Weather Records on 28 May 2014

781 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 May 2014. Highest significance: Lafayette Rgnl AP, US.

Key Facts for 28 May 2014

On 28 May 2014, 781 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
316 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 757 daily.
Lafayette Rgnl AP set a daily record precipitation of 174.5 mm (6.9 in) on 28 May 2014.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

781 stations

781 station records on 28 May 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 May 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Tynda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Uplands (Gibbo River Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Benambra (Evandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Vyborg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Broadford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Shannon Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
New Roads 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Indigo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mitta Mitta Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ulupna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Smolensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hume Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Madisonville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albury Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Terra Alta #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrangobilly Caves	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Strachowice	Poland	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baker	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tawonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orange	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aberfeldy (Lily Creek (Laromm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lawica	Poland	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bountiful-Val Verda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Galveston Scholes Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dederang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plaquemine 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Donora 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bungowannah (Roseleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Callaghan Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Echo Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lsu Ben-Hur Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Edward Macdowell Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

781 records

Records set or tied on 28 May 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 159, Lowest daily maximum 112, Highest daily minimum 157, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 327.

Records on 28 May 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	159
Lowest daily maximum	112
Highest daily minimum	157
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	327
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 May 2014 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 757.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

666 broken records

Margins by which the 666 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 126.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 May 2014

Top 20 records on 28 May 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 May 2014	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	99 years	79 of 100 (Major)
28 May 2014	Tynda, RU	monthly rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	64 years	76 of 100 (Major)
28 May 2014	Grand Coteau, US	daily rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	99 years	75 of 100 (Major)
28 May 2014	Crowley 2 NE, US	daily rain	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	57 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 May 2014	Uplands (Gibbo River Park), AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 May 2014	Benambra (Evandale), AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 May 2014	Brodhead Wwtp, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	114 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 May 2014	Vyborg, RU	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2014	Broadford, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2014	Harrietville, AU	daily rain	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2014	Omeo Shannon Vale, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2014	Huntsville, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	107 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2014	New Roads 5 NE, US	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2014	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2014	Indigo, AU	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2014	Mitta Mitta Forestry, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2014	Ulupna, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2014	Smolensk, RU	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2014	Hume Reservoir, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	83 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 May 2014	St. Petersburg, RU	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	91 years	49 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

1794 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2014. 2014 had 781 records.

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

Records on 05-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1797	1
1811	1
1824	1
1832	1
1836	5
1840	1
1841	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	2
1857	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	4
1869	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	2
1884	3
1885	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	2
1892	9
1893	2
1894	9
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	6
1902	12
1903	9
1904	6
1905	14
1906	31
1907	36
1908	26
1909	7
1910	18
1911	42
1912	19
1913	28
1914	58
1915	27
1916	24
1917	36
1918	43
1919	43
1920	33
1921	87
1922	80
1923	72
1924	109
1925	122
1926	143
1927	301
1928	150
1929	355
1930	131
1931	574
1932	171
1933	212
1934	537
1935	186
1936	337
1937	212
1938	285
1939	433
1940	217
1941	711
1942	279
1943	238
1944	330
1945	331
1946	413
1947	1,049
1948	333
1949	321
1950	276
1951	503
1952	314
1953	392
1954	382
1955	413
1956	456
1957	272
1958	792
1959	557
1960	431
1961	1,026
1962	859
1963	368
1964	394
1965	536
1966	284
1967	350
1968	610
1969	863
1970	310
1971	767
1972	575
1973	834
1974	585
1975	397
1976	914
1977	826
1978	802
1979	521
1980	808
1981	711
1982	1,204
1983	1,666
1984	1,357
1985	914
1986	591
1987	1,139
1988	806
1989	817
1990	1,024
1991	1,647
1992	1,610
1993	870
1994	981
1995	1,078
1996	1,438
1997	1,108
1998	1,043
1999	952
2000	1,229
2001	1,024
2002	612
2003	1,049
2004	875
2005	1,032
2006	1,566
2007	1,084
2008	902
2009	733
2010	937
2011	1,188
2012	1,237
2013	541
2014	781
2015	487
2016	625
2017	710
2018	1,348
2019	973
2020	875
2021	537
2022	476
2023	445
2024	907
2025	663
2026	1,053

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Data for records on 2014-05-28: 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	601
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1