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Madison
United States · 16 August 2020
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Average
22.8°C
low 14.9°C · high 30.6°C
Rainfall
0mm
dry day
Wind
2.3m/s
daily average
Humidity
65.7%
daily average
Cloud
22%
cover
Pressure
1017hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 14.9°C around 05:00 to 30.6°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
91th percentile
Low temperature
30th percentile
Rainfall
44th percentile
Wind
11th 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 22.8°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:33
Sunset
20:29
Day length
13h 56m
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 | 18.1°C | 18.3°C | 0 | 2 | SSW | 82 | 1017 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 17.7°C | 18.5°C | 0 | 1.3 | W | 87 | 1017 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 17.7°C | 19°C | 0 | 1 | NNE | 90 | 1018 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 17.9°C | 19.4°C | 0 | 0.4 | ENE | 85 | 1017 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 17.3°C | 18.3°C | 0 | 1.1 | SSE | 90 | 1017 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 14.9°C | 15°C | 0 | 1.9 | S | 97 | 1017 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 15.3°C | 15.4°C | 0 | 2 | S | 96 | 1017 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 16.4°C | 16.2°C | 0 | 2.7 | S | 92 | 1017 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 17.6°C | 17°C | 0 | 3.2 | S | 85 | 1018 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 20.5°C | 20.9°C | 0 | 2.2 | SSW | 75 | 1018 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 25.4°C | 25.3°C | 0 | 1.9 | SSW | 49 | 1018 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 26.1°C | 26.4°C | 0 | 1.4 | SSW | 48 | 1018 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 27.7°C | 28.4°C | 0 | 1.1 | S | 44 | 1017 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 28.3°C | 29.1°C | 0 | 1.2 | SSW | 45 | 1017 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 28.7°C | 29.6°C | 0 | 1.5 | SSW | 46 | 1017 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 29.6°C | 30.3°C | 0 | 1.9 | WSW | 44 | 1016 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 30.6°C | 30.7°C | 0 | 3 | NW | 43 | 1017 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 30°C | 28.7°C | 0 | 4.2 | NW | 40 | 1016 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 29.3°C | 27.8°C | 0 | 4.8 | NNW | 44 | 1016 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 28.1°C | 26.7°C | 0 | 4.8 | NNW | 48 | 1016 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 27.2°C | 26°C | 0 | 4 | N | 47 | 1017 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 24.4°C | 23.6°C | 0 | 3.4 | N | 56 | 1018 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 19.5°C | 18.7°C | 0 | 2.9 | NNW | 71 | 1019 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 18.6°C | 18.1°C | 0 | 2.5 | NNW | 74 | 1020 |
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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 August 2020 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.