Weather Records on 14 May 1937

432 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1937. Highest significance: Oudenbosch, NL.

Key Facts for 14 May 1937

On 14 May 1937, 432 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 137 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 426 daily.
Oudenbosch set a daily record precipitation of 32.1 mm (1.3 in) on 14 May 1937.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

432 stations

432 station records on 14 May 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quindalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Radford	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bunbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia Shawmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rockingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parkers Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carlton Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tuskegee	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

432 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 206.

Records on 14 May 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	206
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 May 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 426.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

346 broken records

Margins by which the 346 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1937

Top 20 records on 14 May 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1937	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1937	Concord, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1937	Vastervik, SE	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1937	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1937	Northfield, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1937	Trenton 2, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1937	Tampa, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1937	New Canton, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1937	Winchendon, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1937	Layton 3 NW, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1937	Paterson, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1937	Salisbury, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1937	Keene, US	monthly rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1937	Sussex 1 NW, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1937	Carmel, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1937	Fredericksburg Np, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1937	Warwick, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1937	Plymouth, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1937	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1937	Quindalup, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	32 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1937. 1937 had 432 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 14 May 1937
Margin	Records
0 to 10	275
10 to 20	42
20 to 30	24
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1