Weather Records on 15 May 2014

1,411 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 May 2014. Highest significance: Raleigh State UNIV, US.

Key Facts for 15 May 2014

On 15 May 2014, 1,411 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
499 were record highs and 665 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 1,374 daily.
Raleigh State UNIV set a daily record precipitation of 114.3 mm (4.5 in) on 15 May 2014.
Across 162 earlier years (1820 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 425 records.

Record Map

1,411 stations

1,411 station records on 15 May 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 May 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Raleigh AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Augusta Bush Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lavik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ytre Solund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wallace 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Egvekinot	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Orangeburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yanji	China	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Suifenhe	China	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lynchburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ona II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Atmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hustadvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mayo	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hatlestrand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rosendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brewton 3 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cross City 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ovstedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Partizansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fureneset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bacau	Romania	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Litledal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pisgah Forest 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eikanger - Myr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Skei I Jolster	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ceahlau Toaca	Romania	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poset	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,411 records

Records set or tied on 15 May 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 255, Lowest daily maximum 288, Highest daily minimum 244, Lowest daily minimum 377, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 15 May 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	255
Lowest daily maximum	288
Highest daily minimum	244
Lowest daily minimum	377
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 15 May 2014 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 37, daily 1,374.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,150 broken records

Margins by which the 1,150 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

15 May 2014

Top 20 records on 15 May 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 May 2014	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
15 May 2014	Asheville, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	108 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 May 2014	Raleigh AP, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
15 May 2014	Augusta Bush Fld AP, US	daily rain	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 May 2014	Lavik, NO	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 May 2014	Ytre Solund, NO	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 May 2014	Wallace 2 E, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2014	Egvekinot, RU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2014	Dunn 4 NW, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2014	Marshall, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2014	Orangeburg 2, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2014	Yanji, CN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2014	Hovlandsdal, NO	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	109 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2014	Live Oak, US	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2014	Suifenhe, CN	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2014	Lviv, UA	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2014	Elkins- Randolph Co AP, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2014	Lynchburg Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2014	Arad, RO	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	126 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 2014	Williams 3 SW, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	91 years	52 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

1820 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1820 to 2014. 2014 had 1,411 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-15 in each year
Year	Records
1820	1
1825	1
1831	1
1832	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1855	2
1857	2
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	3
1874	2
1876	4
1878	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1888	3
1891	3
1893	5
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	3
1899	9
1900	9
1901	2
1902	9
1903	4
1904	13
1905	16
1906	10
1907	27
1908	25
1909	89
1910	27
1911	27
1912	26
1913	60
1914	16
1915	236
1916	27
1917	80
1918	133
1919	25
1920	58
1921	92
1922	30
1923	125
1924	174
1925	100
1926	161
1927	191
1928	144
1929	161
1930	136
1931	459
1932	368
1933	439
1934	227
1935	288
1936	372
1937	373
1938	393
1939	351
1940	179
1941	454
1942	701
1943	568
1944	630
1945	588
1946	238
1947	334
1948	264
1949	363
1950	260
1951	736
1952	476
1953	426
1954	355
1955	538
1956	466
1957	521
1958	605
1959	764
1960	291
1961	508
1962	1,128
1963	782
1964	347
1965	320
1966	389
1967	609
1968	1,019
1969	790
1970	512
1971	351
1972	484
1973	818
1974	1,230
1975	372
1976	803
1977	1,186
1978	922
1979	404
1980	625
1981	586
1982	500
1983	1,215
1984	1,059
1985	649
1986	679
1987	1,073
1988	643
1989	552
1990	776
1991	1,179
1992	944
1993	784
1994	910
1995	1,750
1996	1,452
1997	1,175
1998	1,641
1999	810
2000	850
2001	1,280
2002	801
2003	1,023
2004	1,046
2005	767
2006	955
2007	949
2008	995
2009	675
2010	1,088
2011	1,298
2012	751
2013	1,081
2014	1,411
2015	717
2016	890
2017	435
2018	1,074
2019	627
2020	472
2021	412
2022	847
2023	566
2024	596
2025	801
2026	481

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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	1,084
20 to 40	48
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1