Weather Records on 14 May 1926

73 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1926. Highest significance: Parnu, EE.

Key Facts for 14 May 1926

On 14 May 1926, 73 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 73 daily.
Parnu set a daily record precipitation of 26.7 mm (1.1 in) on 14 May 1926.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

73 stations

73 station records on 14 May 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Marshallville 6 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Deposit	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Garah (Welbon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

73 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 19.

Records on 14 May 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	19
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 May 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 73.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

58 broken records

Margins by which the 58 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 22.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1926

Top 20 records on 14 May 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1926	Parnu, EE	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1926	Reid River Railway Station, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1926	Eufaula, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1926	Port Germein (Telowie), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1926	Mahackala, RU	daily rain	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1926	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1926	Pentland Post Office, AU	daily rain	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1926	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	29 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1926	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	40 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1926	College STN 6 SW, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	8 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1926	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1926	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1926	Lien I Selbu, NO	daily rain	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	5 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1926	Eufaula, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	23 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1926	Double Island Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	21 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1926	Banff, CA	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	23 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1926	Claremont Pomona Clg, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	30 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1926	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	30 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1926	Beatrice, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1926	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	8 years	14 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1926. 1926 had 73 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	50
5 to 10	3
10 to 15	3
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	1