Weather Records on 14 May 1915

196 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1915. Highest significance: Karlshamn, SE.

Key Facts for 14 May 1915

On 14 May 1915, 196 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 186 daily.
Karlshamn set a monthly record daily precipitation of 28.6 mm (1.1 in) on 14 May 1915.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

196 stations

196 station records on 14 May 1915 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1915: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glenariff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke (Beemery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang (Tragowell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Panban	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paika	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kinchega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Glen Lyon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Merungle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nelgowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barellan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wunnamurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arumpo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dunlop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Tindarey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winbar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen Netherby Wine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nocoleche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Teryawynia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Menindee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wanaaring Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Curraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boomanoomana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Poole	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tinapagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coonimbia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whittata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

196 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1915 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 175.

Records on 14 May 1915 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 May 1915 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 186.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

190 broken records

Margins by which the 190 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 33.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1915

Top 20 records on 14 May 1915 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1915	Karlshamn, SE	monthly rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1915	Glenariff, AU	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1915	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1915	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1915	Den Helder-1, NL	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1915	Powell Creek, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1915	Bourke (Beemery), AU	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1915	Kerang (Tragowell), AU	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1915	Milparinka Hotel, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1915	Halmstad, SE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1915	Panban, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1915	Paika, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1915	Bridgewater (Memsie), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1915	Jonkoping, SE	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1915	Kinchega, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1915	Broken Hill (Glen Lyon), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1915	Skara 1, SE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1915	Merungle, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1915	Nelgowrie, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1915	Barellan Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	31 of 100 (Routine)

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 1915

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1915. 1915 had 196 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	75
5 to 10	40
10 to 15	38
15 to 20	12
20 to 25	17
25 to 30	4
30 to 35	4