Weather Records on 14 May 1917

79 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1917. Highest significance: Adelaide West Terrace, AU.

Key Facts for 14 May 1917

On 14 May 1917, 79 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 79 daily.
Adelaide West Terrace set a daily record precipitation of 35.3 mm (1.4 in) on 14 May 1917.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

79 stations

79 station records on 14 May 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kongal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Jervis Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
The Rock (Bullenbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

79 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 38.

Records on 14 May 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	38
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 May 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 79.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

74 broken records

Margins by which the 74 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 15.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1917

Top 20 records on 14 May 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1917	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1917	Lucindale Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1917	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high min	17.5 C (63.5 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1917	Uccle, BE	daily high min	14.9 C (58.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1917	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1917	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1917	Armagh, GB	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1917	Putbus, DE	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1917	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1917	Kongal, AU	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1917	Uccle, BE	daily rain	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1917	Old Noarlunga Post Office, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1917	Parnu, EE	daily rain	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1917	Arnsberg, DE	daily high min	15.4 C (59.7 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1917	Wellington East, AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	2 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1917	Sandvig, DK	daily high max	19.3 C (66.7 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	33 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1917	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily high max	29.0 C (84.2 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	27 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1917	Altastenberg, DE	daily high max	24.9 C (76.8 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	23 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1917	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	21 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1917	Branxholme (Bassett), AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	8 years	17 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 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1917. 1917 had 79 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 2	29
2 to 4	19
4 to 6	13
6 to 8	9
8 to 10	1
10 to 12	1
12 to 14	0
14 to 16	2