Weather Records on 14 May 1935

255 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1935. Highest significance: Uniondale (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 14 May 1935

On 14 May 1935, 255 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 249 daily.
Uniondale (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 14 May 1935.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

255 stations

255 station records on 14 May 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pikeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kopati(Kaupati)	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.9 C (8.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keilands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barwani	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tarikere	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marshallville 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

255 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 95, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 14 May 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	95
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 14 May 1935 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 249.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

188 broken records

Margins by which the 188 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1935

Top 20 records on 14 May 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1935	Uniondale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1935	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1935	Hays 1 S, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1935	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1935	Ballinger 2 NW, US	monthly rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1935	Middlesboro Fire Dept, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1935	Burkes Garden, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1935	Nurnberg, DE	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1935	Leeuwarden_1, NL	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1935	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1935	Pikeville, US	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1935	Ironton, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1935	Fort Good Hope 2, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1935	Bloukrans (Bos), ZA	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1935	Louisiana Starks Nurse, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1935	Winnsboro, US	monthly high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1935	Sedan, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1935	Paris Stp, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1935	Huntington 1, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1935	Laramie, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 years	26 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1935. 1935 had 255 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	169
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1