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Rantoul
United States · 31 March 2017
Average
6.8°C
low 4.8°C · high 12.4°C
Rainfall
0.7mm
dry day
Wind
4.6m/s
daily average
Humidity
84.7%
daily average
Cloud
99%
cover
Pressure
1009hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 4.8°C around 09:00 to 12.4°C around 00:00. Rain was recorded across 3 hours, from around 04:00 to 06:00 (0.7mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
43th percentile
Low temperature
64th percentile
Rainfall
46th percentile
Wind
49th 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 8.6°C, versus 6.8°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:38
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 | Feels | Rain mm | Wind m/s | Dir | Humidity % | Pressure hPa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 05:00 | 12.4°C | 10.5°C | 0.02 | 3.3 | W | 91 | 1001 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 11.7°C | 9.8°C | 0.02 | 2.9 | W | 91 | 1001 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 11.2°C | 9.5°C | 0 | 2.6 | WNW | 93 | 1001 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 10.7°C | 9.3°C | 0.03 | 1.9 | WNW | 94 | 1001 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 9.6°C | 8°C | 0.15 | 2 | WNW | 97 | 1002 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 8.5°C | 5.7°C | 0.17 | 3.3 | NNW | 97 | 1003 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 7°C | 2.9°C | 0.22 | 4.7 | NNW | 95 | 1004 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 5.6°C | 0°C | 0.02 | 6.3 | NNW | 94 | 1005 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 4.9°C | -1°C | 0.03 | 6.5 | NNW | 93 | 1006 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 4.8°C | -1.1°C | 0 | 6.4 | NNW | 91 | 1007 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 4.9°C | -0.8°C | 0.02 | 6 | NNW | 86 | 1008 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 4.9°C | -0.4°C | 0.01 | 5.4 | N | 85 | 1009 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 5.3°C | -0.3°C | 0 | 5.7 | NNW | 81 | 1010 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 5.4°C | -0.5°C | 0 | 6 | NNW | 80 | 1012 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 5.3°C | -0.5°C | 0 | 5.9 | NNW | 80 | 1012 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 5.6°C | 0°C | 0 | 5.6 | NNW | 79 | 1013 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 6°C | 0.5°C | 0 | 5.5 | NNW | 76 | 1013 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 5.8°C | 0.3°C | 0 | 5.5 | NNW | 77 | 1015 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 6°C | 0.7°C | 0 | 5.3 | NNW | 75 | 1015 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 5.9°C | 1°C | 0 | 4.6 | NNW | 76 | 1016 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 5.8°C | 1.2°C | 0 | 4.2 | NNW | 76 | 1016 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 5.8°C | 1.7°C | 0 | 3.5 | NNW | 76 | 1017 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 5.5°C | 1.5°C | 0 | 3.3 | NNW | 75 | 1018 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 5.4°C | 1.3°C | 0 | 3.4 | NW | 76 | 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
- 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 2017 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 (2026-07-19). 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 19, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Rantoul, 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 Rantoul, 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.