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Madison
United States · 31 August 2017
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Average
23°C
low 18.8° · high 28°
Rainfall
0mm
dry day
Wind
2.6m/s
daily average
Humidity
67.9%
daily average
Cloud
88%
cover
Pressure
1016hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 18.8°C around 06:00 to 28°C around 16:00. 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
40th percentile
Low temperature
44th percentile
Rainfall
47th percentile
Wind
62th 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 23.7°C, versus 23°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
07:10
Sunset
20:13
Day length
13h 3m
Hour by hour
Temperature (line) and hourly rainfall (bars), local time — America/Indiana/Indianapolis.
Cumulative rainfall through the day.
| Local time | UTC | Temp °C | Feels °C | Rain mm | Wind m/s | Dir | Humidity % | Pressure hPa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 04:00 | 21.4 | 22.5 | 0 | 1.6 | NE | 73 | 1017 |
| 01:00 | 05:00 | 20.5 | 21.6 | 0 | 1.7 | NE | 78 | 1017 |
| 02:00 | 06:00 | 20.2 | 21 | 0 | 1.9 | NNE | 78 | 1017 |
| 03:00 | 07:00 | 19.9 | 20.7 | 0 | 1.8 | NNE | 79 | 1017 |
| 04:00 | 08:00 | 19.6 | 20 | 0 | 2.3 | NNE | 80 | 1016 |
| 05:00 | 09:00 | 19.8 | 19.6 | 0 | 2.8 | NNE | 76 | 1017 |
| 06:00 | 10:00 | 18.8 | 19 | 0 | 2.8 | NE | 86 | 1017 |
| 07:00 | 11:00 | 19.1 | 19.6 | 0 | 2.4 | NE | 84 | 1017 |
| 08:00 | 12:00 | 19.2 | 19.7 | 0 | 2.3 | NE | 84 | 1018 |
| 09:00 | 13:00 | 19.4 | 20.1 | 0 | 2.2 | NE | 84 | 1018 |
| 10:00 | 14:00 | 21.3 | 22.3 | 0 | 2.1 | NE | 77 | 1018 |
| 11:00 | 15:00 | 23.5 | 24 | 0 | 2 | NE | 63 | 1018 |
| 12:00 | 16:00 | 25 | 25.9 | 0.01 | 2 | NNE | 61 | 1017 |
| 13:00 | 17:00 | 26.5 | 27.3 | 0.01 | 1.9 | NNE | 54 | 1017 |
| 14:00 | 18:00 | 27.5 | 28.5 | 0.01 | 1.8 | NNE | 52 | 1016 |
| 15:00 | 19:00 | 27.9 | 28.7 | 0.01 | 2.1 | NNE | 51 | 1016 |
| 16:00 | 20:00 | 28 | 28.5 | 0.01 | 2.6 | NNE | 51 | 1015 |
| 17:00 | 21:00 | 27.9 | 27.8 | 0.01 | 3.1 | NE | 49 | 1014 |
| 18:00 | 22:00 | 26.2 | 26.9 | 0 | 2.7 | NE | 59 | 1015 |
| 19:00 | 23:00 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 0 | 3.3 | NE | 58 | 1015 |
| 20:00 | 00:00 | 24.8 | 24.6 | 0 | 3.6 | ENE | 61 | 1014 |
| 21:00 | 01:00 | 24.2 | 23.6 | 0 | 3.9 | ENE | 62 | 1014 |
| 22:00 | 02:00 | 23.5 | 22.1 | 0 | 4.8 | ENE | 62 | 1015 |
| 23:00 | 03:00 | 22.5 | 20.4 | 0 | 5.7 | ENE | 67 | 1015 |
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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
- Madison — 38.750°, -85.500°, ERA5 grid cell center, 10.5 km from requested point
- Time zone
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- What's shown here
- The hourly and daily record for 31 August 2017 specifically — not a monthly average. See the Madison 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 Madison, United States (38.75°N, 85.50°W), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Madison, United States [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 17, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Madison, 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 Madison, 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.