Boulder
United States · 18 May 2020
Average
16°C
low 7.2°C · high 26.1°C
Rainfall
0.2mm
dry day
Wind
1.9m/s
daily average
Humidity
63.1%
daily average
Cloud
67%
cover
Pressure
1010hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 7.2°C around 03:00 to 26.1°C around 16:00. Rain was recorded for one hour, around 18:00 (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
99th percentile
Low temperature
90th percentile
Rainfall
23th percentile
Wind
36th 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 16°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
05:42
Sunset
20:12
Day length
14h 30m
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 | 10.2°C | 8.7°C | 0 | 1.5 | WNW | 84 | 1014 |
| 01:00 | 07:00 | 8.7°C | 6.8°C | 0 | 1.4 | WNW | 86 | 1014 |
| 02:00 | 08:00 | 8.1°C | 6°C | 0 | 1.7 | WNW | 88 | 1014 |
| 03:00 | 09:00 | 7.2°C | 4.9°C | 0 | 1.8 | W | 90 | 1013 |
| 04:00 | 10:00 | 7.7°C | 5.4°C | 0 | 2.1 | W | 91 | 1013 |
| 05:00 | 11:00 | 7.4°C | 5°C | 0 | 2 | W | 90 | 1013 |
| 06:00 | 12:00 | 7.3°C | 4.9°C | 0 | 2.1 | W | 90 | 1013 |
| 07:00 | 13:00 | 8.5°C | 6.2°C | 0 | 2.1 | WNW | 88 | 1013 |
| 08:00 | 14:00 | 10.7°C | 9.3°C | 0 | 1.2 | WNW | 81 | 1013 |
| 09:00 | 15:00 | 15.2°C | 14.1°C | 0 | 0.4 | N | 57 | 1013 |
| 10:00 | 16:00 | 16.9°C | 15.8°C | 0 | 0.3 | ESE | 50 | 1012 |
| 11:00 | 17:00 | 19.2°C | 17.7°C | 0 | 0.8 | ESE | 42 | 1011 |
| 12:00 | 18:00 | 20.9°C | 19.4°C | 0 | 1.3 | SE | 42 | 1010 |
| 13:00 | 19:00 | 22.6°C | 20.7°C | 0 | 2.2 | ESE | 41 | 1009 |
| 14:00 | 20:00 | 24.2°C | 21.6°C | 0 | 2.9 | ESE | 36 | 1008 |
| 15:00 | 21:00 | 25.5°C | 22.1°C | 0 | 3.3 | ESE | 27 | 1007 |
| 16:00 | 22:00 | 26.1°C | 22.2°C | 0 | 4.3 | E | 28 | 1006 |
| 17:00 | 23:00 | 25.8°C | 22.3°C | 0 | 3.7 | E | 29 | 1006 |
| 18:00 | 00:00 | 24.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.17 | 1.7 | ESE | 42 | 1006 |
| 19:00 | 01:00 | 23.5°C | 23.7°C | 0 | 1.4 | WSW | 54 | 1007 |
| 20:00 | 02:00 | 19.7°C | 18.8°C | 0 | 2.1 | W | 60 | 1007 |
| 21:00 | 03:00 | 15.8°C | 15.1°C | 0 | 1.4 | W | 72 | 1008 |
| 22:00 | 04:00 | 15.2°C | 14.3°C | 0 | 1.5 | W | 74 | 1008 |
| 23:00 | 05:00 | 14°C | 12.9°C | 0 | 1.3 | W | 72 | 1009 |
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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 18 May 2020 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 (2026-07-21). 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 21, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Boulder, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 21, 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 2026-07-21},
url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}Notice something wrong with this data? Report a data issue.