Weather Records on 14 May 1981

494 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1981. Highest significance: Hedley, CA.

Key Facts for 14 May 1981

On 14 May 1981, 494 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
161 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 488 daily.
Hedley set a daily record precipitation of 35.8 mm (1.4 in) on 14 May 1981.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

494 stations

494 station records on 14 May 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hedley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Waltershausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Van Buren 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Summersville 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Divnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buderim Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Etwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Reynolds	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	82.0 cm (32.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mazapa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtepec	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mons Mari	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Edina	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Round Spring 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wales	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Siloam Springs 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chenoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Qulin	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Taipak	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elista	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Korana "Xorana"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newbern	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Echeverria	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

494 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 14 May 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 14 May 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 488.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

390 broken records

Margins by which the 390 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 320.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1981

Top 20 records on 14 May 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1981	Hedley, CA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 May 1981	Waltershausen, DE	monthly rain	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 May 1981	Van Buren 1 NE, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1981	Summersville 3 SE, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1981	Poplar Bluff, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1981	Grand Forks, CA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1981	Divnoe, RU	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1981	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1981	Cape Moreton Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1981	Lichtentanne, DE	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1981	Winamac 2SSE, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1981	Buderim Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1981	Etwa (Bos), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1981	Reynolds, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1981	Seesen, DE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1981	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily snow depth	82.0 cm (32.3 in)	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1981	Centerville 5 NE, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1981	Mazapa, MX	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1981	Biser, RU	daily low min	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	81 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1981	Pelee Island, CA	daily low max	7.5 C (45.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	85 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1981. 1981 had 494 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	386
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1