Weather Records on 20 May 2014

629 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 May 2014. Highest significance: Neillsville 3ESE, US.

Key Facts for 20 May 2014

On 20 May 2014, 629 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
403 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 596 daily.
Neillsville 3ESE set a daily record precipitation of 60.2 mm (2.4 in) on 20 May 2014.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

629 stations

629 station records on 20 May 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 May 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lovelock	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kunda	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rice Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Heavenly Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shimizu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeland 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ferguson Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huesca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McAlinden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petrozawodsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Narva	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ukhta Kalevala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Falls Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Menomonie	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Collie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rosemount Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belgaum/Sambra	India	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ikerasassuaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sukumo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Staraja_Russa	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Germain	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gottingen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomer	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muja Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Redpa (Greenes Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seesen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gridino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amery	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hagan's Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dardanup East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Njurba	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

629 records

Records set or tied on 20 May 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 176, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 227, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 159, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 20 May 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	176
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	227
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	159
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 20 May 2014 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 33, daily 596.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

554 broken records

Margins by which the 554 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 May 2014

Top 20 records on 20 May 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 May 2014	Neillsville 3ESE, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	101 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 May 2014	Marshfield Exp Farm, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 May 2014	Lovelock, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	88 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2014	Rest Lake, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2014	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2014	Kunda, EE	monthly rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	86 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2014	Rice Lake, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2014	Heavenly Valley, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2014	Shimizu, JP	daily rain	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2014	St. Petersburg, RU	daily high max	32.5 C (90.5 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	108 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2014	Ridgeland 1NNE, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2014	Glenbrook, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2014	Ferguson Valley, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2014	Boulia Airport, AU	daily high min	20.2 C (68.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2014	Tartu-Toravere, EE	daily high max	28.8 C (83.8 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2014	Huesca, ES	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2014	Abilene, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	120 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2014	Rison, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	119 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2014	Stambaugh 2SSE, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2014	Minocqua, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	100 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

1802 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2014. 2014 had 629 records.

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

Records on 05-20 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1803	1
1804	1
1815	1
1825	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	3
1847	1
1854	1
1858	3
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1871	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	2
1884	2
1885	1
1887	2
1889	3
1890	3
1891	5
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	3
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	19
1904	4
1905	4
1906	22
1907	35
1908	23
1909	10
1910	20
1911	82
1912	20
1913	10
1914	16
1915	42
1916	29
1917	46
1918	92
1919	56
1920	44
1921	234
1922	40
1923	125
1924	189
1925	251
1926	128
1927	118
1928	138
1929	323
1930	129
1931	451
1932	689
1933	449
1934	582
1935	259
1936	207
1937	270
1938	331
1939	266
1940	337
1941	378
1942	337
1943	802
1944	315
1945	498
1946	339
1947	358
1948	514
1949	586
1950	327
1951	288
1952	615
1953	518
1954	822
1955	421
1956	565
1957	728
1958	378
1959	785
1960	612
1961	333
1962	773
1963	732
1964	517
1965	200
1966	416
1967	587
1968	743
1969	885
1970	310
1971	653
1972	612
1973	419
1974	893
1975	1,332
1976	837
1977	553
1978	534
1979	683
1980	751
1981	1,540
1982	554
1983	1,307
1984	867
1985	426
1986	790
1987	1,036
1988	805
1989	764
1990	722
1991	925
1992	1,200
1993	1,208
1994	778
1995	734
1996	1,749
1997	1,106
1998	1,124
1999	673
2000	991
2001	847
2002	2,299
2003	1,201
2004	746
2005	929
2006	1,006
2007	565
2008	999
2009	1,529
2010	1,011
2011	1,117
2012	604
2013	919
2014	629
2015	1,001
2016	692
2017	1,214
2018	460
2019	1,483
2020	784
2021	904
2022	1,643
2023	1,106
2024	478
2025	969
2026	696

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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	536
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1