Weather Records on 14 May 1959

501 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1959. Highest significance: Jalalabad, IN.

Key Facts for 14 May 1959

On 14 May 1959, 501 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
189 were record highs and 157 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 491 daily.
Jalalabad set a monthly record daily precipitation of 64.0 mm (2.5 in) on 14 May 1959.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

501 stations

501 station records on 14 May 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jalalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Agtertang	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uruapan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wilton	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kulasekarapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bluewater 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kayenta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Station	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buhl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palma 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Garland 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodruff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seleng	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prosser	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Junta	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kuna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Temiscamingue	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Race (Aut)	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zitacuaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Malad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

501 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 129, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 145, Heaviest daily snowfall 10.

Records on 14 May 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	129
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 May 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 491.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

382 broken records

Margins by which the 382 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1959

Top 20 records on 14 May 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1959	Jalalabad, IN	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 May 1959	Agtertang, ZA	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1959	Armagh, GB	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	110 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1959	Orillia, CA	monthly snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	0.6 cm (0.2 in)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1959	Uruapan (Smn), MX	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1959	Wilton, IN	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1959	Piketberg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	69 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1959	Vineland, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1959	Kulasekarapatnam, IN	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1959	Buckhannon, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1959	Alapaha Exp STN, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1959	Bluewater 3 WSW, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	57 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1959	W Chester 2 NW, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	63 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1959	Kayenta, US	monthly high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1959	Sunnyside, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	61 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1959	Harvey Station, CA	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1959	Sodankyla AWS, FI	daily high max	22.4 C (72.3 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1959	Andenes, NO	daily high min	8.2 C (46.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	57 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1959	Hammonton 1 NE, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1959	Storlien, SE	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	57 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1959. 1959 had 501 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	350
10 to 20	20
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1