Weather Records on 14 May 1923

94 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1923. Highest significance: Little Rock St Capitol, US.

Key Facts for 14 May 1923

On 14 May 1923, 94 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 94 daily.
Little Rock St Capitol set a daily record precipitation of 139.4 mm (5.5 in) on 14 May 1923.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

94 stations

94 station records on 14 May 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bee Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanrhysdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

94 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 33, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 14 May 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	33
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 14 May 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 94.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

72 broken records

Margins by which the 72 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 117.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1923

Top 20 records on 14 May 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1923	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily rain	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1923	Bee Branch, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1923	Conway, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1923	Mascoutah, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1923	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	17.9 C (64.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	55 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1923	Bancroft, CA	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	38 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1923	Culbertson, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1923	Colby, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1923	Peterborough, CA	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	49 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1923	Guthrie 5S, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1923	Holmogadd A, SE	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1923	Umea, SE	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1923	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1923	Vanrhysdorp, ZA	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1923	Jokkmokk, SE	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1923	Welland, CA	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1923	Woodstock, CA	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1923	Lakefield, CA	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1923	Storlien, SE	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1923	Beatrice, CA	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	44 years	19 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1923. 1923 had 94 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 20	68
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1