Weather Records on 14 May 1942

398 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1942. Highest significance: Genoa, IT.

Key Facts for 14 May 1942

On 14 May 1942, 398 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
144 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 395 daily.
Genoa set a daily record precipitation of 75.6 mm (3.0 in) on 14 May 1942.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

398 stations

398 station records on 14 May 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bhogpur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kathgodam	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pauta Amaria	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chirawa	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nimingarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nainital	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prattville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Markapur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Thalli	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Penn Yan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tuena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barmer	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naradhan (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kothapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gandai	India	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

398 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 148, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 14 May 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 May 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 395.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

307 broken records

Margins by which the 307 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 142.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1942

Top 20 records on 14 May 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1942	Genoa, IT	daily rain	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	107 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1942	Hvar, HR	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1942	Bhogpur, IN	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1942	Kathgodam, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1942	Welland, CA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1942	Biloxi, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1942	Greenwood, US	monthly rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1942	Pauta Amaria, IN	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1942	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1942	Pokegama Dam, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1942	Ft Robinson, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1942	Chirawa, IN	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1942	Kosciusko, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1942	O'Neill, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1942	Evanston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1942	Crookwell Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1942	Pushmataha, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1942	Nimingarra, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1942	Swellendam (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1942	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	29 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1942. 1942 had 398 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	282
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1