Weather Records on 14 May 1950

170 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1950. Highest significance: Monsenhor Tabosa, BR.

Key Facts for 14 May 1950

On 14 May 1950, 170 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 167 daily.
Monsenhor Tabosa set a monthly record daily precipitation of 110.0 mm (4.3 in) on 14 May 1950.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

170 stations

170 station records on 14 May 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Monsenhor Tabosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Srimushnam	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zastron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Belmont (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khosis	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ullawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Danielskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kuilput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage A Lac Kempt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manouan Sanmaur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rehli	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Syferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yukon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo (Kylmorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
High River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Childs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Paradis 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

170 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 94, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 14 May 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	94
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 May 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 167.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

145 broken records

Margins by which the 145 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1950

Top 20 records on 14 May 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1950	Monsenhor Tabosa, BR	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 May 1950	Statesville 2 NNE, US	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1950	Fulton 3 W, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1950	Decatur, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1950	Asheville, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	58 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1950	Carrathool (Gum Creek), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1950	Tadoussac, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1950	Crow Agency, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	48 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1950	Quatsino, CA	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	50 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1950	Bancroft, CA	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	66 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1950	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1950	Palmetto, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1950	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	54 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1950	Temple, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1950	Srimushnam, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1950	Natchez, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	56 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1950	Daroca, ES	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1950	Saint Paul Is AP, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1950	Cidra 1 E, PR	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	39 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1950	Zastron (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	22 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1950. 1950 had 170 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	124
10 to 20	15
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1