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Madison
United States · 20 August 2018
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Average
18.6°C
low 16.3°C · high 21.4°C
Rainfall
4.6mm
rain recorded
Wind
6.3m/s
daily average
Humidity
85.8%
daily average
Cloud
80%
cover
Pressure
1015hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 16.3°C around 08:00 to 21.4°C around 17:00. Rain was recorded across 6 hours, from around 00:00 to 05:00 (4.6mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
10th percentile
Low temperature
50th percentile
Rainfall
76th percentile
Wind
93th 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 21.3°C, versus 18.6°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:37
Sunset
20:24
Day length
13h 47m
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 | 18.9°C | 17.5°C | 1.4 | 6.2 | NNE | 98 | 1014 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 18.2°C | 16.8°C | 1 | 6 | NNE | 99 | 1013 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 17.8°C | 16.2°C | 0.8 | 6 | NNE | 100 | 1013 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 17.4°C | 15.8°C | 0.59 | 6 | NNE | 100 | 1013 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 16.5°C | 14.7°C | 0.34 | 5.7 | NNE | 100 | 1013 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 17.8°C | 16°C | 0.14 | 6.2 | NE | 98 | 1013 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 17.4°C | 15°C | 0.05 | 6.9 | NNE | 98 | 1014 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 16.8°C | 14.2°C | 0.04 | 6.8 | NNE | 98 | 1014 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 16.3°C | 14.1°C | 0.06 | 6 | NNE | 98 | 1015 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 16.4°C | 13.9°C | 0.06 | 6.3 | N | 96 | 1015 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 18.5°C | 15.1°C | 0.02 | 7.7 | NNE | 87 | 1015 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 18.1°C | 14.9°C | 0 | 7.4 | NNE | 87 | 1016 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 18.4°C | 15.1°C | 0 | 7.4 | N | 84 | 1016 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 18.6°C | 15°C | 0 | 7.7 | N | 83 | 1016 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 18.6°C | 15.1°C | 0.03 | 7.4 | N | 81 | 1016 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 19.6°C | 16.3°C | 0.03 | 7.3 | N | 78 | 1016 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 20.9°C | 17.7°C | 0.04 | 7.2 | N | 73 | 1016 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 21.4°C | 18°C | 0 | 7.6 | NNE | 71 | 1016 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 21.3°C | 18.5°C | 0 | 6.7 | NNE | 71 | 1016 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 21°C | 18.5°C | 0 | 5.9 | NNE | 70 | 1016 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 20.8°C | 19°C | 0 | 4.8 | NNE | 69 | 1017 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 19.3°C | 17.5°C | 0 | 4.5 | N | 71 | 1018 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 17.8°C | 15.7°C | 0 | 4.6 | N | 76 | 1019 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 17.9°C | 16.2°C | 0 | 4 | NNE | 75 | 1018 |
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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 20 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 (2026-07-21). 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 21, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Madison, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 21, 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 2026-07-21},
url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}Notice something wrong with this data? Report a data issue.