Comments on: Old Weather Sites

Question: Old Weather Sites

vers — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 10:28:45 -0800

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?

By: skwm

skwm — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 10:51:26 -0800

It rained all day and was rather cold.

By: eatitlive

eatitlive — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 10:54:10 -0800

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.

By: falconred

falconred — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 11:11:02 -0800

It was in the 30s with windchill.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 11:15:22 -0800

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.

By: vers

vers — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 12:32:01 -0800

Thank you all - your helpful answers are greatly appreciated. That's the resource I was hoping and failing to find, jessamyn - thank you!

By: wendell

wendell — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 13:56:11 -0800

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...)