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Madison
United States · 15 August 2018
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Average
20.9°C
low 16.6°C · high 26.4°C
Rainfall
5.9mm
rain recorded
Wind
2m/s
daily average
Humidity
82.4%
daily average
Cloud
66%
cover
Pressure
1014hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 16.6°C around 05:00 to 26.4°C around 16:00. Rain was recorded across 8 hours, from around 13:00 to 20:00 (5.9mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
47th percentile
Low temperature
52th percentile
Rainfall
81th percentile
Wind
6th 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 20.9°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:31
Sunset
20:32
Day length
14h 0m
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 | 19.4°C | 19.6°C | 0 | 3.6 | NE | 90 | 1014 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 19.5°C | 19.4°C | 0 | 3.5 | NE | 86 | 1015 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 19.1°C | 18.9°C | 0 | 3.3 | NE | 83 | 1014 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 17.8°C | 17.4°C | 0 | 2.9 | NE | 83 | 1014 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 17.4°C | 17.3°C | 0 | 2.3 | ENE | 85 | 1014 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 16.6°C | 16.5°C | 0 | 2.2 | ENE | 88 | 1014 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 16.9°C | 17.1°C | 0 | 1.8 | ENE | 87 | 1014 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 16.8°C | 16.9°C | 0 | 2.1 | NE | 88 | 1014 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 16.7°C | 16.4°C | 0 | 2.6 | NE | 88 | 1015 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 18.2°C | 18.2°C | 0 | 2.8 | ENE | 86 | 1015 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 22.3°C | 23°C | 0 | 2.3 | ENE | 72 | 1015 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 23°C | 24.4°C | 0 | 2 | ENE | 74 | 1015 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 24.5°C | 26.4°C | 0 | 1.5 | E | 69 | 1014 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 24.7°C | 27.1°C | 0.1 | 1.2 | ESE | 70 | 1014 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 24.8°C | 27.3°C | 0.1 | 1.3 | SE | 72 | 1014 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 25.9°C | 28.9°C | 0.11 | 1.3 | SE | 72 | 1013 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 26.4°C | 29.3°C | 0.11 | 1.4 | SSE | 70 | 1013 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 24.4°C | 27.4°C | 0.12 | 1.5 | S | 80 | 1013 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 23.9°C | 26.8°C | 0.37 | 1.4 | S | 81 | 1013 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 22.9°C | 26°C | 1.85 | 0.9 | SW | 84 | 1013 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 21.8°C | 24.9°C | 3.01 | 0.4 | N | 86 | 1014 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 20.9°C | 22.9°C | 0.08 | 1.6 | ENE | 88 | 1014 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 18.6°C | 20°C | 0 | 2.3 | ENE | 99 | 1014 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 18.8°C | 21.1°C | 0.03 | 1.1 | E | 99 | 1013 |
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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 15 August 2018 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 (2026-07-19). 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 19, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Madison, 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 Madison, 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.