Weather Records on 14 May 1980

496 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1980. Highest significance: Big Wells 2W, US.

Key Facts for 14 May 1980

On 14 May 1980, 496 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
166 were record highs and 186 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 491 daily.
Big Wells 2W set a daily record precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 14 May 1980.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

496 stations

496 station records on 14 May 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gorjacij Kljuc	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shovi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Suchiate	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnodar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tuapse	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Pedro Do Suacui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lehman Caves Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cavalinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Teberda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ajaccio	France	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coroaci	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rolling Fk	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bakuriani	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Celina	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnodar	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Washington Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gigant	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Point Lookout Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sivas	Turkey	Record low maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart 2 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dime Box	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jeddo 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mason	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zacualtipan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Szczecin	Poland	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

496 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 106, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 143, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 14 May 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	106
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 May 1980 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 491.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

387 broken records

Margins by which the 387 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1980

Top 20 records on 14 May 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1980	Big Wells 2W, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1980	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	104 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1980	Gorjacij Kljuc, RU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1980	Shovi, GE	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1980	Uman, UA	daily low min	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	91 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1980	Suchiate, MX	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1980	Burnet, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	86 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1980	Fischers Store, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	86 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1980	Nixon, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1980	Krasnodar, RU	daily rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1980	Tuapse, RU	daily rain	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1980	Sao Pedro Do Suacui, BR	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1980	Lehman Caves Nm, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1980	Cavalinho, BR	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1980	Tg Jiu, RO	daily low min	1.6 C (34.9 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	78 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1980	Teberda, RU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1980	Ajaccio, FR	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1980	Llano, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1980	Odesa, UA	daily low max	11.2 C (52.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	83 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1980	Vasilevici, BY	daily low min	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	80 years	33 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1980. 1980 had 496 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	347
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1