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Madison
United States · 16 August 2017
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Average
19.1°C
low 18.2°C · high 20.9°C
Rainfall
95.6mm
rain recorded
Wind
4.5m/s
daily average
Humidity
96.6%
daily average
Cloud
100%
cover
Pressure
1009hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 18.2°C around 08:00 to 20.9°C around 17:00. Rain was recorded across 23 hours, from around 00:00 to 23:00 (95.6mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
4th percentile
Low temperature
69th percentile
Rainfall
100th percentile
Wind
76th 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 21.9°C, versus 19.1°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:28
Sunset
20:29
Day length
14h 1m
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 | 19.2°C | 18.8°C | 1.83 | 4.6 | SE | 93 | 1011 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 19°C | 18.6°C | 2 | 4.6 | SE | 94 | 1011 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 18.8°C | 18.3°C | 0.06 | 4.6 | SE | 94 | 1011 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 18.6°C | 18.3°C | 1.22 | 4.4 | SE | 96 | 1011 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 18.8°C | 18.5°C | 3.6 | 4.3 | SE | 94 | 1011 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 18.3°C | 18.5°C | 3.05 | 3.7 | SSE | 98 | 1010 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 18.5°C | 18.8°C | 1.28 | 3.6 | SE | 98 | 1010 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 18.3°C | 18.4°C | 0.64 | 3.8 | SE | 98 | 1010 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 18.2°C | 18.3°C | 0.41 | 3.8 | SE | 98 | 1010 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 18.4°C | 18.2°C | 0.85 | 4.1 | SE | 97 | 1010 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 19°C | 18.6°C | 1.87 | 4.6 | SE | 94 | 1010 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 19.2°C | 19.2°C | 2.71 | 4.2 | SE | 94 | 1010 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 19.1°C | 19.5°C | 3.51 | 3.4 | SE | 94 | 1010 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 18.9°C | 19.4°C | 3.8 | 3.3 | SE | 95 | 1009 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 18.7°C | 19.5°C | 2.19 | 3 | SE | 96 | 1009 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 18.6°C | 19.7°C | 4.15 | 2.5 | E | 97 | 1008 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 19.3°C | 20.1°C | 5.98 | 3.5 | ENE | 97 | 1008 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 20.9°C | 22.3°C | 6.69 | 3.6 | NNE | 97 | 1007 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 20.4°C | 20.6°C | 6.64 | 5.2 | NNE | 99 | 1006 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 20.5°C | 20°C | 8.85 | 6.3 | NNE | 99 | 1006 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 20.1°C | 19.2°C | 9.34 | 6.5 | N | 99 | 1005 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 19.8°C | 18.6°C | 9.14 | 6.7 | N | 99 | 1005 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 19.2°C | 17.8°C | 8.41 | 6.9 | N | 100 | 1005 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 19°C | 17.5°C | 7.41 | 6.8 | NNW | 100 | 1005 |
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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 — 45.000°, -96.250°, ERA5 grid cell center, 4.4 km from requested point
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- What's shown here
- The hourly and daily record for 16 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 (2026-07-20). Historical climate data for Madison, United States (45.00°N, 96.25°W), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Madison, United States [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 20, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Madison, 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 Madison, 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.