Weather Records on 16 May 2014

1,483 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 2014. Highest significance: Farmville, US.

Key Facts for 16 May 2014

On 16 May 2014, 1,483 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
441 were record highs and 710 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 1,433 daily.
Farmville set a monthly record daily precipitation of 119.4 mm (4.7 in) on 16 May 2014.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

1,483 stations

1,483 station records on 16 May 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Farmville	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Wateree Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Lake City 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Galeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
S Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Charlotte Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Luray 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Vienna	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lock Haven Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Buckingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Covington 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Omu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
John H Kerr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Piedmont Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bremo Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Midville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
S Boston	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Patuxent River NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde Lock 26	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jabiru Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gomel	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Painter 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Otaru	Japan	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chase City	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 SW Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tioga Hammond Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kitamiesashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arcola	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,483 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 203, Lowest daily maximum 298, Highest daily minimum 238, Lowest daily minimum 412, Heaviest daily rainfall 321, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 16 May 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	203
Lowest daily maximum	298
Highest daily minimum	238
Lowest daily minimum	412
Heaviest daily rainfall	321
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 16 May 2014 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 49, daily 1,433.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,239 broken records

Margins by which the 1,239 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 2014

Top 20 records on 16 May 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 2014	Farmville, US	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	80 years	75 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2014	E Stroudsburg, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	101 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2014	Wateree Dam, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	79 years	73 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2014	Lake City 2 SE, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	71 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2014	Galeton, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2014	Renovo, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2014	Marion, US	monthly rain	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2014	S Mtn, US	monthly rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2014	Clarksville, US	monthly rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2014	Charlotte Court House, US	monthly rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2014	Luray 5 E, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	66 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2014	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	97 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2014	Titusville, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	107 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2014	State College, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2014	Vienna, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2014	Lock Haven Sewage Plt, US	monthly rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2014	Chapel Hill 2 W, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2014	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2014	Buckingham, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 May 2014	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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

1802 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2014. 2014 had 1,483 records.

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

Records on 05-16 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1806	1
1820	1
1825	1
1832	1
1837	1
1847	1
1856	1
1858	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1871	1
1874	3
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	6
1896	2
1897	1
1898	11
1899	6
1900	7
1901	2
1902	10
1903	9
1904	17
1905	13
1906	25
1907	13
1908	6
1909	57
1910	24
1911	22
1912	13
1913	24
1914	11
1915	104
1916	38
1917	48
1918	395
1919	28
1920	69
1921	106
1922	31
1923	126
1924	152
1925	177
1926	211
1927	230
1928	121
1929	273
1930	170
1931	254
1932	441
1933	268
1934	304
1935	320
1936	520
1937	279
1938	299
1939	448
1940	334
1941	429
1942	721
1943	652
1944	531
1945	888
1946	327
1947	344
1948	281
1949	360
1950	210
1951	558
1952	773
1953	421
1954	251
1955	525
1956	697
1957	610
1958	361
1959	680
1960	370
1961	378
1962	1,295
1963	552
1964	313
1965	442
1966	420
1967	611
1968	790
1969	423
1970	520
1971	509
1972	625
1973	869
1974	1,207
1975	544
1976	518
1977	1,269
1978	808
1979	506
1980	830
1981	896
1982	427
1983	1,579
1984	981
1985	536
1986	747
1987	1,369
1988	946
1989	938
1990	1,068
1991	1,094
1992	809
1993	653
1994	705
1995	1,235
1996	1,835
1997	1,932
1998	1,500
1999	778
2000	1,129
2001	1,110
2002	694
2003	1,289
2004	869
2005	870
2006	1,345
2007	692
2008	1,034
2009	897
2010	836
2011	1,398
2012	770
2013	596
2014	1,483
2015	782
2016	793
2017	710
2018	1,013
2019	572
2020	431
2021	419
2022	717
2023	653
2024	601
2025	993
2026	558

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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	1,123
20 to 40	81
40 to 60	25
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	2