Weather Records on 14 May 1994

830 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 1994. Highest significance: Erbent, TM.

Key Facts for 14 May 1994

On 14 May 1994, 830 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
234 were record highs and 270 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 810 daily.
Erbent set an all-time record daily precipitation of 110.0 mm (4.3 in) on 14 May 1994.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

830 stations

830 station records on 14 May 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Erbent	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	270.0 mm (10.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Matsue	Japan	Record daily precipitation	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Capelle (Nb)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cristais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda N.S. da Piedade	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oss	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alferes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Deddington (Marathon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Edith Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Luiz Do Curu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jambeiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Herwijnen_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Prado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tapirai-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prade Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pararangaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Peterboro 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bonesteel	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Floresville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Meleiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chengshantou	China	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burarama (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Vista Redonda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Andel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Cape Byron Lighthou	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Mansa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bonfim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Sebastiao da Grama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg 12WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paraguacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Linden	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jingdezhen	China	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

830 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 156, Lowest daily minimum 177, Heaviest daily rainfall 323, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 14 May 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	156
Lowest daily minimum	177
Heaviest daily rainfall	323
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 14 May 1994 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 17, daily 810.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

678 broken records

Margins by which the 678 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 113.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 1994

Top 20 records on 14 May 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 1994	Erbent, TM	all-time rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 May 1994	Chanthaburi, TH	monthly rain	270.0 mm (10.6 in)	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	24 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 May 1994	Fredericksburg, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	93 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 May 1994	Matsue, JP	monthly rain	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1994	Capelle (Nb), NL	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1994	Cristais, BR	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1994	Fazenda N.S. da Piedade, BR	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1994	Balfour, AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1994	Oss, NL	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1994	Rio Preto, BR	daily rain	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1994	Alferes, BR	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1994	Deddington (Marathon), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1994	Ft Ross, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1994	Edith Creek, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1994	Sao Luiz Do Curu, BR	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1994	Jambeiro, BR	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1994	Herwijnen_1, NL	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1994	Prado, BR	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1994	Long Prairie, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	97 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 1994	Grafton, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	85 years	42 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1994. 1994 had 830 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	628
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2