# How can I find out how cold it got last night? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 29, 2007, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-how-cold-it-got-last-night/424432 "2007-10-29T12:10:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-how-cold-it-got-last-night/424432/1 "2007-10-29T12:10:35Z")
I can find today’s forecast for what will happen after now. I can find yesterday’s high/low… But yesterday’s “low” was 48, and right now it’s 32, so I think that 48 was for the night before. I am having a hell of a time finding a weather site/setting that will just tell me how bleepin’ cold it got _last night_! ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-how-cold-it-got-last-night/424432/2 "2007-10-29T12:40:43Z")
NOAA’s [National Weather Service](http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/observations.php) has hourly observations for our area - looks like for the past few _days_ -, and most likely yours also. (I tried bringing up Independence, Ohio, but there are three of them). Just type in your zip code and click “observations” on the left. Oh, and Hi Opal! I always wanted to write that! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-how-cold-it-got-last-night/424432/3 "2007-10-29T12:45:16Z")
That is a cool link… but I think I will have to wait until tomorrow to see, because it only goes up to 7 yesterday, not overnight 😕 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-how-cold-it-got-last-night/424432/4 "2007-10-29T13:35:01Z")
Try Weather Underground. Their [history](http://www.wunderground.com/history/) link will give you readings up to about an hour ago. For instance, out here, I can see that it got down to 33.8° F. at Andrews AFB at 6:55 am this morning. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-how-cold-it-got-last-night/424432/5 "2007-10-29T16:44:38Z")
Thanks, RTF! Except now I’m confused, because the weather sites were saying “current” temp was 32 at the time I posted, and that history link says that it only got down to 39. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-how-cold-it-got-last-night/424432/6 "2007-10-30T00:46:54Z")
I think that Cleveland has about three different measurement points. And it certainly can differ from Hopkins, Burke, and whatever else. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-how-cold-it-got-last-night/424432/7 "2007-10-30T04:43:22Z")
There are lots of fairly cheap weather stations that collect the minimum temperature. We have one, and my wife often checks the low right at our house in the morning. Weather Underground is good also. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-out-how-cold-it-got-last-night/424432/8 "2007-10-30T13:52:55Z")
Try [Accuweather](http://www.accuweather.com/). I use it at work for my daily reports. You can go back months, if you want.