Weather Records on 14 May 1965

313 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1965. Highest significance: Oelrichs, US.

Key Facts for 14 May 1965

On 14 May 1965, 313 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 308 daily.
Oelrichs set a daily record precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 14 May 1965.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

313 stations

313 station records on 14 May 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dumont 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ilhota-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Timbo Novo (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shergarh	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 10 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pomerode	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waiawa 943	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hilland 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spearman	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hermosa 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trousdale 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Faith	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dull Ctr 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minneola	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton 10 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hecla	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eden	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Casper 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Taio (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ponca City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefonte 4 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brady	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ibirama (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palladam	India	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Annex Creek	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hudson	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Longvalley	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

313 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 169, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 14 May 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 14 May 1965 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 308.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

254 broken records

Margins by which the 254 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1800.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1965

Top 20 records on 14 May 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1965	Oelrichs, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 May 1965	Buskala Rch, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1965	Lusk 2 SW, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1965	Dumont 2 ENE, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1965	Ilhota-Jusante, BR	daily rain	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1965	Timbo Novo (Pcd), BR	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1965	Cottonwood 2 E, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1965	Dupree, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1965	Leo 6 SW, US	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1965	Shergarh, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1965	Wellington, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1965	Deadwood, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1965	Lead, US	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1965	Spencer 10 NE, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1965	Pomerode, BR	daily rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1965	Chadron 3SW, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1965	Ardmore 1 NW, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1965	Waiawa 943, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1965	Hilland 2 NW, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1965	Jefferson 3SE, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	44 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1965. 1965 had 313 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 250	253
250 to 500	0
500 to 750	0
750 to 1000	0
1000 to 1250	0
1250 to 1500	0
1500 to 1750	0
1750 to 2000	1