Weather Records on 14 May 2024

558 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 2024. Highest significance: Poplarville Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 14 May 2024

On 14 May 2024, 558 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
322 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 538 daily.
Poplarville Exp STN set a daily record precipitation of 111.8 mm (4.4 in) on 14 May 2024.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

558 stations

558 station records on 14 May 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Hastings Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Waiahole 837	United States	Record daily precipitation	199.1 mm (7.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Evansville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waihee 837.5	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Danville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Homerville 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warroora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlet	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wilhelmina Rise 721	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Island	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Venice	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ocean Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Niceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koloko Rsvr 1137	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chipley	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ville Platte	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Springs Agric Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Douglas AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Xingren	China	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Benghazi Benina	Libya	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Serov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr Lock #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
High Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dwight Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carey Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norderney	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Powder	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hami	China	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Slatteroy Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coffeeville L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Headland	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

558 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 124, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 198, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 152, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 14 May 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	124
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	198
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 14 May 2024 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 538.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

480 broken records

Margins by which the 480 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 169.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 2024

Top 20 records on 14 May 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 2024	Poplarville Exp STN, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	99 years	78 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2024	Hastings Chalet, AU	monthly rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	73 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2024	Waiahole 837, US	daily rain	199.1 mm (7.8 in)	169.6 mm (6.7 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2024	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	58 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2024	Evansville Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	63 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2024	Waihee 837.5, US	daily rain	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2024	Fairhope 2 NE, US	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2024	Danville Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2024	Laghouat, DZ	daily high min	22.0 C (71.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	112 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2024	Perry, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2024	Wewahitchka, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2024	Homerville 5 N, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2024	Camilla 3SE, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	129 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2024	Laghouat, DZ	daily high max	36.8 C (98.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	124 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2024	Warroora, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2024	Pitea, SE	daily high max	24.3 C (75.7 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	123 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2024	Hamlet, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2024	Wilhelmina Rise 721, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2024	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	97 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2024	Marion Island, ZA	monthly low min	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	60 years	43 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 2024. 2024 had 558 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 25	448
25 to 50	24
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1