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Madison
United States · 17 August 2016
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Average
23.7°C
low 16.5° · high 29.7°
Rainfall
0mm
dry day
Wind
1.8m/s
daily average
Humidity
68.3%
daily average
Cloud
7%
cover
Pressure
1016hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 16.5°C around 06:00 to 29.7°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
81th percentile
Low temperature
50th percentile
Rainfall
47th percentile
Wind
4th 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 21.5°C, versus 23.7°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:34
Sunset
20:28
Day length
13h 54m
Hour by hour
Temperature (line) and hourly rainfall (bars), local time — America/Chicago.
Cumulative rainfall through the day.
| Local time | UTC | Temp °C | Feels °C | Rain mm | Wind m/s | Dir | Humidity % | Pressure hPa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 05:00 | 19.8 | 21.4 | 0 | 1.8 | NE | 90 | 1017 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 19.7 | 21.6 | 0 | 1.4 | E | 90 | 1017 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 19.9 | 22 | 0 | 1 | ESE | 89 | 1017 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 19.1 | 21.4 | 0 | 0.4 | NNE | 90 | 1017 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 17.9 | 19.5 | 0 | 1.1 | N | 95 | 1016 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 16.6 | 17.2 | 0 | 1.6 | NNE | 94 | 1017 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 16.5 | 16.9 | 0 | 1.9 | NE | 93 | 1017 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 16.6 | 17 | 0 | 2.1 | NE | 93 | 1017 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 17.8 | 18.3 | 0 | 2.2 | NE | 91 | 1017 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 20.9 | 22.3 | 0 | 1.9 | ENE | 82 | 1018 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 26.7 | 27.9 | 0 | 2 | E | 57 | 1018 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 27.3 | 28.7 | 0 | 1.9 | E | 56 | 1018 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 28.5 | 29.6 | 0 | 1.3 | ESE | 47 | 1017 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 28.5 | 29.9 | 0 | 1 | ESE | 47 | 1017 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 28.8 | 30.2 | 0 | 0.8 | ESE | 46 | 1016 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 29.4 | 30.4 | 0 | 1.1 | ESE | 44 | 1016 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 29.7 | 30.3 | 0 | 1.5 | ESE | 41 | 1015 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 0 | 2.4 | ESE | 43 | 1015 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 29.1 | 29.1 | 0 | 2.5 | SE | 43 | 1015 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 29 | 29.7 | 0 | 2.1 | SE | 47 | 1015 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 27.4 | 28.6 | 0 | 1.8 | SE | 54 | 1015 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 25.6 | 26 | 0 | 2.4 | ESE | 57 | 1015 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 22.7 | 23.3 | 0 | 3 | SE | 73 | 1015 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 22.5 | 23 | 0 | 3.3 | SE | 76 | 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
- 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 17 August 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 (2026-07-17). 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 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.