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Preston
Australia · 4 December 2016
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Average
20°C
low 9.5°C · high 30°C
Rainfall
5.8mm
rain recorded
Wind
4m/s
daily average
Humidity
67%
daily average
Cloud
94%
cover
Pressure
1009hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 9.5°C around 05:00 to 30°C around 15:00. Rain was recorded across 5 hours, from around 18:00 to 22:00 (5.8mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
87th percentile
Low temperature
16th percentile
Rainfall
87th percentile
Wind
54th percentile
A percentile of 100 means this was the hottest/wettest/windiest of the comparable days on file; 50 is right in the middle. This window's average temperature was 17.3°C, versus 20°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
05:51
Sunset
20:29
Day length
14h 38m
Hour by hour
Temperature (line) and hourly rainfall (bars), local time — Australia/Melbourne.
Cumulative rainfall through the day.
| Local time | UTC | Temp | Feels | Rain mm | Wind m/s | Dir | Humidity % | Pressure hPa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 13:00 | 14.1°C | 13.1°C | 0 | 1.9 | S | 81 | 1013 |
| 01:00 | 14:00 | 12.6°C | 12.1°C | 0 | 1 | SW | 88 | 1013 |
| 02:00 | 15:00 | 11.7°C | 11.4°C | 0 | 0.8 | NW | 94 | 1012 |
| 03:00 | 16:00 | 11.6°C | 10.8°C | 0 | 1.6 | NNW | 95 | 1011 |
| 04:00 | 17:00 | 10.1°C | 9.1°C | 0 | 1.4 | NNW | 98 | 1011 |
| 05:00 | 18:00 | 9.5°C | 8.3°C | 0 | 1.3 | N | 98 | 1011 |
| 06:00 | 19:00 | 9.7°C | 8.5°C | 0 | 1.6 | NNE | 98 | 1011 |
| 07:00 | 20:00 | 12.4°C | 11°C | 0 | 2.6 | NNE | 91 | 1011 |
| 08:00 | 21:00 | 13.9°C | 12.3°C | 0 | 2.6 | NNE | 82 | 1011 |
| 09:00 | 22:00 | 20.4°C | 18.4°C | 0 | 3.7 | NNE | 57 | 1010 |
| 10:00 | 23:00 | 23.9°C | 20.7°C | 0 | 4.8 | NNE | 43 | 1009 |
| 11:00 | 00:00 | 26.8°C | 23.3°C | 0 | 5.1 | N | 35 | 1009 |
| 12:00 | 01:00 | 27.2°C | 23.3°C | 0 | 5.9 | N | 35 | 1008 |
| 13:00 | 02:00 | 28.4°C | 24.6°C | 0 | 5.9 | N | 34 | 1008 |
| 14:00 | 03:00 | 29.3°C | 25.7°C | 0 | 6.1 | N | 35 | 1007 |
| 15:00 | 04:00 | 30°C | 26.7°C | 0 | 5.9 | NNE | 35 | 1006 |
| 16:00 | 05:00 | 29.4°C | 26.2°C | 0 | 6 | N | 37 | 1005 |
| 17:00 | 06:00 | 26.5°C | 23.6°C | 0 | 6.2 | NNW | 48 | 1005 |
| 18:00 | 07:00 | 26.2°C | 23.7°C | 0.28 | 5.1 | NW | 46 | 1007 |
| 19:00 | 08:00 | 23.2°C | 21.8°C | 0.63 | 4.4 | NNW | 61 | 1008 |
| 20:00 | 09:00 | 22.8°C | 21.2°C | 1.73 | 5 | N | 65 | 1007 |
| 21:00 | 10:00 | 20.1°C | 19.2°C | 1.92 | 5 | NNE | 86 | 1006 |
| 22:00 | 11:00 | 20.2°C | 18.8°C | 1.15 | 5.7 | NNE | 84 | 1006 |
| 23:00 | 12:00 | 21.1°C | 18.6°C | 0.05 | 7.1 | N | 79 | 1006 |
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Data source & coverage — ERA5 reanalysis, 2016–2025 (10 years)details
- Source
- ERA5 reanalysis, accessed via the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate Data Store
- Data type
- Reanalysis — a physically consistent reconstruction combining a forecast model with historical observations, not a live station reading or a forecast
- Coverage
- 2016–2025 (10 years) for Australia
- Location
- Preston — -37.750°, 145.000°, ERA5 grid cell center, 1.5 km from requested point
- Time zone
- Australia/Melbourne
- What's shown here
- The hourly and daily record for 4 December 2016 specifically — not a monthly average. See the Preston climate overview for typical conditions.
- Spatial resolution
- 0.25° (~25 km) distributed grid — ERA5's native model resolution is finer; this is the publicly distributed regridded product
- Version / refreshed
- Methodology v2026.07 · data last refreshed December 31, 2025
- Limitations
- A model reconstruction, not a station observation — hyper-local extremes (a single storm cell, an urban heat pocket) can differ from a nearby gauge. See the full methodology.
- Attribution
- Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information
Cite this data
PastClimate (2026-07-21). Historical climate data for Preston, Australia (-37.75°S, 145.00°E), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Preston, Australia [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Preston, Australia." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 21, 2026, www.pastclimate.com.
@misc{pastclimate,
author = {PastClimate},
title = {Historical climate data for Preston, Australia},
year = {2026},
note = {Derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023), Copernicus Climate Change Service. Accessed 2026-07-21},
url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}Notice something wrong with this data? Report a data issue.