# Access to Past Weather Data **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 25, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/access-to-past-weather-data/374025 "2006-09-25T04:14:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rayray5884](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@rayray5884](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayray5884)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/access-to-past-weather-data/374025/1 "2006-09-25T04:14:08Z")
More specifically I’m looking for the high and low for a day from last October. Is there a site that has this data compiled? Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/access-to-past-weather-data/374025/2 "2006-09-25T04:18:32Z")
It’d help if you could also specify what country/state/city you’re interested in. There’s lots of places that that sort of data is compiled, but not all the data is available in all the places. If you’re looking for data in, say, the US it’s not going to help you much for me to give you the link for a weather service in Australia… ---
**Author:** ![rayray5884](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@rayray5884](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayray5884)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/access-to-past-weather-data/374025/3 "2006-09-25T04:21:16Z")
I suppose I was implying the United States, that’s a my bad. Illinois more specifically. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/access-to-past-weather-data/374025/4 "2006-09-25T04:24:35Z")
[http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/mppsearch.html](http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/mppsearch.html) > [@](#): > > Local Climatological Data, Edited > > ``` > Publication by month for major US cities showing 3-hourly, daily, & monthly values. > > ``` However: > [@](#): > > Your Access will require a payment ---
**Author:** ![rayray5884](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@rayray5884](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayray5884)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/access-to-past-weather-data/374025/5 "2006-09-25T04:26:21Z")
Oops. Again, I should have stated that $Free is preferred. All I want to know is the low temperature for October 1, 2005. Do they take micropayments? haha ---
**Author:** ![rayray5884](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@rayray5884](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayray5884)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/access-to-past-weather-data/374025/6 "2006-09-25T04:28:39Z")
Four dollars isn’t too bad, but really now, I need one lousy number. Didn’t I already pay for the NOAA to collect the data in taxes once? ---
**Author:** ![Mooloo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/41988e/32.png) [@Mooloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooloo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/access-to-past-weather-data/374025/7 "2006-09-25T08:40:40Z")
Save your 4 bucks rayray, [Wundergound](http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=normal%2C+il) Scroll down to History and Almanac and choose your date. Daily and hourly data is available. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/access-to-past-weather-data/374025/8 "2006-09-25T14:27:16Z")
Try [http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crh/](http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crh/) Actually, for Illinois, it’s [http://www.sws.uiuc.edu/atmos/statecli/](http://www.sws.uiuc.edu/atmos/statecli/) “Historical Summaries”, I think ---
**Author:** ![rayray5884](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@rayray5884](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayray5884)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/access-to-past-weather-data/374025/9 "2006-09-25T23:56:30Z")
Thanks **Mooloo** and **Bobotheoptimist**! I remember hearing about Wunderground previously but it didn’t come to me when searching. [Wunderground.com](http://Wunderground.com) gave me exactly what I needed! Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/access-to-past-weather-data/374025/10 "2006-09-26T04:23:24Z")
Upon review, the Illinois site I referenced wasn’t nearly as useful as some others from NOAA. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/access-to-past-weather-data/374025/11 "2006-09-26T04:56:44Z")
Yeah… what **Mooloo** said… Remember the Weather Underground? Those meanie political hotheads? Well, they now run an excellent weather website. (It’s called Weather Underground, but I don’t think it’s the same folks, actually 😉 )