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November 13, 2004 10:28 AM

Could anyone point me to an online resource that would let me look up the weather forecast for a date in the past? Failing that, could someone tell me what the weather was like in NYC yesterday?
posted by vers to computers & internet (6 comments total)

It rained all day and was rather cold.
posted by skwm at 10:51 AM on November 13, 2004

Yesterday, here in NYC, it was in the 40s, and there was a light, cold rain that lasted all day long and into the evening.

Weather Underground has archived weather data.
posted by eatitlive at 10:54 AM on November 13, 2004

It was in the 30s with windchill.
posted by falconred at 11:11 AM on November 13, 2004

If you happened to need something like this for research, like you're writing a novel and you need accurate weather reporting on some past date in the US, you can also try the National Climatic Data Center. Be sure to click on the "free data" link on the side, otherwise they will try to sell you stuff.
posted by jessamyn at 11:15 AM on November 13, 2004

Thank you all - your helpful answers are greatly appreciated. That's the resource I was hoping and failing to find, jessamyn - thank you!
posted by vers at 12:32 PM on November 13, 2004

Very valuable info for the next time I have to flesh out an alibi... (I was in Toledo that day, it was sunny, so I didn't take my raincoat...)
posted by wendell at 1:56 PM on November 13, 2004