Boulder
United States · 17 May 2018
Average
15.2°C
low 5.5°C · high 24.1°C
Rainfall
0.2mm
dry day
Wind
1.8m/s
daily average
Humidity
59.1%
daily average
Cloud
31%
cover
Pressure
1006hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 5.5°C around 04:00 to 24.1°C around 15:00. Rain was recorded for one hour, around 17:00 (0.2mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
88th percentile
Low temperature
68th percentile
Rainfall
24th percentile
Wind
30th 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 10.2°C, versus 15.2°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 | Feels | Rain mm | Wind m/s | Dir | Humidity % | Pressure hPa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 06:00 | 9.2°C | 7.3°C | 0 | 1.1 | W | 75 | 1010 |
| 01:00 | 07:00 | 9.5°C | 7.5°C | 0 | 1.4 | W | 75 | 1010 |
| 02:00 | 08:00 | 8.2°C | 5.9°C | 0 | 1.6 | W | 79 | 1010 |
| 03:00 | 09:00 | 6.4°C | 4.2°C | 0 | 1.4 | W | 86 | 1010 |
| 04:00 | 10:00 | 5.5°C | 2.9°C | 0 | 2.1 | W | 95 | 1009 |
| 05:00 | 11:00 | 5.6°C | 2.8°C | 0 | 2.3 | W | 94 | 1009 |
| 06:00 | 12:00 | 5.5°C | 2.7°C | 0 | 2.3 | W | 92 | 1009 |
| 07:00 | 13:00 | 7.8°C | 5.3°C | 0 | 2.3 | W | 88 | 1009 |
| 08:00 | 14:00 | 13.5°C | 12°C | 0 | 1.8 | W | 74 | 1008 |
| 09:00 | 15:00 | 18°C | 16.4°C | 0 | 0.6 | NW | 41 | 1008 |
| 10:00 | 16:00 | 19.3°C | 18°C | 0 | 0.1 | NW | 37 | 1008 |
| 11:00 | 17:00 | 21°C | 18.5°C | 0.01 | 1.7 | WSW | 34 | 1007 |
| 12:00 | 18:00 | 21.7°C | 19.8°C | 0.01 | 0.9 | SSW | 32 | 1005 |
| 13:00 | 19:00 | 22.4°C | 20°C | 0 | 2 | ESE | 33 | 1004 |
| 14:00 | 20:00 | 23.3°C | 20.4°C | 0 | 2.9 | ESE | 33 | 1004 |
| 15:00 | 21:00 | 24.1°C | 20.8°C | 0 | 3 | ESE | 30 | 1003 |
| 16:00 | 22:00 | 22.9°C | 21.5°C | 0.05 | 0.3 | N | 31 | 1002 |
| 17:00 | 23:00 | 22.7°C | 20.3°C | 0.13 | 2.1 | NNW | 34 | 1002 |
| 18:00 | 00:00 | 22.2°C | 20.5°C | 0.02 | 2.1 | NNW | 42 | 1001 |
| 19:00 | 01:00 | 21.1°C | 19.8°C | 0 | 1.6 | NNW | 48 | 1001 |
| 20:00 | 02:00 | 17.5°C | 15.9°C | 0 | 2.1 | N | 57 | 1002 |
| 21:00 | 03:00 | 13.3°C | 11°C | 0 | 2.5 | N | 68 | 1004 |
| 22:00 | 04:00 | 12.1°C | 9.9°C | 0 | 2.1 | WNW | 69 | 1006 |
| 23:00 | 05:00 | 11°C | 8.4°C | 0 | 2.4 | W | 71 | 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 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 2018 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 (2026-07-18). 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 18, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Boulder, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 18, 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 2026-07-18},
url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}Notice something wrong with this data? Report a data issue.