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Foster
United States · 17 December 2016
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Average
-1.8°C
low -7.2°C · high 2.2°C
Rainfall
15.6mm
rain recorded
Wind
1.8m/s
daily average
Humidity
88.3%
daily average
Cloud
94%
cover
Pressure
1018hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from -7.2°C around 00:00 to 2.2°C around 14:00. Rain was recorded across 12 hours, from around 02:00 to 13:00 (15.6mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
32th percentile
Low temperature
19th percentile
Rainfall
93th 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 1.3°C, versus -1.8°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
07:08
Sunset
16:17
Day length
9h 9m
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 | -7.2°C | -10.6°C | 0.01 | 0.2 | E | 60 | 1029 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | -6.5°C | -10°C | 0.06 | 0.4 | SSW | 57 | 1029 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | -6.2°C | -9.6°C | 0.23 | 0.3 | SSW | 61 | 1029 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | -6°C | -9.3°C | 0.37 | 0.4 | S | 72 | 1028 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | -6.2°C | -9.6°C | 0.41 | 0.5 | ESE | 80 | 1027 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | -5.5°C | -8.7°C | 0.59 | 0.6 | E | 95 | 1026 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | -5.3°C | -9.1°C | 0.81 | 1.7 | E | 95 | 1024 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | -4.8°C | -8.5°C | 0.74 | 1.6 | ENE | 96 | 1023 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | -4.1°C | -8°C | 1.23 | 1.8 | ENE | 96 | 1022 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | -2.7°C | -6.6°C | 1.81 | 2.1 | E | 96 | 1020 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | -1.7°C | -5.5°C | 2.17 | 2.2 | E | 97 | 1018 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | -1°C | -4.2°C | 2.49 | 1.5 | ESE | 96 | 1016 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | -0.1°C | -2.7°C | 2.53 | 0.6 | NE | 93 | 1013 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 1.1°C | -1.5°C | 2.11 | 0.9 | W | 92 | 1011 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 2.2°C | -1.5°C | 0.03 | 2.7 | W | 93 | 1011 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 1.4°C | -2.8°C | 0 | 3.2 | W | 92 | 1011 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 1°C | -3.3°C | 0 | 3.2 | WSW | 92 | 1012 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | 1.3°C | -2.2°C | 0 | 2.3 | WSW | 93 | 1013 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | 0.7°C | -2.9°C | 0 | 2.3 | SW | 93 | 1013 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | 1.3°C | -2.3°C | 0 | 2.3 | SSW | 92 | 1014 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | 1°C | -2.9°C | 0 | 2.8 | SSW | 93 | 1014 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | 1.1°C | -3°C | 0 | 3.1 | SW | 94 | 1014 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | 1.5°C | -2.4°C | 0 | 3 | SSW | 95 | 1014 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | 1.8°C | -2.4°C | 0 | 3.4 | SSW | 95 | 1013 |
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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
- Foster — 41.750°, -71.750°, ERA5 grid cell center, 11.6 km from requested point
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- What's shown here
- The hourly and daily record for 17 December 2016 specifically — not a monthly average. See the Foster 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 Foster, United States (41.75°N, 71.75°W), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Foster, United States [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 20, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Foster, 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 Foster, 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.