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Prestons
Australia · 8 February 2018
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Average
24.4°C
low 16.2°C · high 33.2°C
Rainfall
0mm
dry day
Wind
2.7m/s
daily average
Humidity
55.9%
daily average
Cloud
31%
cover
Pressure
1017hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 16.2°C around 05:00 to 33.2°C around 16:00. No measurable rain was recorded during the day.
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
90th percentile
Low temperature
24th percentile
Rainfall
23th percentile
Wind
71th 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 22.6°C, versus 24.4°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:24
Sunset
19:56
Day length
13h 32m
Hour by hour
Temperature (line) and hourly rainfall (bars), local time — Australia/Sydney.
Cumulative rainfall through the day.
| Local time | UTC | Temp | Feels | Rain mm | Wind m/s | Dir | Humidity % | Pressure hPa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 13:00 | 19.9°C | 20.1°C | 0 | 2 | NNE | 73 | 1020 |
| 01:00 | 14:00 | 19°C | 19.2°C | 0 | 1.9 | NNE | 76 | 1020 |
| 02:00 | 15:00 | 17.9°C | 18.1°C | 0 | 1.9 | NNE | 81 | 1020 |
| 03:00 | 16:00 | 17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0 | 2.1 | NNE | 82 | 1019 |
| 04:00 | 17:00 | 16.9°C | 17°C | 0 | 1.8 | NNE | 85 | 1019 |
| 05:00 | 18:00 | 16.2°C | 16.4°C | 0 | 1.6 | NW | 87 | 1019 |
| 06:00 | 19:00 | 16.4°C | 16.7°C | 0 | 1.3 | WNW | 87 | 1020 |
| 07:00 | 20:00 | 16.6°C | 17.2°C | 0 | 1.2 | NNE | 87 | 1020 |
| 08:00 | 21:00 | 17.2°C | 17.4°C | 0 | 1.6 | NNE | 83 | 1020 |
| 09:00 | 22:00 | 22.7°C | 22.7°C | 0 | 2.1 | NNE | 59 | 1020 |
| 10:00 | 23:00 | 24.6°C | 23.4°C | 0 | 2.9 | NNE | 48 | 1020 |
| 11:00 | 00:00 | 27.2°C | 25.3°C | 0 | 3.2 | NNE | 36 | 1019 |
| 12:00 | 01:00 | 29.6°C | 27.2°C | 0 | 3.4 | NNE | 30 | 1018 |
| 13:00 | 02:00 | 31.3°C | 28.8°C | 0 | 3.6 | NNE | 27 | 1017 |
| 14:00 | 03:00 | 32.8°C | 30.3°C | 0 | 4 | NNE | 26 | 1016 |
| 15:00 | 04:00 | 33.1°C | 30.5°C | 0 | 4.1 | NE | 26 | 1014 |
| 16:00 | 05:00 | 33.2°C | 30.7°C | 0 | 4.1 | NE | 26 | 1013 |
| 17:00 | 06:00 | 31.8°C | 29.5°C | 0 | 4.4 | NE | 32 | 1012 |
| 18:00 | 07:00 | 31°C | 28.7°C | 0 | 4.4 | NE | 32 | 1013 |
| 19:00 | 08:00 | 29.1°C | 27.3°C | 0 | 4 | NE | 37 | 1013 |
| 20:00 | 09:00 | 28.6°C | 27.3°C | 0 | 3.6 | NE | 41 | 1014 |
| 21:00 | 10:00 | 25.6°C | 25.4°C | 0 | 2.6 | NE | 52 | 1014 |
| 22:00 | 11:00 | 24.4°C | 24.7°C | 0 | 2.3 | NE | 59 | 1014 |
| 23:00 | 12:00 | 22.9°C | 23.9°C | 0 | 1.7 | NE | 68 | 1014 |
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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
- Prestons — -34.000°, 150.750°, ERA5 grid cell center, 13.0 km from requested point
- Time zone
- Australia/Sydney
- What's shown here
- The hourly and daily record for 8 February 2018 specifically — not a monthly average. See the Prestons 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 Prestons, Australia (-34.00°S, 150.75°E), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Prestons, Australia [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Prestons, Australia." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 21, 2026, www.pastclimate.com.
@misc{pastclimate,
author = {PastClimate},
title = {Historical climate data for Prestons, 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.