Madison
United States · 16 July 2016
Average
20.2°C
low 13.8°C · high 25.8°C
Rainfall
36.7mm
rain recorded
Wind
5.2m/s
daily average
Humidity
78.1%
daily average
Cloud
42%
cover
Pressure
1014hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 13.8°C around 06:00 to 25.8°C around 17:00. Rain was recorded across 6 hours, from around 18:00 to 23:00 (36.7mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
22th percentile
Low temperature
6th percentile
Rainfall
99th percentile
Wind
85th 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°C, versus 20.2°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:00
Sunset
21:07
Day length
15h 7m
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 | 16.6°C | 15.6°C | 0 | 2.6 | SSE | 78 | 1018 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 16.3°C | 15.3°C | 0 | 2.7 | S | 81 | 1018 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 16.1°C | 15.3°C | 0 | 2.5 | SSE | 82 | 1018 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 14.9°C | 14.2°C | 0 | 2.3 | SSE | 88 | 1018 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 14.3°C | 13.5°C | 0 | 2.3 | SSE | 91 | 1018 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 14°C | 13.4°C | 0 | 2.3 | SSE | 95 | 1018 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 13.8°C | 12.7°C | 0 | 2.9 | SSE | 94 | 1018 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 13.9°C | 12.1°C | 0 | 3.7 | SSE | 93 | 1018 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 14.7°C | 13.1°C | 0 | 3.8 | SSE | 91 | 1018 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 17°C | 15.3°C | 0 | 4.5 | SSE | 84 | 1018 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 22.3°C | 20.4°C | 0 | 5 | SSE | 64 | 1017 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 23.1°C | 21.1°C | 0 | 5.3 | SSE | 61 | 1016 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 24.5°C | 22.2°C | 0 | 5.8 | SSE | 57 | 1015 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 25°C | 22.4°C | 0.01 | 6.5 | SSE | 57 | 1014 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 24.9°C | 21.9°C | 0 | 7.3 | SSE | 60 | 1012 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 25.6°C | 22.7°C | 0 | 7.8 | SSE | 60 | 1011 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 25.7°C | 23.3°C | 0.02 | 7.6 | SSE | 64 | 1011 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 25.8°C | 24.7°C | 0.08 | 6.6 | S | 68 | 1009 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 25.3°C | 24°C | 0.61 | 7.1 | S | 72 | 1010 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 23.8°C | 22.4°C | 3.58 | 7.3 | S | 80 | 1007 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 23.4°C | 21.5°C | 6.46 | 8.2 | S | 83 | 1007 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 23.1°C | 20.5°C | 10.44 | 9.2 | S | 85 | 1007 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 20.8°C | 19.9°C | 11.62 | 6.3 | SSW | 94 | 1008 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 20.6°C | 21.4°C | 3.91 | 3.8 | WSW | 94 | 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
- Madison — 44.000°, -97.000°, ERA5 grid cell center, 9.1 km from requested point
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- What's shown here
- The hourly and daily record for 16 July 2016 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 (44.00°N, 97.00°W), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for 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.