Weather Records on 14 May 2003

959 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 2003. Highest significance: Helensburgh (Sawan St), AU.

Key Facts for 14 May 2003

On 14 May 2003, 959 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
502 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 932 daily.
Helensburgh (Sawan St) set a daily record precipitation of 119.0 mm (4.7 in) on 14 May 2003.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

959 stations

959 station records on 14 May 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Medina	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Underwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bankstown Airport AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hustadvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fiskabygd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brusdalsvatn II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Little Bay (the Coast Golf Clu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Svityaz'	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tehuehuetla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Toholampi Oravala	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Windang Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.1 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton (Oakburne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Keira (Yates Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wollongong University	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wombarra (Reef Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Merrylands (Welsford Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bermagui South (Young Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville Lvstk	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca Beach Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Vale (Manly Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woonona (Popes Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ylistaro Asemanseutu	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Concha	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rookwood (Hawthorne Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halsua Kanala Purola	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jamberoo (Druewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Strathfield Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Washburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

959 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 272, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 230, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 351, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 14 May 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	272
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	230
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	351
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 14 May 2003 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 932.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

798 broken records

Margins by which the 798 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 2003

Top 20 records on 14 May 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 2003	Helensburgh (Sawan St), AU	daily rain	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	89 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2003	Medina, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2003	Wilcannia (Reid St), AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2003	Underwood, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2003	Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU	daily rain	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	89 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2003	Bankstown Airport AWS, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2003	Hustadvatn, NO	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2003	Fiskabygd, NO	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2003	Brusdalsvatn II, NO	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2003	Little Bay (the Coast Golf Clu, AU	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	6 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2003	Hillston Airport, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2003	Svityaz', UA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2003	Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd), AU	daily rain	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	89 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2003	Tehuehuetla, MX	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2003	Gum Lake (Albemarle), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	88 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2003	Toholampi Oravala, FI	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2003	Windang Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	121.1 mm (4.8 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2003	Carrieton (Oakburne), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2003	Mount Keira (Yates Ave), AU	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2003	Wollongong University, AU	daily rain	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	45 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 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 2003. 2003 had 959 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 20	738
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	2