Waco
United States · 8 August 2018
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Average
31.5°C
low 26.1° · high 36.9°
Rainfall
0.2mm
dry day
Wind
4.3m/s
daily average
Humidity
52.2%
daily average
Cloud
57%
cover
Pressure
1014hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 26.1°C around 07:00 to 36.9°C around 17:00. No measurable rain was recorded during the day.
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
48th percentile
Low temperature
57th percentile
Rainfall
73th percentile
Wind
78th 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 31.1°C, versus 31.5°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:49
Sunset
20:18
Day length
13h 29m
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 | 29.9 | 31.7 | 0 | 3.8 | SSE | 61 | 1015 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 29.2 | 30.4 | 0 | 4.4 | S | 62 | 1015 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 28.6 | 29.1 | 0 | 5.1 | S | 62 | 1015 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 28.3 | 28.7 | 0 | 5.4 | S | 65 | 1015 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 27.8 | 28.4 | 0 | 5.4 | S | 69 | 1015 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 26.7 | 27.9 | 0 | 5.4 | SSW | 78 | 1015 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 26.5 | 27.6 | 0 | 5 | SSW | 76 | 1015 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 26.1 | 27.2 | 0 | 4.6 | SSW | 75 | 1015 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 26.6 | 28.2 | 0 | 4.1 | SSW | 73 | 1016 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 28.5 | 29.9 | 0 | 4.6 | SSW | 68 | 1016 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 30.5 | 30.8 | 0 | 4.4 | SSW | 51 | 1017 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 32.3 | 33.1 | 0 | 4.1 | SSW | 48 | 1016 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 33.6 | 34.2 | 0 | 3.8 | SSW | 42 | 1016 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 34.1 | 35.2 | 0 | 3 | SSW | 41 | 1016 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 34.5 | 35.9 | 0.01 | 2.4 | S | 40 | 1015 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 35.4 | 36.7 | 0 | 2.4 | S | 36 | 1014 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 35.8 | 35.5 | 0 | 2.9 | S | 30 | 1013 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 36.9 | 37 | 0 | 4 | SSE | 34 | 1012 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 36.3 | 35.6 | 0.09 | 5.4 | SSE | 35 | 1012 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 35.2 | 34.2 | 0.08 | 5.3 | SSE | 36 | 1011 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 34.8 | 34.2 | 0 | 4.1 | S | 34 | 1011 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 34 | 33.8 | 0 | 3.6 | SSE | 36 | 1012 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 32.8 | 33.7 | 0 | 4.3 | SSE | 48 | 1013 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 31.2 | 31.1 | 0 | 5.4 | SSE | 51 | 1014 |
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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 8 August 2018 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 (2026-07-18). 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 18, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Waco, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 18, 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 2026-07-18},
url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}Notice something wrong with this data? Report a data issue.