Weather Records on 14 May 1930

166 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1930. Highest significance: Hohenpeissenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 14 May 1930

On 14 May 1930, 166 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 166 daily.
Hohenpeissenberg set a daily record precipitation of 63.8 mm (2.5 in) on 14 May 1930.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

166 stations

166 station records on 14 May 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paynesville (Banksia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eubank	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dutson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stradbroke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wulgulmerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moormurang the Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wallan (Walnarring)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscumbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg River Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

166 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 106.

Records on 14 May 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	106
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 May 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 166.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

141 broken records

Margins by which the 141 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1930

Top 20 records on 14 May 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1930	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 May 1930	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1930	Emmitsburg, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1930	Delegate River, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1930	Delegate Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1930	Dargo, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1930	Paynesville (Banksia), AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1930	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1930	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	55 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1930	Highlands, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1930	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1930	Omeo Comparison, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	45 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1930	Eubank, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1930	Bryson City 2, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1930	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	47 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1930	Buchan (Gillingall), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1930	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1930	Harrisburg - Coop, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1930	Clayton 1 SSW, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1930	Vasilevici, BY	daily rain	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	20 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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1930. 1930 had 166 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 10	111
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1