Waco
United States · 31 August 2018
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Average
31.3°C
low 24.8°C · high 37.9°C
Rainfall
0mm
dry day
Wind
3.1m/s
daily average
Humidity
51.5%
daily average
Cloud
19%
cover
Pressure
1013hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 24.8°C around 07:00 to 37.9°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
87th percentile
Low temperature
70th percentile
Rainfall
33th percentile
Wind
67th 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 28.9°C, versus 31.3°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
07:04
Sunset
19:53
Day length
12h 50m
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 | 28.9°C | 30.4°C | 0 | 4.1 | SSE | 64 | 1014 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 28.2°C | 29.6°C | 0 | 3.8 | S | 64 | 1014 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 27.9°C | 29.2°C | 0 | 3.7 | S | 64 | 1014 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 27.4°C | 28.7°C | 0 | 3.8 | S | 66 | 1014 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 26.4°C | 27.8°C | 0 | 3.7 | S | 70 | 1014 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 25°C | 27.3°C | 0 | 3.1 | SW | 81 | 1014 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 25°C | 27.8°C | 0 | 2.5 | SW | 82 | 1015 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 24.8°C | 28.2°C | 0 | 1.5 | SW | 81 | 1014 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 25.6°C | 28.9°C | 0 | 1.7 | SW | 79 | 1015 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 27.7°C | 31°C | 0 | 1.8 | SSW | 70 | 1015 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 30.8°C | 31.9°C | 0 | 1.8 | S | 44 | 1015 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 32.3°C | 33.5°C | 0 | 2.2 | SSE | 43 | 1015 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 33.8°C | 34.4°C | 0 | 2.6 | SSE | 38 | 1015 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 34.9°C | 35.7°C | 0 | 2.6 | SSE | 36 | 1014 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 35.7°C | 36.6°C | 0 | 2.7 | SE | 35 | 1013 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 36.5°C | 37.1°C | 0 | 2.9 | SE | 33 | 1012 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 37.8°C | 37.5°C | 0 | 3.2 | ESE | 28 | 1011 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 37.9°C | 38.1°C | 0 | 3.2 | ESE | 30 | 1010 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 37.6°C | 37.7°C | 0.01 | 3.2 | ESE | 30 | 1010 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 35.9°C | 35.5°C | 0.03 | 3.4 | ESE | 31 | 1010 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 34.9°C | 34.7°C | 0 | 2.8 | ESE | 31 | 1010 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 33.9°C | 33.3°C | 0 | 3.4 | SE | 33 | 1011 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 31.9°C | 32.6°C | 0 | 4.5 | SE | 50 | 1011 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 31.2°C | 31.3°C | 0 | 5.3 | SSE | 52 | 1012 |
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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 31 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 (2026-07-21). 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 21, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Waco, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 21, 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 2026-07-21},
url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}Notice something wrong with this data? Report a data issue.