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Belgium

United States · 17 May 2020

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Average

8°C

low 7.7° · high 8.4°

Rainfall

97.9mm

rain recorded

Wind

8.1m/s

daily average

Humidity

89.3%

daily average

Cloud

100%

cover

Pressure

1014hPa

daily average

The temperature ranged from 7.7°C around 04:00 to 8.4°C around 13:00. Rain was recorded across 21 hours, from around 03:00 to 23:00 (97.9mm total).

How unusual was this day?

Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.

High temperature

22th percentile

Low temperature

65th percentile

Rainfall

100th percentile

Wind

98th 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 8.8°C, versus 8°C on this specific day.

Sun & daylight

Sunrise

05:23

Sunset

20:11

Day length

14h 48m

Hour by hour

Temperature (line) and hourly rainfall (bars), local time — America/Chicago.

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Cumulative rainfall through the day.

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Local timeUTCTemp °CFeels °CRain mmWind m/sDirHumidity %Pressure hPa
00:0005:007.93.604.8ENE861019
01:0006:008.33.50.025.6E871018
02:0007:008.12.80.026.3E861018
03:0008:007.92.20.166.7E871018
04:0009:007.71.90.417E891017
05:0010:007.82.70.745.8E871017
06:0011:007.72.10.936.7E871016
07:0012:007.81.91.247E871016
08:0013:007.81.61.517.4E871016
09:0014:007.91.21.848.2E871015
10:0015:008.10.92.879E881014
11:0016:008.20.94.919.3E871014
12:0017:008.30.76.769.6E881013
13:0018:008.40.57.3910.2E891012
14:0019:008.30.36.7210.3E901011
15:0020:008.30.77.19.9E911011
16:0021:008.41.38.159.2ENE921011
17:0022:008.11.39.818.7ENE921010
18:0023:0081.611.528NE931010
19:0000:007.81.810.77.5NE931011
20:0001:007.81.27.868.3NE931011
21:0002:007.80.44.019.5NE931011
22:0003:007.801.8510.2ENE941010
23:0004:007.901.3910.2ENE941010

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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 United States
Location
Belgium — 43.500°, -87.750°, ERA5 grid cell center, 8.1 km from requested point
Time zone
America/Chicago
What's shown here
The hourly and daily record for 17 May 2020 specifically — not a monthly average. See the Belgium 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

Plain text
PastClimate (2026-07-16). Historical climate data for Belgium, United States (43.50°N, 87.75°W), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
APA
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Belgium, United States [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 16, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
MLA
"Historical Climate Data for Belgium, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 16, 2026, www.pastclimate.com.
BibTeX
@misc{pastclimate,
  author = {PastClimate},
  title = {Historical climate data for Belgium, United States},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023), Copernicus Climate Change Service. Accessed 2026-07-16},
  url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}

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