Weather Records on 14 May 1955

600 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1955. Highest significance: Clarington Lock 14, US.

Key Facts for 14 May 1955

On 14 May 1955, 600 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 254 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 575 daily.
Clarington Lock 14 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 79.0 mm (3.1 in) on 14 May 1955.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

600 stations

600 station records on 14 May 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clarington Lock 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Atlanta 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vanceburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Uniao Dos Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cardston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	47.2 cm (18.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gleichen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenup Dam 3O	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Darby	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tiangua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vulcan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salvisa Lock 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jiggs 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Edmundston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cardston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valier	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mahbubnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Reidsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sundance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jaguaribe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gooding 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

600 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 183, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 192, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 14 May 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	183
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 14 May 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 575.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

528 broken records

Margins by which the 528 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 370.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1955

Top 20 records on 14 May 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1955	Clarington Lock 14, US	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 May 1955	Atlanta 1 E, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1955	Fort Macleod, CA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1955	Ashland, US	monthly rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1955	Vanceburg, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1955	Uniao Dos Palmares, BR	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	80.9 mm (3.2 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1955	Cardston, CA	daily snowfall	47.2 cm (18.6 in)	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1955	Logan, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1955	Caldwell, CA	monthly snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1955	Hailey 3 NNW, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1955	Twin Falls 2 NNE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1955	Gleichen, CA	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1955	Rossland City Yard, CA	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1955	Mountain View, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1955	Lyndon, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1955	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1955	Greenup Dam 3O, US	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1955	Hamilton, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1955	Caldwell, CA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1955	Darby, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	39 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

1813 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1955. 1955 had 600 records.

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

Records on 05-14 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1815	1
1816	1
1820	1
1833	1
1837	1
1844	1
1846	1
1848	2
1849	1
1854	1
1855	2
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	2
1879	4
1881	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	1
1885	4
1886	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1898	3
1899	2
1900	13
1901	4
1902	7
1903	7
1904	11
1905	4
1906	15
1907	17
1908	39
1909	44
1910	22
1911	15
1912	19
1913	125
1914	24
1915	196
1916	50
1917	79
1918	42
1919	29
1920	52
1921	61
1922	67
1923	94
1924	117
1925	59
1926	73
1927	173
1928	189
1929	176
1930	166
1931	733
1932	367
1933	653
1934	175
1935	255
1936	342
1937	432
1938	310
1939	323
1940	324
1941	569
1942	398
1943	543
1944	368
1945	665
1946	308
1947	282
1948	326
1949	302
1950	170
1951	444
1952	302
1953	730
1954	416
1955	600
1956	683
1957	580
1958	534
1959	501
1960	617
1961	627
1962	948
1963	422
1964	468
1965	313
1966	348
1967	715
1968	1,052
1969	638
1970	553
1971	562
1972	546
1973	802
1974	915
1975	386
1976	593
1977	1,109
1978	926
1979	481
1980	496
1981	494
1982	668
1983	1,176
1984	1,084
1985	915
1986	776
1987	1,145
1988	540
1989	521
1990	594
1991	1,181
1992	740
1993	989
1994	830
1995	2,263
1996	1,869
1997	887
1998	1,375
1999	817
2000	872
2001	1,197
2002	963
2003	959
2004	1,501
2005	748
2006	707
2007	957
2008	778
2009	693
2010	1,092
2011	888
2012	819
2013	1,218
2014	1,038
2015	559
2016	635
2017	393
2018	1,113
2019	483
2020	514
2021	404
2022	924
2023	591
2024	558
2025	785
2026	525

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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	501
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1