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Providence

United States · 12 December 2016

ProvidenceUnited States4:02 AM localChange location

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Average

2.6°C

low -1.5° · high 6.1°

Rainfall

12.7mm

rain recorded

Wind

3.3m/s

daily average

Humidity

92.7%

daily average

Cloud

74%

cover

Pressure

1013hPa

daily average

The temperature ranged from -1.5°C around 01:00 to 6.1°C around 09:00. Rain was recorded across 13 hours, from around 00:00 to 12:00 (12.7mm total).

How unusual was this day?

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

High temperature

55th percentile

Low temperature

53th percentile

Rainfall

90th percentile

Wind

46th 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 2.1°C, versus 2.6°C on this specific day.

Sun & daylight

Sunrise

07:04

Sunset

16:15

Day length

9h 11m

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
00:0005:00-1.2-3.60.520.2NNW951026
01:0006:00-1.5-4.40.41ENE981025
02:0007:00-1.4-5.10.212.1ENE961023
03:0008:00-0.8-4.90.272.8E971021
04:0009:00-0.5-4.80.383.1ESE971019
05:0010:001.7-2.40.793.2E941017
06:0011:002.2-11.752E941014
07:0012:003.30.41.81.8E961013
08:0013:004.62.12.161.7SW971011
09:0014:006.12.72.253.3WSW941010
10:0015:0061.71.194.4SW921009
11:0016:005.20.30.735.3WSW931009
12:0017:005.70.80.245.3WSW931008
13:0018:005.50.70.045WSW921008
14:0019:005.6104.6W911007
15:0020:005.51.304.2W901007
16:0021:005.31.303.8W881008
17:0022:003.60.202.5WSW901008
18:0023:002.3-1.803.2WSW911008
19:0000:001.3-3.203.6WSW921010
20:0001:001.1-3.403.5WSW911010
21:0002:001.2-3.503.8WSW901011
22:0003:001.3-3.704.1W871012
23:0004:001.3-3.704.2W851013

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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
Providence — 41.750°, -71.500°, ERA5 grid cell center, 11.0 km from requested point
Time zone
America/New_York
What's shown here
The hourly and daily record for 12 December 2016 specifically — not a monthly average. See the Providence 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 (2026-07-17). Historical climate data for Providence, United States (41.75°N, 71.50°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 Providence, United States [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 17, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
MLA
"Historical Climate Data for Providence, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 17, 2026, www.pastclimate.com.
BibTeX
@misc{pastclimate,
  author = {PastClimate},
  title = {Historical climate data for Providence, United States},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023), Copernicus Climate Change Service. Accessed 2026-07-17},
  url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}

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