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Rantoul
United States · 31 March 2016
Average
15.7°C
low 9.6° · high 18.8°
Rainfall
16.9mm
rain recorded
Wind
8m/s
daily average
Humidity
78.2%
daily average
Cloud
67%
cover
Pressure
998hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 9.6°C around 23:00 to 18.8°C around 12:00. Rain was recorded across 14 hours, from around 00:00 to 15:00 (16.8mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
80th percentile
Low temperature
87th percentile
Rainfall
91th percentile
Wind
96th 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 8.9°C, versus 15.7°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:37
Sunset
19:16
Day length
12h 39m
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 | 15.2 | 10.9 | 2.1 | 7.6 | S | 88 | 1002 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 15.5 | 10.5 | 2.53 | 8.7 | SSW | 88 | 1001 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 15.8 | 10.4 | 0.78 | 9.5 | SSW | 89 | 1000 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 16.1 | 11 | 0.23 | 9.1 | SSW | 89 | 999 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 16.1 | 11.3 | 0.19 | 8.6 | SSW | 87 | 998 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 16.3 | 12.9 | 0.23 | 6.6 | SSW | 86 | 997 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 16.2 | 12.9 | 0.38 | 6.5 | S | 88 | 997 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 16.2 | 12.6 | 0.58 | 7 | SSW | 87 | 997 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 16.1 | 11.8 | 1.25 | 8 | SSW | 88 | 998 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 16.1 | 12.5 | 0.67 | 7.1 | SSW | 89 | 997 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 17 | 11.5 | 0 | 9.6 | SSW | 83 | 996 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 18.4 | 12.7 | 0.01 | 10.3 | SSW | 80 | 996 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 18.8 | 13.3 | 0.28 | 10.2 | SSW | 80 | 994 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 18.5 | 12.4 | 1.16 | 11.3 | SSW | 84 | 994 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 16.3 | 10.2 | 4.6 | 10.7 | SW | 87 | 995 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 17.6 | 12.1 | 1.82 | 8.7 | WSW | 69 | 996 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 18.4 | 12.2 | 0.01 | 8.4 | W | 54 | 997 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 16.6 | 10.6 | 0 | 8.4 | W | 63 | 998 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 16.1 | 9.8 | 0 | 8.5 | W | 62 | 999 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 14.6 | 9.1 | 0 | 7.1 | W | 63 | 1000 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 12.9 | 8.1 | 0 | 5.8 | WNW | 65 | 1002 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 11.8 | 7.2 | 0 | 5.2 | WNW | 66 | 1002 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 10.1 | 5.6 | 0 | 4.9 | WNW | 71 | 1003 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 9.6 | 5.6 | 0 | 4.1 | W | 71 | 1004 |
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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
- Rantoul — 40.250°, -88.250°, ERA5 grid cell center, 10.3 km from requested point
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- What's shown here
- The hourly and daily record for 31 March 2016 specifically — not a monthly average. See the Rantoul 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 Rantoul, United States (40.25°N, 88.25°W), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Rantoul, United States [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 17, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Rantoul, 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 Rantoul, 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.