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United States · 8 December 2020
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Average
0.3°C
low -1.6°C · high 1.4°C
Rainfall
1.1mm
rain recorded
Wind
6m/s
daily average
Humidity
69.7%
daily average
Cloud
83%
cover
Pressure
1005hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from -1.6°C around 23:00 to 1.4°C around 05:00. Rain was recorded across 5 hours, from around 04:00 to 08:00 (1.1mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
11th percentile
Low temperature
36th percentile
Rainfall
65th percentile
Wind
72th 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 3.3°C, versus 0.3°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 | 0.8°C | -4.9°C | 0 | 4.4 | NNW | 69 | 1005 |
| 01:00 | 06:00 | 1°C | -4.6°C | 0.02 | 4.5 | N | 71 | 1004 |
| 02:00 | 07:00 | 1.3°C | -4°C | 0.05 | 4 | N | 72 | 1005 |
| 03:00 | 08:00 | 1.2°C | -4.9°C | 0.08 | 5.3 | N | 74 | 1004 |
| 04:00 | 09:00 | 1.1°C | -5.8°C | 0.1 | 6.5 | N | 74 | 1003 |
| 05:00 | 10:00 | 1.4°C | -5.4°C | 0.12 | 6.4 | N | 76 | 1003 |
| 06:00 | 11:00 | 1.3°C | -5.6°C | 0.16 | 6.6 | N | 77 | 1003 |
| 07:00 | 12:00 | 1.1°C | -6.4°C | 0.18 | 7.3 | N | 77 | 1003 |
| 08:00 | 13:00 | 0.7°C | -7.1°C | 0.12 | 7.7 | NNW | 76 | 1004 |
| 09:00 | 14:00 | 0.3°C | -7.5°C | 0.09 | 7.7 | NNW | 76 | 1005 |
| 10:00 | 15:00 | 0.1°C | -7.6°C | 0.07 | 7.6 | NNW | 75 | 1005 |
| 11:00 | 16:00 | 0.1°C | -7.9°C | 0.05 | 7.8 | NNW | 73 | 1005 |
| 12:00 | 17:00 | 0.2°C | -7.1°C | 0.02 | 6.7 | NNW | 70 | 1005 |
| 13:00 | 18:00 | 0.2°C | -6.6°C | 0.01 | 6 | NNW | 68 | 1004 |
| 14:00 | 19:00 | 0.2°C | -6.8°C | 0.02 | 6.2 | NNW | 67 | 1005 |
| 15:00 | 20:00 | 0.3°C | -6.7°C | 0.01 | 6.2 | NW | 65 | 1005 |
| 16:00 | 21:00 | 0.4°C | -6.5°C | 0.01 | 6 | NW | 63 | 1005 |
| 17:00 | 22:00 | -0.1°C | -6.6°C | 0.01 | 5.3 | NW | 63 | 1006 |
| 18:00 | 23:00 | -0.3°C | -6.8°C | 0.01 | 5.4 | NW | 63 | 1006 |
| 19:00 | 00:00 | -0.3°C | -6.9°C | 0 | 5.4 | NW | 63 | 1007 |
| 20:00 | 01:00 | -0.5°C | -7°C | 0 | 5.3 | NW | 63 | 1007 |
| 21:00 | 02:00 | -0.8°C | -7.3°C | 0 | 5.2 | NW | 64 | 1008 |
| 22:00 | 03:00 | -1.2°C | -7.7°C | 0 | 5.4 | NW | 66 | 1008 |
| 23:00 | 04:00 | -1.6°C | -8°C | 0 | 5.3 | NW | 68 | 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
- 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 8 December 2020 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 (2026-07-19). 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 19, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Halifax, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 19, 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 2026-07-19},
url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}Notice something wrong with this data? Report a data issue.