# Historical weather help **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 15, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-weather-help/650414 "2013-02-15T18:15:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-weather-help/650414/1 "2013-02-15T18:15:44Z")
So I’ve been on the NWS [data page](http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/) for an hour trying to find a very specific data set. I need hourly (or at least incremental) temperature and/or precipitation data for a particular zip code: 34601 (it’s Brooksville, Florida) on August 9, 2012. There appears to be a station in Brooksville with data through 2012, but I can only get it to show me day-by-day highs/lows/mean temperatures. Am I doing something wrong, or what? If anyone can get me hourly temperature data for someplace reasonably close (say, within 50 miles), that would be cool too. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Milton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6bbea6/32.png) [@Mr.Milton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Milton)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-weather-help/650414/2 "2013-02-15T18:21:32Z")
If I may add on to this request, I would like to see if it is possible to find out what the weather was in Nanchang, Jiangxi, Chine on and/or around January 4, 2005. ---
**Author:** ![Donnerwetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-weather-help/650414/3 "2013-02-15T18:25:04Z")
Would this be of any help? > **[weather brooksville florida 2012-08-09 - Wolfram|Alpha](https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=weather%2Bbrooksville%2Bflorida%2B2012-08-09)** > > Wolfram|Alpha brings expert-level knowledge and capabilities to the broadest possible range of people—spanning all professions and education levels. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-weather-help/650414/4 "2013-02-15T18:26:39Z")
You are a god. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-weather-help/650414/5 "2013-02-15T18:29:44Z")
[Weather Underground](http://www.wunderground.com/) seems to have hourly info for specific days. Go to the bottom of the homepage for “Local Weather” and “History Data.” ---
**Author:** ![Donnerwetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-weather-help/650414/6 "2013-02-15T18:36:35Z")
> [@Mr.Milton](#): > > If I may add on to this request, I would like to see if it is possible to find out what the weather was in Nanchang, Jiangxi, Chine on and/or around January 4, 2005. > **[weather Nanchang, Jiangxi, China 2005-01-04 - Wolfram|Alpha](https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=weather%2BNanchang%2C%2BJiangxi%2C%2BChina%2B2005-01-04)** > > Wolfram|Alpha brings expert-level knowledge and capabilities to the broadest possible range of people—spanning all professions and education levels. ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-weather-help/650414/7 "2013-02-15T23:49:17Z")
Start [here](http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/qclcd/QCLCD?prior=N) and select FL, Brooksville, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-weather-help/650414/8 "2013-02-16T17:58:00Z")
You are also a god!