Waco
United States · 17 May 2016
Average
21.8°C
low 18.7° · high 25.4°
Rainfall
1.8mm
rain recorded
Wind
4m/s
daily average
Humidity
80.6%
daily average
Cloud
74%
cover
Pressure
1014hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 18.7°C around 07:00 to 25.4°C around 18:00. Rain was recorded across 4 hours, from around 10:00 to 13:00 (1.8mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
16th percentile
Low temperature
36th percentile
Rainfall
62th percentile
Wind
52th 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 24.5°C, versus 21.8°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:31
Sunset
20:20
Day length
13h 49m
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 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 0 | 4.6 | SE | 92 | 1012 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 19.9 | 20 | 0 | 4.3 | SE | 93 | 1012 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 19.7 | 19.9 | 0 | 3.9 | SE | 93 | 1011 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 19.7 | 20.1 | 0 | 3.7 | SE | 93 | 1011 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 19.9 | 20.9 | 0 | 3 | SE | 92 | 1011 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 19.3 | 20.4 | 0.01 | 2.4 | SE | 93 | 1010 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 19.1 | 20.2 | 0.02 | 2.2 | ESE | 93 | 1012 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 18.7 | 18 | 0.04 | 4.6 | NE | 92 | 1014 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 18.8 | 17.2 | 0.05 | 5.7 | NNE | 91 | 1015 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 19.7 | 18.5 | 0.06 | 5.5 | NE | 88 | 1015 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 21.8 | 20.6 | 0.14 | 5 | NE | 74 | 1015 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 22.5 | 21.5 | 0.19 | 5 | NE | 74 | 1016 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 23.5 | 23.2 | 0.2 | 4.2 | ENE | 70 | 1015 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 23 | 23.2 | 0.97 | 3.7 | E | 74 | 1014 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 23.3 | 24.6 | 0.01 | 2.7 | SE | 77 | 1014 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 24.1 | 25.9 | 0.02 | 2.3 | SSE | 75 | 1013 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 25.3 | 27.5 | 0.02 | 1.6 | SSE | 68 | 1013 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 25 | 27 | 0.02 | 1.9 | SE | 71 | 1013 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 25.4 | 27.3 | 0.02 | 1.8 | NNE | 67 | 1014 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 24.9 | 24.9 | 0 | 4.3 | NNE | 67 | 1014 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 24.4 | 23 | 0.01 | 6 | NNE | 67 | 1015 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 23.4 | 21.4 | 0 | 6.5 | NNE | 69 | 1015 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 21.3 | 20.1 | 0 | 5.6 | NNE | 81 | 1016 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 20.5 | 19.7 | 0 | 4.8 | NNE | 83 | 1016 |
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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
- Waco — 31.500°, -97.250°, ERA5 grid cell center, 11.2 km from requested point
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- What's shown here
- The hourly and daily record for 17 May 2016 specifically — not a monthly average. See the Waco 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 Waco, United States (31.50°N, 97.25°W), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Waco, United States [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 17, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Waco, 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 Waco, 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.