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United States · 20 August 2018
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Average
18.4°C
low 14.5°C · high 23.5°C
Rainfall
2.9mm
rain recorded
Wind
6.5m/s
daily average
Humidity
72.2%
daily average
Cloud
89%
cover
Pressure
1017hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 14.5°C around 05:00 to 23.5°C around 16:00. Rain was recorded across 10 hours, from around 00:00 to 09:00 (2.9mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
8th percentile
Low temperature
21th percentile
Rainfall
83th percentile
Wind
94th 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 22.9°C, versus 18.4°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:44
Sunset
20:29
Day length
13h 46m
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 | 15.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.2 | 7.3 | N | 90 | 1015 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 15.2°C | 11.6°C | 0.2 | 6.8 | N | 91 | 1015 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 15.2°C | 11.8°C | 0.5 | 6.5 | N | 92 | 1015 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 15.3°C | 12.1°C | 0.22 | 6.4 | N | 92 | 1015 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 14.6°C | 11.2°C | 0.27 | 6.5 | N | 93 | 1015 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 14.5°C | 10.8°C | 0.31 | 6.8 | N | 94 | 1015 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 14.9°C | 11°C | 0.31 | 7.2 | N | 92 | 1016 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 15°C | 10.8°C | 0.25 | 7.7 | N | 91 | 1016 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 14.8°C | 11.2°C | 0.31 | 6.5 | N | 90 | 1016 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 15°C | 11.4°C | 0.35 | 6.5 | N | 88 | 1017 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 17.8°C | 13.6°C | 0 | 7.3 | N | 74 | 1017 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 17.8°C | 13.2°C | 0 | 7.4 | N | 68 | 1017 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 20.1°C | 15.4°C | 0 | 7.6 | N | 60 | 1017 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 20.9°C | 16.3°C | 0 | 7.7 | N | 59 | 1017 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 21.7°C | 17.3°C | 0 | 7.6 | N | 58 | 1017 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 22.8°C | 18.6°C | 0 | 7.4 | N | 55 | 1017 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 23.5°C | 19.4°C | 0 | 7 | N | 51 | 1017 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 22.8°C | 18.4°C | 0 | 7.3 | NNE | 52 | 1017 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 23°C | 19.3°C | 0 | 6.2 | NNE | 51 | 1017 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 22.7°C | 20°C | 0 | 4.9 | NNE | 51 | 1017 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 22.5°C | 20.3°C | 0 | 4.1 | N | 52 | 1017 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 20.6°C | 18.2°C | 0 | 4.3 | N | 57 | 1019 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 18.2°C | 15.7°C | 0 | 4.3 | NNE | 66 | 1019 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 18.1°C | 16.1°C | 0 | 3.6 | N | 67 | 1019 |
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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
- Plankinton — 43.750°, -98.500°, ERA5 grid cell center, 4.0 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 Plankinton 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 Plankinton, United States (43.75°N, 98.50°W), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Plankinton, United States [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 19, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Plankinton, 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 Plankinton, 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.