Weather Records on 14 May 1975

386 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1975. Highest significance: Stillwater 2 W, US.

Key Facts for 14 May 1975

On 14 May 1975, 386 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
129 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 380 daily.
Stillwater 2 W set a daily record precipitation of 112.3 mm (4.4 in) on 14 May 1975.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

386 stations

386 station records on 14 May 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Perkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nubeena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
West Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boobyalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Archer City 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Itabatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hollisterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ipueiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hominy	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Watonga	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jucurutu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maracanau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hart Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elk City 1NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hosston	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

386 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 192, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 14 May 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 14 May 1975 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 380.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

333 broken records

Margins by which the 333 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1975

Top 20 records on 14 May 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1975	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	73 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 May 1975	Perkins, US	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1975	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1975	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1975	Chandler, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1975	Nubeena, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1975	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	81 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1975	Newkirk 5NE, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1975	West Branch, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1975	Swan Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1975	Boobyalla, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1975	Madison, US	monthly high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	69 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1975	El Reno 1 N, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1975	Velikie Luki, RU	daily high max	27.9 C (82.2 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	85 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1975	Uman, UA	daily high min	15.2 C (59.4 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	85 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1975	Kargopol, RU	daily high min	12.6 C (54.7 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1975	Grenola 1 N, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1975	Renison Bell, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1975	Zametchino, RU	daily high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	77 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1975	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily high min	16.3 C (61.3 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	77 years	35 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1975. 1975 had 386 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 50	328
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1