Weather Records on 14 May 2006

707 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 2006. Highest significance: Nashua 2 NNW, US.

Key Facts for 14 May 2006

On 14 May 2006, 707 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
299 were record highs and 257 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 678 daily.
Nashua 2 NNW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 119.4 mm (4.7 in) on 14 May 2006.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

707 stations

707 station records on 14 May 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Middleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Massabesic Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Epping	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greenland	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Reading	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Concord ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boston	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Oxtotilpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Los Ramones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Edgartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
El Obeid	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laredo 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Malkal	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adin Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sunapee	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moroni	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Martin Texmelucan Labasti	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heathlands National Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Las Adjuntas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

707 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 192, Lowest daily maximum 175, Highest daily minimum 107, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 147, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 14 May 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	192
Lowest daily maximum	175
Highest daily minimum	107
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 May 2006 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 27, daily 678.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

506 broken records

Margins by which the 506 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 2006

Top 20 records on 14 May 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 2006	Nashua 2 NNW, US	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	89 years	77 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2006	Newburyport, US	monthly rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 years	75 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2006	Lawrence, US	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2006	Middleton, US	monthly rain	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	77.9 mm (3.1 in)	52 years	73 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2006	Massabesic Lake, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2006	Epping, US	monthly rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2006	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2006	Bedford, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2006	Milford, US	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2006	Lakeport 2, US	monthly rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2006	Haverhill, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2006	Greenland, US	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2006	Reading, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2006	Concord ASOS, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2006	Durham, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2006	Boston, US	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2006	Ipswich, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2006	San Francisco Oxtotilpan, MX	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2006	Los Ramones, MX	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2006	Parker, US	daily high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	105 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 2006. 2006 had 707 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 2006-05-14: 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	464
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	4