May 14
- 1886 – A tornado outbreak impacted the Midwestern United States. An F4 tornado, destroyed farm homes near Portland, Indiana before crossing into Ohio, where it killed six people, most of them on farms near Celina. An F3 tornado, described as "an immense balloon moving at 80 mph," killed 11 people as it struck Dunkirk and Cary, Ohio.
- 1923 – An F5 tornado obliterated farms, including a large ranch house, across Howard and Mitchell Counties, Texas, killing 23 people and injuring 250.