Weather Records on 7 May 2014

646 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 2014. Highest significance: Nora_D, SE.

Key Facts for 7 May 2014

On 7 May 2014, 646 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
285 were record highs and 173 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 631 daily.
Nora_D set a monthly record daily precipitation of 36.7 mm (1.4 in) on 7 May 2014.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

646 stations

646 station records on 7 May 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nora_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Snavlunda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Degerfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cali/Alfonso Bonill	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tubuai	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Teberda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
On	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Cloud Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grosser Arber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cloquet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Versailles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Odeshog	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marshfield 4 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Midway Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crooked Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsborg_Mo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Phetchabun	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco Treatment Plant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hirado	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zamora	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Joplin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tangier City	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tunka	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coweeta Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

646 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 189, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 166, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 7 May 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	189
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 7 May 2014 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 631.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

525 broken records

Margins by which the 525 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 2014

Top 20 records on 7 May 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 2014	Nora_D, SE	monthly rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	113 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2014	Snavlunda, SE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2014	Degerfors, SE	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2014	Cali/Alfonso Bonill, CO	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2014	Norwich, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	97 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2014	Tubuai, PF	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2014	Thiruvananthapuram, IN	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	104 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2014	Anthony, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	97 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2014	Fish Creek, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2014	Teberda, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2014	Gravette, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2014	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2014	Chapman, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	97 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2014	McPherson, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	97 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2014	Enid, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	97 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2014	Abilene, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	118 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2014	Concordia ASOS, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	126 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2014	Turgaj, KZ	daily high max	33.8 C (92.8 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2014	Hult, SE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2014	Auburn 5 ESE, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	114 years	41 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

1795 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2014. 2014 had 646 records.

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

Records on 05-07 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1816	1
1825	2
1837	1
1838	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	2
1850	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	3
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1894	4
1895	2
1897	5
1898	7
1899	3
1900	10
1901	1
1902	6
1903	13
1904	19
1905	21
1906	15
1907	14
1908	29
1909	15
1910	16
1911	14
1912	14
1913	30
1914	37
1915	40
1916	34
1917	188
1918	60
1919	263
1920	59
1921	41
1922	40
1923	119
1924	141
1925	207
1926	227
1927	191
1928	204
1929	224
1930	637
1931	473
1932	288
1933	291
1934	698
1935	298
1936	466
1937	121
1938	467
1939	194
1940	317
1941	317
1942	270
1943	416
1944	476
1945	751
1946	339
1947	727
1948	338
1949	439
1950	526
1951	226
1952	485
1953	541
1954	481
1955	393
1956	665
1957	546
1958	585
1959	335
1960	899
1961	442
1962	381
1963	825
1964	687
1965	671
1966	762
1967	973
1968	756
1969	678
1970	822
1971	364
1972	515
1973	447
1974	743
1975	784
1976	782
1977	662
1978	925
1979	888
1980	593
1981	710
1982	802
1983	724
1984	1,300
1985	557
1986	1,163
1987	1,115
1988	752
1989	1,880
1990	1,024
1991	599
1992	1,830
1993	831
1994	621
1995	997
1996	880
1997	1,359
1998	1,166
1999	1,008
2000	1,693
2001	743
2002	1,344
2003	1,138
2004	1,397
2005	645
2006	833
2007	1,047
2008	526
2009	735
2010	1,123
2011	558
2012	709
2013	633
2014	646
2015	569
2016	677
2017	543
2018	542
2019	522
2020	577
2021	484
2022	784
2023	667
2024	858
2025	635
2026	715

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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	509
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1