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Williston
United States · 12 May 2016
Average
5.6°C
low 2°C · high 10.4°C
Rainfall
0.1mm
dry day
Wind
6.2m/s
daily average
Humidity
63.9%
daily average
Cloud
83%
cover
Pressure
1023hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 2°C around 08:00 to 10.4°C around 16:00. 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
10th percentile
Low temperature
19th percentile
Rainfall
53th percentile
Wind
83th 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 12.5°C, versus 5.6°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:17
Sunset
21:23
Day length
15h 6m
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 | 4.6°C | -2.5°C | 0 | 7.3 | NW | 73 | 1020 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 3.9°C | -2.7°C | 0 | 6.6 | NW | 75 | 1021 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 3.6°C | -3°C | 0 | 6.5 | NW | 76 | 1021 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 3.2°C | -3.7°C | 0 | 6.7 | NW | 75 | 1022 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 2.5°C | -4.5°C | 0 | 6.9 | NW | 75 | 1022 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 2.4°C | -4.4°C | 0 | 6.6 | NW | 76 | 1022 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 2.2°C | -4.4°C | 0 | 6.3 | NW | 77 | 1023 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 2°C | -4.5°C | 0 | 6.1 | NW | 78 | 1024 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 2°C | -4.3°C | 0 | 6 | NW | 80 | 1024 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 2.9°C | -3.1°C | 0 | 5.6 | NW | 75 | 1025 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 4.8°C | -1.2°C | 0 | 5.6 | NW | 68 | 1024 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 5.6°C | -0.5°C | 0 | 5.8 | NW | 65 | 1024 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 7.3°C | 0.9°C | 0 | 6.2 | NW | 57 | 1023 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 8.1°C | 1.4°C | 0 | 6.5 | NW | 52 | 1023 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 9°C | 2.1°C | 0 | 6.8 | NW | 49 | 1022 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 10.3°C | 3.2°C | 0 | 7 | NW | 46 | 1021 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 10.4°C | 3.2°C | 0 | 7.2 | NW | 45 | 1020 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 10.1°C | 2.4°C | 0 | 7.9 | NNW | 46 | 1022 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 9.1°C | 2°C | 0 | 7 | NNW | 48 | 1022 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 8.2°C | 1.6°C | 0 | 6.3 | NNW | 51 | 1023 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 7.5°C | 1.5°C | 0.01 | 5.4 | NNW | 54 | 1024 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 6.2°C | 0.5°C | 0.02 | 5 | N | 61 | 1024 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 4.8°C | -0.3°C | 0.02 | 4.2 | NNW | 66 | 1024 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 4.5°C | -0.3°C | 0.01 | 3.8 | NNW | 67 | 1025 |
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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
- Williston — 48.250°, -103.500°, ERA5 grid cell center, 14.4 km from requested point
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- What's shown here
- The hourly and daily record for 12 May 2016 specifically — not a monthly average. See the Williston 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 (2026-07-20). Historical climate data for Williston, United States (48.25°N, 103.50°W), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Williston, United States [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 20, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Williston, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 20, 2026, www.pastclimate.com.
@misc{pastclimate,
author = {PastClimate},
title = {Historical climate data for Williston, United States},
year = {2026},
note = {Derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023), Copernicus Climate Change Service. Accessed 2026-07-20},
url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}Notice something wrong with this data? Report a data issue.