Weather Records on 14 May 1988

540 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1988. Highest significance: Sandheads, IN.

Key Facts for 14 May 1988

On 14 May 1988, 540 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
294 were record highs and 104 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 525 daily.
Sandheads set a monthly record daily precipitation of 185.9 mm (7.3 in) on 14 May 1988.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

540 stations

540 station records on 14 May 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandheads	India	Record daily precipitation	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Deeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Warren	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Gully Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Strathalbyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
The Warriups	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Okeechobee	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iawakia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perillup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Detour Village	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pardelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Northcliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trang	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	39.8 C (103.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bangalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Lake 6 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lamoni	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Estrada de Cunha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yangjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	328.9 mm (12.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ignacio 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mairinque	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lednik Phedchenko (Im. Gorbuno	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cross City 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manjimup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
The Rock (Bullenbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cuatotolapan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walpole North Old	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madera	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nazare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

540 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 191, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 140, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 14 May 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	191
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 May 1988 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 10, daily 525.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

405 broken records

Margins by which the 405 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 115.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1988

Top 20 records on 14 May 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1988	Sandheads, IN	monthly rain	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	7 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 May 1988	Deeside, AU	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1988	Glen Warren, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1988	Rocky Gully Town, AU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1988	Balfour Downs, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1988	Strathalbyn, AU	all-time rain	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1988	The Warriups, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1988	Okeechobee, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1988	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high min	10.1 C (50.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	112 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1988	Jacobina, BR	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1988	Longmont 2 ESE, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	92 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1988	Yeeda, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1988	Lake City 2 E, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	71 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1988	Lodgepole, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	86 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1988	Iawakia, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1988	Perillup, AU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1988	Detour Village, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	82 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1988	Pardelup, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1988	Fall Rvr Lake, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	77 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 1988	Northcliffe, AU	monthly rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	29 years	32 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1988. 1988 had 540 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 20	395
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1