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United States · 17 August 2024
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Average
29.5°C
low 25°C · high 36.2°C
Rainfall
6.2mm
rain recorded
Wind
1.4m/s
daily average
Humidity
79%
daily average
Cloud
40%
cover
Pressure
1015hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 25°C around 07:00 to 36.2°C around 16:00. Rain was recorded across 4 hours, from around 17:00 to 20:00 (6.1mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
90th percentile
Low temperature
87th percentile
Rainfall
73th percentile
Wind
24th 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 28°C, versus 29.5°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:32
Sunset
19:43
Day length
13h 11m
Hour by hour
Temperature (line) and hourly rainfall (bars), local time — America/Chicago.
Cumulative rainfall through the day.
| Local time | UTC | Temp | Feels | Rain mm | Wind m/s | Dir | Humidity % | Pressure hPa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 05:00 | 27.2°C | 32.3°C | 0 | 2 | SSE | 89 | 1015 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 26.7°C | 31.9°C | 0 | 1.7 | SSE | 91 | 1015 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 26.3°C | 31.6°C | 0 | 1.5 | S | 91 | 1015 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 25.7°C | 30.9°C | 0 | 1.4 | S | 93 | 1015 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 25.3°C | 30.4°C | 0 | 1.4 | SW | 95 | 1016 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 25.3°C | 30.7°C | 0 | 1.2 | WSW | 96 | 1016 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 25.2°C | 30.6°C | 0 | 1.2 | WSW | 96 | 1015 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 25°C | 30.3°C | 0 | 1.4 | WNW | 97 | 1016 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 27.6°C | 33.2°C | 0 | 1.5 | WNW | 88 | 1017 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 30.3°C | 36.4°C | 0.01 | 1.3 | WNW | 78 | 1017 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 32.2°C | 38.5°C | 0.01 | 0.6 | W | 68 | 1017 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 33.3°C | 39.5°C | 0.04 | 0.3 | W | 62 | 1017 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 34.7°C | 40.8°C | 0.01 | 0.3 | SW | 57 | 1016 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 35.2°C | 41.4°C | 0.01 | 0.3 | SSE | 55 | 1016 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 35.8°C | 42°C | 0.02 | 0.3 | SSE | 54 | 1015 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 36.2°C | 41.6°C | 0.01 | 0.9 | SSW | 51 | 1014 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 36.2°C | 41.7°C | 0.04 | 0.7 | SW | 51 | 1014 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 35.5°C | 40.3°C | 0.1 | 1.3 | WNW | 51 | 1013 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 31.3°C | 37°C | 3.05 | 1.8 | ENE | 73 | 1014 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 27.9°C | 33.2°C | 2.75 | 2.5 | E | 89 | 1014 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 27°C | 31.6°C | 0.1 | 2.9 | SE | 91 | 1015 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 26°C | 30.4°C | 0 | 2.9 | SSE | 94 | 1015 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 25.9°C | 30°C | 0 | 3 | SSE | 93 | 1016 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 25.8°C | 30.3°C | 0 | 2.3 | S | 93 | 1016 |
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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
- Central — 30.500°, -91.000°, ERA5 grid cell center, 7.0 km from requested point
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- What's shown here
- The hourly and daily record for 17 August 2024 specifically — not a monthly average. See the Central 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 (2026-07-19). Historical climate data for Central, United States (30.50°N, 91.00°W), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Central, United States [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 19, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Central, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 19, 2026, www.pastclimate.com.
@misc{pastclimate,
author = {PastClimate},
title = {Historical climate data for Central, United States},
year = {2026},
note = {Derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023), Copernicus Climate Change Service. Accessed 2026-07-19},
url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}Notice something wrong with this data? Report a data issue.