Weather Records on 14 May 2002

963 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 2002. Highest significance: Palm 3 SE, US.

Key Facts for 14 May 2002

On 14 May 2002, 963 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
289 were record highs and 338 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 940 daily.
Palm 3 SE set a daily record precipitation of 82.6 mm (3.3 in) on 14 May 2002.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

963 stations

963 station records on 14 May 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palm 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ellenburg Depot	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
West Medway	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Hill Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bolonchen	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield Hollow Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woonsocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Northbridge 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alice	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Freeville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Rose	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Millbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Snowshoe Lake	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spreckelsville 400	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canatlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
York Pond	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Syr-Darja	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich Public Utility Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Locke 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Rs 338	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Honolua Fld 49 494	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Keahua 410	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
N Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canoe Brook	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paia 406	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rumford 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Escarcega (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belchertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

963 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 128, Lowest daily maximum 215, Highest daily minimum 161, Lowest daily minimum 123, Heaviest daily rainfall 318, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 14 May 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	128
Lowest daily maximum	215
Highest daily minimum	161
Lowest daily minimum	123
Heaviest daily rainfall	318
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 14 May 2002 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 940.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

781 broken records

Margins by which the 781 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 558.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 2002

Top 20 records on 14 May 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 2002	Palm 3 SE, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2002	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2002	Ellenburg Depot, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2002	Milford, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2002	West Medway, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2002	Birch Hill Dam, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2002	Newburyport, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2002	Watertown, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2002	Bolonchen, MX	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2002	Chariton 1 E, US	monthly low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2002	Mansfield Hollow Lake, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2002	Woonsocket, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2002	Storrs, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2002	Northbridge 2, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2002	Enosburg Falls, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	106 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2002	Tully Lake, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2002	Alice, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	89 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2002	E Wareham, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2002	Holyoke, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2002	Taunton, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	45 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 2002. 2002 had 963 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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Data for records on 2002-05-14: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-15 (15 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	780
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1