Weather Records on 23 May 2014

858 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 May 2014. Highest significance: Kristianstad, SE.

Key Facts for 23 May 2014

On 23 May 2014, 858 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
560 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 803 daily.
Kristianstad set a daily record precipitation of 36.0 mm (1.4 in) on 23 May 2014.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

858 stations

858 station records on 23 May 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 May 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bitter Lakes Wl Refuge	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hayfield Pumping Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Beira	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kittila Pokka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zeja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haliut	China	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yeso 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barking Sands	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Floydada 9SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kittila Pulju	Finland	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hurn	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guipavas	France	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Forse	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Katkesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sultan Ismail Petra	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
The Granites	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Agate 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Magdagaci	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gingin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Childress Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tynda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ronneby-Bredakra	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Norcia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eggegrund	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wagin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Savukoski Ruuvaoja	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amistad 5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yarloop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mindarabin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lawica	Poland	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Norsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Traneberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lulea-Bergnaset	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wanneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dumbleyung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kaliningrad	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dilia	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

858 records

Records set or tied on 23 May 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 259, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 301, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 267, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 23 May 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	259
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	301
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	267
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 May 2014 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 55, daily 803.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

765 broken records

Margins by which the 765 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 49.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 May 2014

Top 20 records on 23 May 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 May 2014	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	118 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2014	Estancia 4N, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	95 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2014	Bitter Lakes Wl Refuge, US	monthly rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 May 2014	Hayfield Pumping Plt, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2014	Beira, MZ	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2014	Kittila Pokka, FI	monthly rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2014	Skovorodino, RU	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2014	Zeja, RU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2014	Oneonta, US	monthly high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2014	Jokkmokk, SE	monthly high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	116 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2014	Haliut, CN	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2014	Yeso 2 S, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2014	Barking Sands, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2014	Santa Fe 2, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2014	Southport 5 N, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	111 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2014	Floydada 9SE, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2014	Kittila Pulju, FI	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2014	Hurn, GB	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2014	Guipavas, FR	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2014	Forse, SE	daily high min	12.9 C (55.2 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	92 years	44 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

1793 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2014. 2014 had 858 records.

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

Records on 05-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1798	1
1817	1
1818	1
1837	3
1845	1
1847	2
1857	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	5
1867	7
1870	2
1871	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	4
1887	1
1889	2
1891	11
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	8
1899	3
1900	12
1901	3
1902	12
1903	6
1904	14
1905	10
1906	23
1907	11
1908	13
1909	23
1910	26
1911	39
1912	31
1913	29
1914	33
1915	13
1916	44
1917	58
1918	36
1919	120
1920	37
1921	92
1922	82
1923	99
1924	230
1925	325
1926	204
1927	243
1928	177
1929	221
1930	199
1931	719
1932	358
1933	443
1934	203
1935	369
1936	568
1937	156
1938	390
1939	415
1940	324
1941	676
1942	235
1943	342
1944	784
1945	241
1946	311
1947	285
1948	273
1949	612
1950	490
1951	400
1952	597
1953	777
1954	496
1955	650
1956	498
1957	653
1958	744
1959	486
1960	395
1961	412
1962	677
1963	1,153
1964	964
1965	477
1966	391
1967	1,055
1968	578
1969	437
1970	314
1971	659
1972	449
1973	371
1974	678
1975	855
1976	556
1977	596
1978	703
1979	730
1980	1,202
1981	862
1982	717
1983	1,123
1984	1,027
1985	608
1986	626
1987	745
1988	662
1989	1,106
1990	1,660
1991	1,244
1992	1,423
1993	845
1994	690
1995	1,106
1996	1,114
1997	983
1998	947
1999	705
2000	1,372
2001	1,441
2002	1,537
2003	954
2004	1,275
2005	908
2006	1,122
2007	1,170
2008	1,472
2009	805
2010	1,275
2011	1,001
2012	1,006
2013	929
2014	858
2015	667
2016	679
2017	602
2018	552
2019	1,044
2020	631
2021	837
2022	807
2023	316
2024	760
2025	865
2026	804

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 23 May 2014
Margin	Records
0 to 10	704
10 to 20	44
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	3