Weather Records on 14 May 1943

543 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1943. Highest significance: Mangalore, IN.

Key Facts for 14 May 1943

On 14 May 1943, 543 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
121 were record highs and 278 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 536 daily.
Mangalore set a daily record precipitation of 170.4 mm (6.7 in) on 14 May 1943.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

543 stations

543 station records on 14 May 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	170.4 mm (6.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nagappattinam	India	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tirupoondi	India	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kuttiadi	India	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cyferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cherrapunji	India	Record daily precipitation	290.1 mm (11.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cherrapunji/P.S.	India	Record daily precipitation	287.0 mm (11.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kurinjipadi	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Novo	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
The Oaks John Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tranqubar	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Silchar	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Philipsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clark 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvarur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karikode	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sirkali	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

543 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 136, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 142, Heaviest daily rainfall 132, Heaviest daily snowfall 12.

Records on 14 May 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	136
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	142
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 May 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 536.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

427 broken records

Margins by which the 427 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 187.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1943

Top 20 records on 14 May 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1943	Mangalore, IN	daily rain	170.4 mm (6.7 in)	149.8 mm (5.9 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1943	Nagappattinam, IN	daily rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1943	Tirupoondi, IN	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1943	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1943	Putbus, DE	daily high max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1943	Kuttiadi, IN	daily rain	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1943	Putbus, DE	daily high min	13.6 C (56.5 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	79 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1943	Cyferfontein, ZA	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1943	Cherrapunji, IN	daily rain	290.1 mm (11.4 in)	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1943	Ft Bidwell, US	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	70 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1943	Woodstock, CA	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	55 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1943	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low max	16.2 C (61.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	71 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1943	Cherrapunji/P.S., IN	daily rain	287.0 mm (11.3 in)	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1943	Kurinjipadi, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1943	Porto Novo, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1943	Browning, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1943	Astoria, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1943	The Oaks John Street, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1943	Princeton, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1943	Wilbur, US	monthly low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	39 years	28 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1943. 1943 had 543 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 25	407
25 to 50	10
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1