Weather Records on 14 May 1958

534 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1958. Highest significance: Smoky Bay, AU.

Key Facts for 14 May 1958

On 14 May 1958, 534 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
138 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 529 daily.
Smoky Bay set a daily record precipitation of 29.5 mm (1.2 in) on 14 May 1958.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

534 stations

534 station records on 14 May 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Smoky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Yanko Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pennington	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gongolgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Denver WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote (Karinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Penneshaw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Willawillingbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bunghill Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carinda (Boorooma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill (Bruie Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Curlewis (Wandobah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wanganella General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ramdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka (Mount Arrowsmith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gulbarga	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mercanam	India	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collerina (Corrella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pablillo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wandagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Doorawarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tingha (Crystal Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vaduj	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quambone (Sandy Camp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

534 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 356.

Records on 14 May 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	356
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 May 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 529.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

465 broken records

Margins by which the 465 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1958

Top 20 records on 14 May 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1958	Smoky Bay, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1958	Chugwater, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1958	Kadina, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1958	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1958	Kingscote, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	70 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1958	Jerilderie (Yanko Station), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1958	Pennington, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1958	Wallaroo, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1958	Smith Bay (Smiths Bay), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1958	Gongolgon Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1958	Madrid, US	monthly rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1958	Denver WSO City, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1958	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	27.7 C (81.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	168 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1958	Kingscote (Karinga), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1958	Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang), AU	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1958	Wheatland 4N, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1958	Penneshaw, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1958	Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1958	Apslawn, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1958	Kellevie, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)

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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1958. 1958 had 534 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	383
10 to 20	64
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1