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United States · 5 December 2016
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Average
1.1°C
low -1.3°C · high 3.6°C
Rainfall
3.5mm
rain recorded
Wind
2.8m/s
daily average
Humidity
83.4%
daily average
Cloud
66%
cover
Pressure
1017hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from -1.3°C around 01:00 to 3.6°C around 15:00. Rain was recorded across 9 hours, from around 07:00 to 15:00 (3.5mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
33th percentile
Low temperature
40th percentile
Rainfall
76th percentile
Wind
11th 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 2.9°C, versus 1.1°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:58
Sunset
16:11
Day length
9h 12m
Hour by hour
Temperature (line) and hourly rainfall (bars), local time — America/New_York.
Cumulative rainfall through the day.
| Local time | UTC | Temp | Feels | Rain mm | Wind m/s | Dir | Humidity % | Pressure hPa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 05:00 | -1.2°C | -5.1°C | 0 | 1.7 | N | 70 | 1022 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | -1.3°C | -5°C | 0 | 1.5 | NNE | 72 | 1021 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | -0.9°C | -4.4°C | 0 | 1.2 | NE | 72 | 1021 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | -0.5°C | -4.1°C | 0 | 1.4 | E | 71 | 1020 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | -0.8°C | -3.9°C | 0 | 0.8 | SW | 75 | 1020 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | -0.2°C | -3.7°C | 0 | 1.5 | WSW | 78 | 1020 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 0°C | -2.9°C | 0.05 | 0.7 | SSE | 78 | 1019 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 0.2°C | -2.5°C | 0.27 | 0.4 | S | 78 | 1018 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 0.2°C | -2.5°C | 0.37 | 0.5 | SE | 82 | 1018 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 0.8°C | -2.7°C | 0.26 | 1.8 | SE | 83 | 1018 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 1.6°C | -2°C | 0.32 | 2.2 | SE | 87 | 1017 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 2.1°C | -1.8°C | 0.51 | 2.8 | SSE | 88 | 1016 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 2.8°C | -1.1°C | 0.63 | 3 | S | 89 | 1015 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 3.2°C | -0.4°C | 0.6 | 2.8 | SSW | 90 | 1013 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 3.5°C | 0°C | 0.38 | 2.7 | SW | 92 | 1013 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 3.6°C | 0°C | 0.1 | 2.8 | W | 91 | 1013 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 3.1°C | -1.4°C | 0.01 | 3.9 | W | 89 | 1013 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 1.4°C | -3.1°C | 0 | 3.5 | W | 89 | 1014 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 1.4°C | -3.6°C | 0 | 4.2 | W | 88 | 1014 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 1.4°C | -4.1°C | 0 | 5 | W | 89 | 1014 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 1.6°C | -4.2°C | 0 | 5.5 | W | 88 | 1014 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 1.6°C | -4.3°C | 0 | 5.7 | W | 88 | 1015 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 1.4°C | -4.5°C | 0 | 5.5 | W | 87 | 1015 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 1.1°C | -4.7°C | 0 | 5.3 | W | 88 | 1015 |
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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 — 42.500°, -71.000°, ERA5 grid cell center, 16.4 km from requested point
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- What's shown here
- The hourly and daily record for 5 December 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 (2026-07-21). Historical climate data for Cambridge, United States (42.50°N, 71.00°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 21, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Cambridge, 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 Cambridge, 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.