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Rantoul
United States · 31 March 2018
Average
7.8°C
low 2.6° · high 14.4°
Rainfall
2.3mm
rain recorded
Wind
6.1m/s
daily average
Humidity
72.4%
daily average
Cloud
81%
cover
Pressure
1018hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 2.6°C around 03:00 to 14.4°C around 15:00. Rain was recorded across 6 hours, from around 08:00 to 18:00 (2.3mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
54th percentile
Low temperature
41th percentile
Rainfall
58th percentile
Wind
75th 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 9.4°C, versus 7.8°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:38
Sunset
19:16
Day length
12h 38m
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 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0 | 2.3 | SSW | 87 | 1024 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 2.9 | -0.7 | 0 | 2.6 | SSW | 89 | 1024 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 2.9 | -1 | 0 | 2.9 | SSW | 88 | 1024 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 2.6 | -1.8 | 0 | 3.6 | S | 88 | 1022 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 3.2 | -1.8 | 0 | 4.5 | S | 84 | 1021 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 4.1 | -0.5 | 0 | 4.1 | S | 84 | 1020 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 3.8 | -1.3 | 0 | 4.7 | S | 81 | 1020 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 5 | -0.5 | 0 | 5.3 | S | 74 | 1019 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 6 | 0.3 | 0.34 | 5.7 | SSW | 74 | 1019 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 6.4 | 0.2 | 0.23 | 6.6 | SSW | 78 | 1019 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 7.5 | 1 | 1.17 | 7.4 | SSW | 78 | 1017 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 9.8 | 2 | 0.1 | 9.3 | SSW | 70 | 1016 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 11 | 3.1 | 0 | 9.4 | SSW | 64 | 1015 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 11.9 | 3.6 | 0 | 10.2 | SSW | 63 | 1014 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 13.2 | 4.6 | 0 | 10.8 | SW | 59 | 1014 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 14.4 | 6.9 | 0.01 | 9.3 | WSW | 56 | 1014 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 13.7 | 7.6 | 0.05 | 7.2 | SW | 58 | 1014 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 12.5 | 7.6 | 0.13 | 6.5 | WSW | 76 | 1014 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 12.2 | 7.8 | 0.17 | 5.6 | W | 77 | 1015 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 11.1 | 5.3 | 0.08 | 6.5 | WNW | 64 | 1016 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6.1 | NW | 60 | 1018 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 7.8 | 2.2 | 0 | 5.3 | NW | 62 | 1019 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 6.2 | 0.5 | 0 | 5.2 | NW | 63 | 1021 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 5.7 | -0.1 | 0 | 5.2 | NW | 60 | 1022 |
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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 2018 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.