Weather Records on 14 May 1948

326 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1948. Highest significance: Milford 2 SE, US.

Key Facts for 14 May 1948

On 14 May 1948, 326 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 323 daily.
Milford 2 SE set a daily record precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 14 May 1948.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

326 stations

326 station records on 14 May 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Morden Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wexford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemfontein Kings Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pavagada	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sira	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waterland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rayakottah	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
De Brug (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quinault Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bloemfontein Airpor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chiknayakanihall	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Urana (Nowranie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kollegal	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glenmorgan	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
The Cliff	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wahgunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chamarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
T.Narsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Petrusberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sion	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ambur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doornplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welbedacht Agric Office	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Senekal (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

326 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 159, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 14 May 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	159
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 14 May 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 323.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

273 broken records

Margins by which the 273 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 45.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1948

Top 20 records on 14 May 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1948	Milford 2 SE, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1948	Morden Cda, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1948	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1948	Tupper Lake Sunmount, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1948	Wexford, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1948	Bloemfontein Kings Park, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1948	Pavagada, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1948	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1948	Sira, IN	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1948	Waterland, ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1948	Rayakottah, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1948	Cortland, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1948	De Brug (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1948	Lennoxville, CA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	57 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1948	Langdon Exp Farm, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1948	Quinault Rs, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1948	Bloemfontein Airpor, ZA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1948	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	58 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1948	Morrisville 6 SW, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1948	Heber, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	53 years	30 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1948. 1948 had 326 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 10	228
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1