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Average
7.3°C
low 2.3°C · high 13.5°C
Rainfall
5.3mm
rain recorded
Wind
6.1m/s
daily average
Humidity
81.1%
daily average
Cloud
96%
cover
Pressure
1023hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 2.3°C around 00:00 to 13.5°C around 23:00. Rain was recorded across 10 hours, from around 14:00 to 23:00 (5.3mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
93th percentile
Low temperature
78th percentile
Rainfall
80th percentile
Wind
79th 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 2.8°C, versus 7.3°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:58
Sunset
16:11
Day length
9h 13m
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 | 2.3°C | -1.9°C | 0 | 3 | SE | 80 | 1032 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 2.6°C | -1.9°C | 0 | 3.4 | SE | 81 | 1031 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 2.5°C | -1.9°C | 0 | 3.3 | SSE | 81 | 1031 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 2.8°C | -1.8°C | 0 | 3.7 | SSE | 81 | 1031 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 3.3°C | -1.4°C | 0 | 4 | SSE | 80 | 1030 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 3.5°C | -0.9°C | 0 | 3.5 | SSE | 79 | 1030 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 3.7°C | -1°C | 0 | 4 | SSE | 77 | 1029 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 4.2°C | -0.7°C | 0 | 4.2 | SSE | 75 | 1029 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 4.6°C | -0.5°C | 0 | 4.7 | SSE | 75 | 1029 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 5.7°C | 0°C | 0 | 5.6 | SSE | 75 | 1028 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 6.7°C | 0.9°C | 0 | 6 | SSE | 76 | 1027 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 7.3°C | 0.9°C | 0 | 7 | SSE | 74 | 1026 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 7.7°C | 1.6°C | 0.01 | 6.8 | SSE | 76 | 1024 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 8°C | 1.8°C | 0.05 | 6.9 | SSE | 77 | 1023 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 8.2°C | 2.3°C | 0.27 | 6.7 | SSE | 77 | 1022 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 8.4°C | 2.4°C | 0.21 | 7.1 | SSE | 81 | 1020 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 9.1°C | 3.1°C | 0.26 | 7.2 | SSE | 80 | 1019 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 9.9°C | 4.2°C | 0.44 | 7.5 | SSE | 88 | 1018 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 10.9°C | 5.4°C | 0.55 | 7.5 | S | 89 | 1017 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 11.8°C | 6.3°C | 0.65 | 7.8 | S | 89 | 1015 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 12.5°C | 6.8°C | 0.73 | 8.5 | S | 89 | 1014 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 13.1°C | 7.1°C | 0.55 | 9.2 | S | 88 | 1012 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 13.3°C | 6.7°C | 0.53 | 10 | S | 88 | 1011 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 13.5°C | 7°C | 1.06 | 10.1 | S | 89 | 1010 |
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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 2017 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 (2026-07-20). 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 20, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Cambridge, 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 Cambridge, 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.