Weather Records on 14 May 2004

1,501 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 2004. Highest significance: Hardy, US.

Key Facts for 14 May 2004

On 14 May 2004, 1,501 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
526 were record highs and 665 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 1,475 daily.
Hardy set a daily record precipitation of 85.9 mm (3.4 in) on 14 May 2004.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 409 records.

Record Map

1,501 stations

1,501 station records on 14 May 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Santa Rita Tlahuapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Meadville	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Misantla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Davilla 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
El Remolino (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St Francisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ocosingo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pogegevskaya	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood Leflore AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aransas Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
El Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pt Comfort	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,501 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 190, Lowest daily maximum 314, Highest daily minimum 336, Lowest daily minimum 351, Heaviest daily rainfall 301, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 14 May 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	190
Lowest daily maximum	314
Highest daily minimum	336
Lowest daily minimum	351
Heaviest daily rainfall	301
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 14 May 2004 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 23, daily 1,475.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,183 broken records

Margins by which the 1,183 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 2004

Top 20 records on 14 May 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 2004	Hardy, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	97 years	75 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2004	Santa Rita Tlahuapan, MX	all-time rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	72 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2004	Black Rock, US	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2004	Meadville, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	81 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2004	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2004	Misantla, MX	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2004	Sidney 1SSE, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	106 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2004	Grenola 1 N, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2004	Davilla 2N, US	monthly rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2004	Mecca Fire STN, US	daily high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	77 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2004	Edwardsville 2 W, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2004	Beloit, US	monthly low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	93 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2004	El Remolino (Cfe), MX	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2004	Doniphan, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2004	Bottineau, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	98 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2004	St Francisville, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	99 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2004	Howell Wwtp, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	107 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2004	Woodville 4 ESE, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	97 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2004	Rockport, US	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2004	Ocosingo, MX	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	73 years	46 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 2004. 2004 had 1,501 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 2004-05-14: 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 2026-10-17 (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	1,108
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	21
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3