Weather Records on 14 May 1974

915 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1974. Highest significance: Carwarp, AU.

Key Facts for 14 May 1974

On 14 May 1974, 915 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
156 were record highs and 215 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 884 daily.
Carwarp set a monthly record daily precipitation of 67.4 mm (2.7 in) on 14 May 1974.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

915 stations

915 station records on 14 May 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carwarp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Wentworth (Burtundy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Oaklands General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Acopiara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Booroorban Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bannerton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Puckawidgee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Parambu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Overbrook 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Howitt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Hartwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley (Walmer Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eyre (Mulka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Finley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rutherglen Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Golden Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Poset	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pedirka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Booroorban (Ramsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Railton (Cement Australia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bronzewing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milawa Brown Bros	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tennyson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boorhaman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hampshire (Neena Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Salvacao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arkaroola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Katandra West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eurobin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waiahi Upper 1052	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Boga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carboor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Westbury (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bogotol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bereznjaki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Devonport Harbour Master	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burno-Oktyabrsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goyders Lagoon (Clifton Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bungowannah (Roseleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nulkwyne Kiamal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goorambat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

915 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 145, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 509, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 14 May 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	145
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	509
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 14 May 1974 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 884.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

796 broken records

Margins by which the 796 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1974

Top 20 records on 14 May 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1974	Carwarp, AU	monthly rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	69 of 100 (Major)
14 May 1974	Wentworth (Burtundy), AU	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 May 1974	Oaklands General Store, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	85 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 May 1974	Acopiara, BR	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 May 1974	Aracaju, BR	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 May 1974	Chiltern (Post Office), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1974	Booroorban Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1974	Bannerton, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1974	Vladivostok, RU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1974	Conargo (Puckawidgee), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1974	Parambu, BR	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1974	Overbrook 5 SE, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1974	Mt Howitt, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1974	Conargo (Hartwood), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1974	Montrose, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1974	Latrobe (Coal Road), AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1974	Oxley (Walmer Downs), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1974	Jerilderie (Coree STN), AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1974	Lake Eyre (Mulka), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1974	Finley Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	51 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1974. 1974 had 915 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 1974-05-14: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	736
25 to 50	47
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1