Weather Records on 14 May 1938

310 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1938. Highest significance: Caloundra Signal Station, AU.

Key Facts for 14 May 1938

On 14 May 1938, 310 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 304 daily.
Caloundra Signal Station set a daily record precipitation of 98.6 mm (3.9 in) on 14 May 1938.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

310 stations

310 station records on 14 May 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Caloundra Signal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spot Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waianae 798	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Udhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bhawanipatna	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Denninup Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Caroleen	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpuri(Rampur)	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saraipali	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kojonup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burpengary Ulmann Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aiea Fld 764A	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murgab	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dinokana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balliguda	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mmabatho Arpt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dasuya	India	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parys (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pardelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Churu	India	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

310 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 169.

Records on 14 May 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 May 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 304.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

256 broken records

Margins by which the 256 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1938

Top 20 records on 14 May 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1938	Caloundra Signal Station, AU	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1938	Spot Pond, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1938	Avoca, ZA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1938	Fitchburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1938	Waianae 798, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1938	Chernjaevo, RU	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1938	Middleboro, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1938	Udhapur, IN	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1938	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1938	Skaneateles, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1938	Bhawanipatna, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1938	Denninup Vale, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1938	Taos, US	monthly high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1938	Grantsville, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1938	Bloomingdale, US	monthly low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1938	Caroleen, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1938	Rajpuri(Rampur), IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1938	Saraipali, IN	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1938	Taunton, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1938	Kosciusko, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	25 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1938. 1938 had 310 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1938-05-14: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	209
10 to 20	32
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1