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Needham

United States · 2 September 2016

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Average

20.1°C

low 16.2° · high 24.7°

Rainfall

0.7mm

dry day

Wind

2.8m/s

daily average

Humidity

71.3%

daily average

Cloud

45%

cover

Pressure

1017hPa

daily average

The temperature ranged from 16.2°C around 05:00 to 24.7°C around 14:00. Rain was recorded for one hour, around 00:00 (0.7mm total).

How unusual was this day?

Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.

High temperature

47th percentile

Low temperature

58th percentile

Rainfall

71th percentile

Wind

56th 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 20.4°C, versus 20.1°C on this specific day.

Sun & daylight

Sunrise

06:11

Sunset

19:16

Day length

13h 4m

Hour by hour

Temperature (line) and hourly rainfall (bars), local time — America/New_York.

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Cumulative rainfall through the day.

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Local timeUTCTemp °CFeels °CRain mmWind m/sDirHumidity %Pressure hPa
00:0004:0019.419.40.613.8NNW891014
01:0005:0018.217.603.8NNW881014
02:0006:0017.516.503.7NNW841014
03:0007:0016.815.503.4NNW811014
04:0008:0016.314.903.4NNW811014
05:0009:0016.214.603.5NNW811014
06:0010:0016.314.403.4NNW731016
07:0011:0016.714.903.3NNW721016
08:0012:0018.216.903NNW711016
09:0013:0020.219.602.8N681017
10:0014:0022.421.702.7NNE581017
11:0015:0024.222.902.9NNE481017
12:0016:0024.623.50.023NNE491018
13:0017:0024.723.702.8NNE491018
14:0018:0024.724.402.5ENE531018
15:0019:0024.524.60.042.2ENE561018
16:0020:0023.924.20.012.3ENE601018
17:0021:0023.323.502.7E651019
18:0022:0021.822.102.8E731019
19:0023:0020.620.802.4E731019
20:0000:0019.219.302.2ESE781020
21:0001:0018.218.302.1ESE811021
22:0002:0017.417.801.9SE881021
23:0003:0016.617.301.5SSE941022

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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
Needham — 42.250°, -71.250°, ERA5 grid cell center, 4.0 km from requested point
Time zone
America/New_York
What's shown here
The hourly and daily record for 2 September 2016 specifically — not a monthly average. See the Needham 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

Plain text
PastClimate (2026-07-18). Historical climate data for Needham, United States (42.25°N, 71.25°W), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
APA
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Needham, United States [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 18, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
MLA
"Historical Climate Data for Needham, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 18, 2026, www.pastclimate.com.
BibTeX
@misc{pastclimate,
  author = {PastClimate},
  title = {Historical climate data for Needham, 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/}
}

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