
January 10	53	25	0.08	0.0
January 11	50	33	0.10	0.0
January 12	48	28	0.00	0.0
January 13	58	27	0.00	0.0
January 14	62	28	0.00	0.0
January 15	62	36	0.01	0.0
January 16	67	48	0.00	0.0
January 17	57	21	0.30	0.0
January 18	42	33	0.50	0.0
January 19	40	n/a	1.05	0.0
January 20	52	29	0.50	0.0
January 21	44	n/a	0.10	0.0
January 22	40	32	0.82	0.8
January 23	34	29	0.80	0.3
January 24	34	17	0.00	0.0
January 25	50	24	0.00	0.0
January 26	34	18	0.65	1.5
January 27	29	16	0.00	0.0
January 28	33	16	0.00	0.0
January 29	39	19	0.00	0.0
January 30	45	20	0.02	0.0
January 31	63	35	0.00	0.0

February 1987 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	45	25	0.00	0.0
February 2	59	29	0.00	0.0
February 3	46	37	0.21	0.0
February 4	61	34	0.00	0.0
February 5	56	32	0.00	0.0
February 6	48	23	0.00	0.0
February 7	61	n/a	0.00	0.0
February 8	62	28	0.00	0.0
February 9	66	25	0.00	0.0
February 10	42	24	0.00	0.0
February 11	57	25	0.00	0.0
February 12	60	31	0.00	0.0
February 13	69	35	0.00	0.0
February 14	59	28	0.00	0.0
February 15	57	32	0.05	0.0
February 16	43	27	0.00	0.0
February 17	31	24	0.65	3.5
February 18	33	29	0.33	0.0
February 19	36	25	0.00	0.0
February 20	48	23	0.00	0.0
February 21	52	24	0.00	0.0
February 22	49	26	0.00	0.0
February 23	40	28	0.87	0.0
February 24	54	26	0.00	0.0
February 25	51	29	0.00	0.0
February 26	50	27	0.00	0.0
February 27	48	29	0.42	4.0
February 28	47	31	1.08	3.0

March 1987 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	65	35	1.67
March 2	71	39	0.00
March 3	62	33	0.00
March 4	66	29	0.00
March 5	52	25	0.00
March 6	57	25	0.00
March 7	61	28	0.00
March 8	71	39	0.00
March 9	66	51	0.27
March 10	n/a	31	0.12
March 11	37	25	0.00
March 12	46	27	0.00
March 13	49	28	0.00
March 14	55	24	0.00
March 15	58	27	0.00
March 16	71	38	0.00
March 17	46	25	0.06
March 18	58	29	0.00
March 19	56	n/a	0.45
March 20	46	37	0.10
March 21	65	38	0.00
March 22	61	32	0.00
March 23	64	31	0.00
March 24	67	36	0.00
March 25	68	40	0.00
March 26	65	49	0.00
March 27	75	47	0.00
March 28	77	48	0.41
March 29	74	48	0.00
March 30	71	50	0.05
March 31	70	50	0.42

April 1987 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	69	26	0.00
April 2	54	31	0.00
April 3	69	40	0.00
April 4	60	34	0.68
April 5	45	33	0.02
April 6	50	32	0.00
April 7	61	32	0.00
April 8	68	42	0.00
April 9	71	41	0.00
April 10	71	37	0.00
April 11	74	n/a	0.00
April 12	76	n/a	0.00
April 13	78	46	0.45
April 14	75	n/a	0.00
April 15	64	48	0.31
April 16	64	53	1.16
April 17	68	49	0.22
April 18	66	49	0.12
April 19	62	53	0.08
April 20	70	51	0.00
April 21	75	56	0.00
April 22	75	52	0.00
April 23	85	56	0.00
April 24	72	58	0.06
April 25	71	54	0.65
April 26	58	42	0.02
April 27	68	36	0.00
April 28	71	39	0.00
April 29	70	39	0.00
April 30	77	41	0.00

May 1987 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	88	50	0.00
May 2	84	58	0.00
May 3	88	57	0.00
May 4	88	63	0.01
May 5	66	43	0.02
May 6	67	40	0.00
May 7	78	52	0.00
May 8	81	55	0.03
May 9	74	41	0.00
May 10	79	45	0.00
May 11	86	55	0.00
May 12	85	60	0.01
May 13	85	62	0.00
May 14	78	55	0.31
May 15	72	55	0.02
May 16	82	58	0.07
May 17	79	54	0.00
May 18	86	61	0.00
May 19	90	65	0.00
May 20	88	59	3.27
May 21	70	54	0.02
May 22	72	52	0.00
May 23	81	58	0.00
May 24	87	61	0.00
May 25	88	62	0.00
May 26	90	65	0.00
May 27	74	n/a	0.00
May 28	82	64	0.05
May 29	83	62	0.00
May 30	89	64	0.00
May 31	91	66	0.00

June 1987 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	90	68	0.00
June 2	88	64	0.36
June 3	91	65	0.00
June 4	93	64	0.01
June 5	82	61	0.20
June 6	83	54	0.00
June 7	88	57	0.00
June 8	91	63	0.00
June 9	92	61	0.00
June 10	91	69	0.00
June 11	82	53	0.00
June 12	82	59	0.00
June 13	92	67	0.00
June 14	81	66	0.19
June 15	86	67	0.00
June 16	89	69	0.00
June 17	89	67	0.07
June 18	90	69	0.02
June 19	84	67	0.00
June 20	82	67	0.00
June 21	90	69	0.00
June 22	92	70	0.00
June 23	92	71	0.00
June 24	94	62	1.45
June 25	85	64	0.01
June 26	84	67	0.00
June 27	88	67	1.00
June 28	89	55	0.00
June 29	86	55	0.00
June 30	90	65	0.00

July 1987 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
July 1	92	71	0.00	0.0
July 2	90	72	0.04	0.0
July 3	88	69	0.16	0.0
July 4	90	69	0.10	0.0
July 5	88	69	0.08	0.0
July 6	92	69	0.00	0.0
July 7	96	71	0.00	0.0
July 8	96	69	0.00	0.0
July 9	97	73	0.00	0.0
July 10	98	71	0.00	0.0
July 11	98	71	0.00	0.0
July 12	96	69	0.00	0.0
July 13	92	65	0.12	0.0
July 14	94	67	0.00	0.0
July 15	90	64	0.05	0.0
July 16	84	63	0.00	0.0
July 17	88	62	0.00	0.0
July 18	88	60	0.00	0.0
July 19	92	60	0.00	0.0
July 20	95	64	0.00	0.0
July 21	100	65	0.00	0.0
July 22	101	66	0.00	0.0
July 23	100	69	0.00	0.0
July 24	101	69	0.00	0.0
July 25	98	70	0.00	0.0
July 26	98	70	0.00	0.0
July 27	96	67	0.07	0.0
July 28	96	67	0.00	0.0
July 29	96	71	0.00	0.0
July 30	89	63	1.07	0.0
July 31	90	69	n/a	n/a

August 1987 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	96	68	0.07
August 2	94	69	0.02
August 3	93	69	0.00
August 4	98	73	0.00
August 5	99	71	0.58
August 6	92	68	0.11
August 7	90	68	0.43
August 8	87	67	0.62
August 9	92	69	0.00
August 10	93	73	0.00
August 11	95	71	0.10
August 12	88	62	0.00
August 13	88	62	0.00
August 14	88	57	0.00
August 15	86	61	0.13
August 16	75	65	0.47
August 17	86	66	0.00
August 18	94	68	0.00
August 19	96	70	0.00
August 20	90	67	0.08
August 21	94	65	0.00
August 22	89	66	0.46
August 23	94	67	0.00
August 24	92	64	0.00
August 25	86	60	0.00
August 26	82	62	0.11
August 27	90	64	0.00
August 28	96	70	0.00
August 29	98	68	0.00
August 30	89	65	0.00
August 31	78	63	0.91

September 1987 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	76	n/a	0.83
September 2	82	55	0.00
September 3	85	55	0.00
September 4	84	63	0.00
September 5	78	59	0.12
September 6	74	59	0.24
September 7	80	68	0.69
September 8	89	66	1.92
September 9	88	66	0.01
September 10	90	64	0.02
September 11	87	n/a	0.00
September 12	88	66	0.35
September 13	88	65	0.11
September 14	85	62	0.04
September 15	86	59	0.00
September 16	88	59	0.00
September 17	87	63	0.00
September 18	89	64	0.00
September 19	90	61	0.00
September 20	84	61	0.05
September 21	79	57	0.05
September 22	82	53	0.00
September 23	78	47	0.00
September 24	77	46	0.00
September 25	78	n/a	0.00
September 26	84	48	0.00
September 27	84	51	0.00
September 28	85	52	0.00
September 29	83	52	0.00
September 30	84	n/a	1.06

October 1987 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	47	0.00
October 2	70	38	0.00
October 3	76	38	0.00
October 4	59	34	0.00
October 5	63	33	0.00
October 6	73	33	0.00
October 7	74	43	0.56
October 8	67	34	0.00
October 9	63	31	0.00
October 10	67	35	0.00
October 11	75	43	0.00
October 12	78	45	0.00
October 13	54	35	0.00
October 14	61	32	0.00
October 15	64	28	0.00
October 16	67	29	0.00
October 17	70	n/a	0.00
October 18	75	35	0.02
October 19	76	38	0.01
October 20	76	38	0.00
October 21	80	45	0.00
October 22	65	24	0.00
October 23	59	24	0.00
October 24	65	24	0.00
October 25	74	29	0.00
October 26	69	38	0.00
October 27	71	40	0.37
October 28	51	41	1.70
October 29	61	26	0.00
October 30	63	27	0.00
October 31	75	41	0.00

November 1987 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	81	43	0.00	0.0
November 2	74	36	0.00	0.0
November 3	73	37	0.00	0.0
November 4	76	40	0.00	0.0
November 5	82	43	0.00	0.0
November 6	76	32	0.00	0.0
November 7	59	24	0.00	0.0
November 8	70	34	0.00	0.0
November 9	75	50	0.00	0.0
November 10	76	55	0.03	0.6
November 11	75	28	0.36	0.0
November 12	35	24	0.02	0.6
November 13	57	26	0.00	0.0
November 14	64	29	0.00	0.0
November 15	70	25	0.00	0.0
November 16	69	n/a	0.00	0.0
November 17	70	47	0.00	0.0
November 18	73	51	0.01	0.0
November 19	71	40	0.31	0.0
November 20	54	34	0.00	0.0
November 21	51	22	0.05	0.0
November 22	42	18	0.00	0.0
November 23	58	23	0.00	0.0
November 24	64	23	0.00	0.0
November 25	71	37	0.00	0.0
November 26	70	38	0.00	0.0
November 27	66	54	1.37	0.0
November 28	62	41	0.12	0.0
November 29	56	42	0.69	0.0
November 30	58	37	0.03	0.0

December 1987 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	53	30	0.00
December 2	53	30	0.00
December 3	51	22	0.00
December 4	52	n/a	0.00
December 5	48	27	0.00
December 6	46	21	0.00
December 7	51	25	0.00
December 8	50	26	0.00
December 9	60	30	0.00
December 10	70	40	0.02
December 11	60	38	0.42
December 12	58	34	0.00
December 13	59	32	0.00
December 14	56	26	0.00
December 15	55	34	0.54
December 16	67	34	0.33
December 17	46	21	0.00
December 18	37	18	0.00
December 19	48	18	0.00
December 20	53	24	0.00
December 21	58	46	0.00
December 22	n/a	33	0.59
December 23	62	28	0.00
December 24	59	30	0.00
December 25	61	33	0.13
December 26	67	55	0.02
December 27	72	38	0.20
December 28	55	37	0.66
December 29	43	37	0.35
December 30	46	22	0.00
December 31	46	22	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1891–2024	Chapel Hill 2W	location