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Cambridge
United States · 8 July 2016
Average
28.2°C
low 26.2° · high 31.1°
Rainfall
0.9mm
dry day
Wind
2.5m/s
daily average
Humidity
75.9%
daily average
Cloud
27%
cover
Pressure
1009hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 26.2°C around 23:00 to 31.1°C around 16:00. Rain was recorded across 2 hours, from around 17:00 to 18:00 (0.9mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
85th percentile
Low temperature
90th percentile
Rainfall
59th percentile
Wind
27th 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 26.8°C, versus 28.2°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
05:47
Sunset
20:30
Day length
14h 43m
Hour by hour
Temperature (line) and hourly rainfall (bars), local time — America/New_York.
Cumulative rainfall through the day.
| Local time | UTC | Temp °C | Feels °C | Rain mm | Wind m/s | Dir | Humidity % | Pressure hPa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 04:00 | 27.7 | 32 | 0 | 2.5 | WSW | 82 | 1009 |
| 01:00 | 05:00 | 27.5 | 31.5 | 0 | 2.9 | W | 83 | 1009 |
| 02:00 | 06:00 | 27.4 | 31.2 | 0 | 3 | W | 82 | 1009 |
| 03:00 | 07:00 | 27.2 | 31.1 | 0 | 2.4 | WNW | 82 | 1009 |
| 04:00 | 08:00 | 26.9 | 30.8 | 0 | 2.4 | WNW | 82 | 1008 |
| 05:00 | 09:00 | 26.4 | 29.8 | 0 | 2.9 | WNW | 84 | 1009 |
| 06:00 | 10:00 | 26.5 | 29.4 | 0 | 3.1 | WNW | 80 | 1009 |
| 07:00 | 11:00 | 26.7 | 29.8 | 0 | 2.9 | NW | 80 | 1010 |
| 08:00 | 12:00 | 27.1 | 30.4 | 0 | 2.8 | NW | 79 | 1010 |
| 09:00 | 13:00 | 27.5 | 30.9 | 0 | 3 | NW | 80 | 1010 |
| 10:00 | 14:00 | 27.8 | 31.6 | 0 | 2.6 | NW | 79 | 1010 |
| 11:00 | 15:00 | 29 | 32.7 | 0 | 2.1 | WNW | 70 | 1010 |
| 12:00 | 16:00 | 29.5 | 33.1 | 0 | 2.3 | W | 68 | 1010 |
| 13:00 | 17:00 | 29.9 | 33.6 | 0 | 2.2 | W | 67 | 1010 |
| 14:00 | 18:00 | 30.7 | 34 | 0 | 2.8 | WSW | 64 | 1010 |
| 15:00 | 19:00 | 30.7 | 33.6 | 0 | 2.9 | SW | 61 | 1009 |
| 16:00 | 20:00 | 31.1 | 33.9 | 0.03 | 3.1 | SW | 60 | 1009 |
| 17:00 | 21:00 | 30 | 33.5 | 0.14 | 3.1 | WSW | 68 | 1009 |
| 18:00 | 22:00 | 28.5 | 32.9 | 0.63 | 1.6 | WNW | 74 | 1008 |
| 19:00 | 23:00 | 28.8 | 33.7 | 0 | 0.9 | WSW | 73 | 1009 |
| 20:00 | 00:00 | 28.4 | 33.4 | 0 | 1 | SSE | 76 | 1009 |
| 21:00 | 01:00 | 27.6 | 31.3 | 0 | 2.4 | S | 77 | 1009 |
| 22:00 | 02:00 | 26.8 | 30.3 | 0.03 | 2.6 | SSW | 81 | 1009 |
| 23:00 | 03:00 | 26.2 | 30.2 | 0.02 | 2.6 | SSW | 88 | 1009 |
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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
- Cambridge — 38.500°, -76.000°, ERA5 grid cell center, 9.8 km from requested point
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- What's shown here
- The hourly and daily record for 8 July 2016 specifically — not a monthly average. See the Cambridge 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 Cambridge, United States (38.50°N, 76.00°W), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Cambridge, United States [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 17, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Cambridge, 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 Cambridge, 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.