Weather Records on 14 May 1924

117 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1924. Highest significance: Galway, IE.

Key Facts for 14 May 1924

On 14 May 1924, 117 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 116 daily.
Galway set a daily record precipitation of 25.5 mm (1.0 in) on 14 May 1924.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

117 stations

117 station records on 14 May 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mittagong Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Unionville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Garah (Welbon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Arapaho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Yarran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

117 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 30.

Records on 14 May 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	30
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 May 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 116.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

94 broken records

Margins by which the 94 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 13.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1924

Top 20 records on 14 May 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1924	Galway, IE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	5 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1924	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	27.9 C (82.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	47 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1924	Uccle, BE	daily high max	29.0 C (84.2 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1924	Banff, CA	monthly high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1924	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1924	Lebanon 2W, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1924	Mittagong Head Station, AU	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	46 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1924	Fort Chipewyan, CA	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	39 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1924	Bathurst, CA	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1924	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	42 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1924	Las Animas, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	8 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1924	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1924	Unionville, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	28 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1924	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1924	Greensburg, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	33 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1924	Charlevoix, US	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	27 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1924	Fergana, UZ	daily rain	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	35 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1924	Landsborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1924	Stoney Creek, CA	daily rain	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	34 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1924	Vinga, SE	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	31 years	15 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1924. 1924 had 117 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	54
2 to 4	27
4 to 6	6
6 to 8	5
8 to 10	1
10 to 12	0
12 to 14	1