Weather Records on 14 May 1949

302 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1949. Highest significance: Mhaswad, IN.

Key Facts for 14 May 1949

On 14 May 1949, 302 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
121 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 297 daily.
Mhaswad set a daily record precipitation of 57.9 mm (2.3 in) on 14 May 1949.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

302 stations

302 station records on 14 May 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mhaswad	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jeypore	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mahoba	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ongole	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bukkapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madurai	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rapalle	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pithoragarh	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atlanta 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warm Springs Agency	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lalgudi	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sonamukhi	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hesso	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prince	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Madanapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Adirampatanam	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Karambakkudi	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Condon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dharingbadi	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sivakasi	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saltora	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Weaverville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bristow	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middlewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Modesto AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santaravur	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calif Hot Springs Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tamia	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angiola	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ramtek	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

302 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 14 May 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 May 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 297.

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 70.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1949

Top 20 records on 14 May 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1949	Mhaswad, IN	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1949	Satna, IN	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1949	Jeypore, IN	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1949	Mahoba, IN	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1949	Sierraville Rs, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1949	Ongole, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1949	Bukkapatnam, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1949	Madurai, IN	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1949	Rapalle, IN	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1949	Pithoragarh, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1949	Port Stanley, CA	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	71 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1949	Meeker 5 W, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1949	Atlanta 1 E, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1949	Thermopolis, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	47 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1949	Ashland, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1949	Warm Springs Agency, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	47 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1949	Kelowna, CA	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	47 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1949	Toronto, CA	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	48 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1949	Lalgudi, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1949	Sonamukhi, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	47 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1949. 1949 had 302 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	217
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1