Boulder
United States · 20 May 2020
Average
17.1°C
low 9.5°C · high 25.4°C
Rainfall
0.1mm
dry day
Wind
3.6m/s
daily average
Humidity
38.1%
daily average
Cloud
28%
cover
Pressure
1003hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 9.5°C around 05:00 to 25.4°C around 15:00. 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
97th percentile
Low temperature
100th percentile
Rainfall
16th percentile
Wind
99th 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 10.9°C, versus 17.1°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
05:41
Sunset
20:14
Day length
14h 34m
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 | 13.6°C | 10.7°C | 0 | 2.5 | SW | 57 | 1005 |
| 01:00 | 07:00 | 13.1°C | 10.6°C | 0 | 2.2 | SW | 59 | 1005 |
| 02:00 | 08:00 | 11.7°C | 9°C | 0 | 2.2 | WSW | 63 | 1005 |
| 03:00 | 09:00 | 10.6°C | 7.5°C | 0 | 2.3 | WSW | 62 | 1004 |
| 04:00 | 10:00 | 9.8°C | 6.9°C | 0 | 2.5 | WSW | 73 | 1006 |
| 05:00 | 11:00 | 9.5°C | 6.5°C | 0 | 2.5 | WSW | 71 | 1005 |
| 06:00 | 12:00 | 9.5°C | 6.4°C | 0 | 2.5 | WSW | 68 | 1005 |
| 07:00 | 13:00 | 10.9°C | 8.1°C | 0 | 2.6 | WSW | 70 | 1005 |
| 08:00 | 14:00 | 15.4°C | 13.4°C | 0 | 1.8 | SW | 56 | 1005 |
| 09:00 | 15:00 | 19.8°C | 16.5°C | 0 | 2.2 | SSE | 29 | 1005 |
| 10:00 | 16:00 | 21.2°C | 16.7°C | 0 | 3.7 | SSE | 26 | 1003 |
| 11:00 | 17:00 | 22.7°C | 17.1°C | 0 | 5 | SSE | 20 | 1002 |
| 12:00 | 18:00 | 23.7°C | 17.6°C | 0 | 5.7 | SSE | 20 | 1001 |
| 13:00 | 19:00 | 24.5°C | 18.4°C | 0.02 | 6 | S | 21 | 1000 |
| 14:00 | 20:00 | 24.8°C | 18.2°C | 0.05 | 6.6 | S | 19 | 1000 |
| 15:00 | 21:00 | 25.4°C | 18.5°C | 0 | 6.7 | SSW | 16 | 999 |
| 16:00 | 22:00 | 24.3°C | 17.5°C | 0.01 | 6.5 | SSW | 17 | 998 |
| 17:00 | 23:00 | 23.6°C | 18°C | 0.01 | 5 | SSW | 19 | 998 |
| 18:00 | 00:00 | 22°C | 17.8°C | 0 | 3.4 | SW | 24 | 999 |
| 19:00 | 01:00 | 20.5°C | 16.4°C | 0 | 3.1 | W | 26 | 1001 |
| 20:00 | 02:00 | 17.6°C | 11.9°C | 0 | 4.4 | WNW | 21 | 1003 |
| 21:00 | 03:00 | 13.4°C | 8.4°C | 0 | 3.1 | WNW | 24 | 1005 |
| 22:00 | 04:00 | 12°C | 7.8°C | 0 | 1.9 | WNW | 25 | 1006 |
| 23:00 | 05:00 | 11.8°C | 7.3°C | 0 | 2.5 | NW | 28 | 1008 |
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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 20 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 (2026-07-20). 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 20, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Boulder, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 20, 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 2026-07-20},
url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}Notice something wrong with this data? Report a data issue.