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United States · 5 December 2018
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Average
-1°C
low -3.5° · high 1.2°
Rainfall
0mm
dry day
Wind
2.9m/s
daily average
Humidity
59.2%
daily average
Cloud
38%
cover
Pressure
1018hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from -3.5°C around 06:00 to 1.2°C around 14:00. 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
4th percentile
Low temperature
8th percentile
Rainfall
42th percentile
Wind
6th 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 4.3°C, versus -1°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
06:55
Sunset
16:11
Day length
9h 16m
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 | 05:00 | -1.8 | -8.2 | 0 | 4.8 | NNW | 56 | 1018 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | -2.1 | -8.3 | 0 | 4.6 | NNW | 58 | 1018 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | -2.1 | -8 | 0 | 4.2 | NNW | 59 | 1019 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | -2.3 | -7.9 | 0 | 3.7 | NNW | 60 | 1019 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | -2.2 | -7.5 | 0 | 3.3 | NNW | 59 | 1019 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | -3.5 | -9 | 0 | 3.6 | NNW | 67 | 1019 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | -3.5 | -8.7 | 0 | 3.2 | NNW | 68 | 1019 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | -3.4 | -8.4 | 0 | 2.9 | NNW | 66 | 1019 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | -2.7 | -7.1 | 0 | 2.1 | NNW | 65 | 1020 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | -1.2 | -5.2 | 0 | 1.7 | NW | 62 | 1020 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | -0.3 | -4.2 | 0 | 1.5 | NNW | 58 | 1020 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 0.3 | -3.8 | 0 | 1.8 | NNW | 56 | 1019 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 0.8 | -3.5 | 0 | 2.1 | N | 54 | 1018 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 1.1 | -3.2 | 0 | 2.1 | N | 52 | 1018 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 1.2 | -3 | 0 | 1.9 | NNE | 52 | 1017 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 0.8 | -3.3 | 0 | 1.8 | NNE | 53 | 1017 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 0.6 | -3.6 | 0 | 2.1 | NNE | 56 | 1018 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | -0.3 | -4.8 | 0 | 2.4 | N | 58 | 1018 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | -0.4 | -4.9 | 0 | 2.3 | N | 60 | 1018 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | -0.4 | -5.1 | 0 | 2.7 | N | 59 | 1017 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | -0.6 | -6.1 | 0.01 | 3.8 | NNW | 61 | 1017 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | -0.4 | -5.6 | 0 | 3.3 | NNW | 58 | 1017 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | -0.3 | -5.2 | 0 | 2.9 | NNW | 60 | 1018 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | -0.3 | -5.6 | 0 | 3.7 | NW | 61 | 1018 |
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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
- Halifax — 42.000°, -70.750°, ERA5 grid cell center, 9.3 km from requested point
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- What's shown here
- The hourly and daily record for 5 December 2018 specifically — not a monthly average. See the Halifax 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 (2026-07-18). Historical climate data for Halifax, United States (42.00°N, 70.75°W), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Halifax, United States [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 18, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Halifax, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 18, 2026, www.pastclimate.com.
@misc{pastclimate,
author = {PastClimate},
title = {Historical climate data for Halifax, United States},
year = {2026},
note = {Derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023), Copernicus Climate Change Service. Accessed 2026-07-18},
url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}Notice something wrong with this data? Report a data issue.