April 14[edit]

1886: A tornado in Sauk Rapids killed 72 people, making it Minnesota's deadliest on record.

1969: The Nimbus 3 weather satellite was launched.

1999: A severe hailstorm, the costliest disaster in Australian history, dropped hail stones 9 cm (3.5 in) in diameter across the Sydney area. The storm caused more than A$ 2 billion in damage and injured 50 people.

2007: The April 2007 Nor'easter gave New York City its second highest 24–hour rainfall total in history.

2017: Flash floods due to heavy rain killed more than 40 people in northwestern Iran, mostly in the East Azerbaijan Province.

2018: Very heavy rains began falling on Kauai, Hawaii, continuing into the next day. A weather station near Hanalei measured 49.69 inches (126.2 cm) of rain in a 24-hour period, which is the most ever recorded anywhere the United States.