Weather Records on 14 May 2020

514 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 2020. Highest significance: Carville 2 SW, US.

Key Facts for 14 May 2020

On 14 May 2020, 514 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
121 were record highs and 270 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 498 daily.
Carville 2 SW set a daily record precipitation of 139.7 mm (5.5 in) on 14 May 2020.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

514 stations

514 station records on 14 May 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Sisian	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Oujda	Morocco	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
St-Girons	France	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Steigen	Norway	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ura-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gibraltar	Gibraltar [United Kingdom]	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dzizak	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Skogfoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kona Village 93.8	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rota	Spain	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eresfjord	Norway	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Njukzha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eide Pa Nordmore	Norway	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nattavaara_A	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Beach Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Key W Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Axe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record low maximum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jackvik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pulaski	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pasighat	India	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Ciampino	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sokode	Togo	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ona II	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hefei	China	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Apuka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lough Navar Forest	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manzanita Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Roads 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bendalong Stp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Methoni	Greece	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

514 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 188, Heaviest daily rainfall 103, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 14 May 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	188
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 14 May 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 498.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

416 broken records

Margins by which the 416 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 360.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 2020

Top 20 records on 14 May 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 2020	Carville 2 SW, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	74 years	70 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2020	Sisian, AM	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2020	Oujda, MA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	98 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2020	Kirksville Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2020	St-Girons, FR	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2020	Steigen, NO	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	103 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2020	Ft Ross, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	114 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2020	Ura-Tyube, TJ	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2020	New Orleans AP, US	daily rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2020	Gibraltar, GI	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2020	Karesuando, SE	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	85 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2020	Dzizak, UZ	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2020	De Bilt, NL	daily low min	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	118 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2020	Skogfoss, NO	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2020	San Marcos, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2020	Kona Village 93.8, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2020	Hvar, HR	daily high min	20.8 C (69.4 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2020	Eelde, NL	daily low min	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	111 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2020	Rota, ES	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2020	Armagh, GB	daily low min	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	121 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 2020. 2020 had 514 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 50	404
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1