Weather Records on 14 May 2016

635 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 2016. Highest significance: Laukuva, LT.

Key Facts for 14 May 2016

On 14 May 2016, 635 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
287 were record highs and 210 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 626 daily.
Laukuva set a monthly record daily precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 14 May 2016.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

635 stations

635 station records on 14 May 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Laukuva	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sovetsk	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bila Tserkva	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnohrad	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bayboro 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Cuxhaven Steinau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Big Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kharkiv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Craig	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lubbock 9N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Margaret Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Blair	India	Record high minimum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lubny	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elm Springs 3 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Big Delta AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zhytomyr	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haines AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Paul Dwtn AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Loreto	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anyang	China	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrovnoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kristinehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minchumina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Qaqortoq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

635 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 145, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 142, Lowest daily minimum 94, Heaviest daily rainfall 126, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 14 May 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	145
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	142
Lowest daily minimum	94
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 14 May 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 626.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

514 broken records

Margins by which the 514 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 2016

Top 20 records on 14 May 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 2016	Laukuva, LT	monthly rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2016	Sovetsk, LT	monthly rain	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2016	Kiev, UA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	110 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2016	Tahoka, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2016	Bila Tserkva, UA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2016	Mersa Matruh, EG	daily high min	26.8 C (80.2 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2016	Krasnohrad, UA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2016	Bayboro 3 SW, US	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2016	Kr. Cuxhaven Steinau, DE	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2016	Big Spring, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2016	Basel Binningen, CH	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	93 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2016	Gulkana AP, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	101 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2016	Eagle, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	110 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2016	Kharkiv, UA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2016	Craig, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	71 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2016	Lubbock 9N, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2016	Kaycee, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2016	Lake Margaret Power Station, AU	monthly rain	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2016	Mystic Lake, US	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	81 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2016	Marquette, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	127 years	42 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 2016. 2016 had 635 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	501
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1