Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 15 h 17 min5:07 am – 8:24 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 5 min7:10 am – 4:14 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 82°F, lows 66°FColdest month January: highs 37°F, lows 23°F44 in of rain a year, on about 77 dayswettest month December49 in of snow a year, on about 23 days14 days above 90°F, 92 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Boston Logan Intl Ap station, 4 mi away
Nearby landmarksBeacon Hillpeak · under a mileProspect Hillpeak · 1.6 miMassachusetts Institute of Technologycollege · under a mileEmerson Collegecollege · under a mileCity Pointcape · 3.5 miBlackstones Point (historical)cape · under a mileSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsCharles River Reservationstate park · under a mileNashua Street Parkstate park · under a mileWest End Parkstate park · under a mileNew Chardon Squarestate park · under a mileSomerset Street Plazastate park · 1.0 miBunker Hill Cc Campus Groundsstate park · 1.0 miSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes7 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19700 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 3.1 on 10 Jan 199933 mi away, near Merrimac, MassachusettsMost recent: magnitude 3.0 on 27 Jan 200044 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively HighMiddlesex County, MA, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsIce storm Very HighRiver flooding Relatively HighLightning Relatively HighHurricane Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality82% of days had good air in 2025299 of 365 days measured65 moderate, 1 unhealthy for sensitive groups daysMedian index 38, worst day 105main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, Middlesex County monitors, MA
Drinking waterCambridge Water Departmentserves 118,214 people from surface waterNo health-based violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system serving the town
Elevation8 ft2 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalMassachusetts Eye and Ear Hospitalunder a milePost officeKendall Square Post Officeunder a mileTown hallBoston City Hall1.2 miPoliceCambridge Police Departmentunder a mileFire stationCambridge Fire Department Station 3under a mileSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 mi56 schools16 elementary, 16 high, 24 otherSchoolCommunity Charter School of Cambridgeunder a mileElementaryAdvent Schoolunder a mileElementaryKennedy - Longfellow Elementary Schoolunder a mileCollegeMassachusetts Institute of Technologyunder a mileSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportBoston Logan International Airport BOS3.7 miInterstateI-93under a mileUS highwayUS 3under a mileAmtrakNorth Station BON1.0 miSubwayMain St Third StMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)under a mileCoachBoston, MA (Dalton Street, Back Bay - Dalton and Belvidere Streets, East side of Dalton, across from Hilton hotel. One block to Prudential T station, OurBus1.1 miTransit216 stops within a mileMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), Merrimack Valley TransitSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 02238 ZIP area.