Weather Records on 14 May 2023

591 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 May 2023. Highest significance: Tracy, US.

Key Facts for 14 May 2023

On 14 May 2023, 591 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
375 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 583 daily.
Tracy set a daily record precipitation of 85.1 mm (3.4 in) on 14 May 2023.
Across 165 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

591 stations

591 station records on 14 May 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 May 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Uitenhage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Windom	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Burgess Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Masrik	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lamberton SW Rsch & Outreach C	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Reykjavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Caballo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St James Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Waste Wtp Facility	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clatskanie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jijel	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
E Wareham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hannibal Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jubilejnaja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.4 C (-10.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kautokeino	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Willis Island	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kolpasevo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

591 records

Records set or tied on 14 May 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 277, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 160, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 14 May 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	277
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 14 May 2023 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 583.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

457 broken records

Margins by which the 457 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 May 2023

Top 20 records on 14 May 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 May 2023	Tracy, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2023	Uitenhage, ZA	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	100 years	68 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2023	Windom, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2023	Burgess Junction, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 May 2023	Masrik, AM	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2023	Lamberton SW Rsch & Outreach C, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2023	Lake Park 3SSE, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	106 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2023	Reykjavik, IS	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2023	Emporia 1 WNW, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2023	Faribault, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	117 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2023	Caballo Dam, US	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2023	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2023	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	121 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2023	Postville, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	106 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2023	Brookings, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2023	Sandpoint Exp STN, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	85 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2023	Marshall, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2023	Budapest, HU	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2023	Wells, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 May 2023	St James Wwtp, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	43 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 2023. 2023 had 591 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 10	414
10 to 20	24
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2