Weather Records on 14 May 2015

559 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 2015. Highest significance: Cando 1E, US.

Key Facts for 14 May 2015

On 14 May 2015, 559 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
223 were record highs and 128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 543 daily.
Cando 1E set a daily record precipitation of 41.1 mm (1.6 in) on 14 May 2015.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

559 stations

559 station records on 14 May 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cando 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pamban	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bognor Regis	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wilson Cbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wenatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pretty Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	39.7 C (103.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	40.5 C (104.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	37.3 C (99.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton 21 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia/San Javier	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tenerife/Sur	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	42.6 C (108.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lesce	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palomar Mtn Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville 22 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah 15S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Honavar	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Freer	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alicante El Altet	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alicante	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Erofej Pavlovic	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Timpanogos Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gagnoa	Cote D'Ivoire	Record low minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Van	Turkey	Record low maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Willow	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lobdell Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hartline	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Qu Xian	China	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boos	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yokohama	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Moresby W.O.	Papua New Guinea	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Letalisce Jozeta Pucnika Ljubl	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Murcia/Alcantarilla	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	42.5 C (108.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Idyllwild Fire Dept	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Twitchell Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah 7E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Odessa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Prosser	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit City AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brindisi	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

559 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 14 May 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 14 May 2015 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 543.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

462 broken records

Margins by which the 462 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 420.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 2015

Top 20 records on 14 May 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 2015	Cando 1E, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	108 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2015	Pamban, IN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2015	Spur, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	90 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2015	Bognor Regis, GB	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2015	Mt Wilson Cbs, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2015	Wenatchee, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2015	Clarendon, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2015	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2015	Pretty Rock, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2015	Brownwood 2NE, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	121 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2015	Bremerton, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	115 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2015	Oujda, MA	daily high max	39.7 C (103.5 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	102 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2015	Albacete Los Llanos, ES	daily high min	18.6 C (65.5 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	82 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2015	Alicante, ES	monthly high max	37.0 C (98.6 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	71 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2015	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high max	40.5 C (104.9 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	115 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2015	Torrevieja, ES	monthly high max	37.3 C (99.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2015	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	94 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2015	Crowell, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2015	Olekminsk, RU	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	86 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2015	Perryton 21 S, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	41 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 2015. 2015 had 559 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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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 100	461
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1