Boulder
United States · 17 May 2016
Average
3.6°C
low 1.4° · high 5.8°
Rainfall
6.4mm
rain recorded
Wind
1.8m/s
daily average
Humidity
87.2%
daily average
Cloud
99%
cover
Pressure
1025hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 1.4°C around 08:00 to 5.8°C around 17:00. Rain was recorded across 17 hours, from around 00:00 to 16:00 (6.4mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
7th percentile
Low temperature
19th percentile
Rainfall
79th percentile
Wind
27th 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 10.5°C, versus 3.6°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
05:43
Sunset
20:11
Day length
14h 28m
Hour by hour
Temperature (line) and hourly rainfall (bars), local time — America/Denver.
Cumulative rainfall through the day.
| Local time | UTC | Temp °C | Feels °C | Rain mm | Wind m/s | Dir | Humidity % | Pressure hPa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 06:00 | 1.9 | -0.6 | 0.45 | 0.9 | NNE | 93 | 1024 |
| 01:00 | 07:00 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.53 | 0.6 | ENE | 93 | 1025 |
| 02:00 | 08:00 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.45 | 0.7 | ENE | 93 | 1025 |
| 03:00 | 09:00 | 2 | -0.5 | 0.3 | 1 | ENE | 94 | 1025 |
| 04:00 | 10:00 | 1.8 | -1 | 0.21 | 1.5 | E | 96 | 1025 |
| 05:00 | 11:00 | 2 | -0.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 | E | 95 | 1025 |
| 06:00 | 12:00 | 1.9 | -0.7 | 0.25 | 1.2 | E | 95 | 1026 |
| 07:00 | 13:00 | 1.5 | -0.9 | 0.42 | 0.9 | E | 97 | 1026 |
| 08:00 | 14:00 | 1.4 | -1.4 | 0.66 | 1.4 | ENE | 97 | 1026 |
| 09:00 | 15:00 | 2.7 | -0.5 | 0.64 | 2 | ENE | 90 | 1027 |
| 10:00 | 16:00 | 3.1 | -0.4 | 0.44 | 2.3 | ENE | 87 | 1027 |
| 11:00 | 17:00 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 0.32 | 2.7 | E | 84 | 1027 |
| 12:00 | 18:00 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.24 | 3.1 | E | 84 | 1026 |
| 13:00 | 19:00 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 0.21 | 3 | E | 79 | 1026 |
| 14:00 | 20:00 | 5.6 | 1.9 | 0.19 | 2.8 | E | 74 | 1025 |
| 15:00 | 21:00 | 5.7 | 2.1 | 0.23 | 2.7 | E | 73 | 1024 |
| 16:00 | 22:00 | 5.3 | 1.9 | 0.16 | 2.4 | E | 78 | 1024 |
| 17:00 | 23:00 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 0.09 | 2.6 | ESE | 79 | 1024 |
| 18:00 | 00:00 | 5.7 | 2.4 | 0.09 | 2.4 | E | 77 | 1024 |
| 19:00 | 01:00 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 0.08 | 1.8 | ESE | 79 | 1024 |
| 20:00 | 02:00 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 0.06 | 1.8 | E | 81 | 1024 |
| 21:00 | 03:00 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.06 | 1.3 | ESE | 91 | 1024 |
| 22:00 | 04:00 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.06 | 1.1 | ESE | 92 | 1025 |
| 23:00 | 05:00 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 0.04 | 0.9 | SE | 91 | 1024 |
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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
- Boulder — 40.000°, -105.250°, ERA5 grid cell center, 2.4 km from requested point
- Time zone
- America/Denver
- What's shown here
- The hourly and daily record for 17 May 2016 specifically — not a monthly average. See the Boulder 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 (2026-07-17). Historical climate data for Boulder, United States (40.00°N, 105.25°W), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Boulder, United States [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 17, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Boulder, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 17, 2026, www.pastclimate.com.
@misc{pastclimate,
author = {PastClimate},
title = {Historical climate data for Boulder, United States},
year = {2026},
note = {Derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023), Copernicus Climate Change Service. Accessed 2026-07-17},
url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}Notice something wrong with this data? Report a data issue.