Weather Records on 14 May 1983

1,176 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1983. Highest significance: Bunker 4N, US.

Key Facts for 14 May 1983

On 14 May 1983, 1,176 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
235 were record highs and 393 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 1,151 daily.
Bunker 4N set an all-time record daily precipitation of 298.2 mm (11.7 in) on 14 May 1983.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 411 records.

Record Map

1,176 stations

1,176 station records on 14 May 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bunker 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	298.2 mm (11.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Chimacum 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yorkton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.5 cm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dzhambejty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Budennovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wudu	China	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hanzhong	China	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton Vale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Deloraine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Redelinghuis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elmo 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vanrhysdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Tribulation Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Benfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ottosdal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yan An	China	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guanghua	China	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moosomin	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Xian	China	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Loeriesfontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Doornbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Werk-Met-Lus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waurika	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Dourados (Cpfl) B4-003	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Den Haag	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pitkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aneth Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hopefield (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Langhult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lagunillas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,176 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 114, Lowest daily maximum 190, Highest daily minimum 121, Lowest daily minimum 203, Heaviest daily rainfall 467, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 46.

Records on 14 May 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	114
Lowest daily maximum	190
Highest daily minimum	121
Lowest daily minimum	203
Heaviest daily rainfall	467
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	46

Records on 14 May 1983 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 21, daily 1,151.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

984 broken records

Margins by which the 984 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1983

Top 20 records on 14 May 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1983	Bunker 4N, US	all-time rain	298.2 mm (11.7 in)	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	17 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 May 1983	Calvin, US	daily rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	74 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 May 1983	Chimacum 4 S, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1983	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1983	Yorkton A, CA	daily snowfall	9.5 cm (3.7 in)	9.5 cm (3.7 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1983	Lawrence, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1983	Dzhambejty, KZ	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1983	Budennovsk, RU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1983	Leeuwfontein, ZA	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1983	McPherson, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1983	Booligal (Ulonga), AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1983	Wudu, CN	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1983	Hanzhong, CN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1983	Clifton Vale, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1983	Mt Carroll, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	86 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1983	Steelville 2 N, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1983	Hennessey 4 ESE, US	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1983	Deloraine, CA	daily snowfall	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	85 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1983	Morris, CA	daily snowfall	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	99 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1983	Clermont-Ferrand, FR	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	49 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1983. 1983 had 1,176 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 100	968
100 to 200	12
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1