Weather Records on 14 May 1960

617 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1960. Highest significance: Eastport, US.

Key Facts for 14 May 1960

On 14 May 1960, 617 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
101 were record highs and 232 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 597 daily.
Eastport set a monthly record daily precipitation of 74.7 mm (2.9 in) on 14 May 1960.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

617 stations

617 station records on 14 May 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Petcheys Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Junqueiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
New Norfolk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Irara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Longwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tasman Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Drouin West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lughrata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Neerim South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waddamana Field Study Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boolarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Labertouche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whitemark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (the Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koele 693	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lang Lang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Campbell (Waare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chikodi	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cannanore	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sirur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sassafras Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Piacabucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Matapedia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaconsfield 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lewis Hill (St Pauls River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

617 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 147, Heaviest daily rainfall 282, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 14 May 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	147
Heaviest daily rainfall	282
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 May 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 597.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

509 broken records

Margins by which the 509 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 48.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1960

Top 20 records on 14 May 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1960	Eastport, US	monthly rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 May 1960	Walhalla, AU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 May 1960	Petcheys Bay, AU	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 May 1960	Junqueiro, BR	all-time rain	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 May 1960	New Norfolk, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1960	Irara, BR	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1960	Oatlands Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1960	Franklin, AU	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1960	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1960	Longwarry, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1960	Tasman Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1960	Drouin West, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1960	Kempton (Oakmore), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1960	Jindivick, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1960	Lughrata, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1960	Thule, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1960	Trafalgar Toseland Road, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1960	Table.Mtn Platteklip, ZA	daily rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1960	Zamora, ES	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1960	Norwich, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	46 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1960. 1960 had 617 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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Data for records on 1960-05-14: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 14 May 1960
Margin	Records
0 to 10	391
10 to 20	73
20 to 30	35
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	6