# Where would I go to find yesterday's weather? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 11, 2004, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-i-go-to-find-yesterdays-weather/233605 "2004-03-11T01:51:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-i-go-to-find-yesterdays-weather/233605/1 "2004-03-11T01:51:11Z")
I’ve been to Yahoo! weather, [weather.com](http://weather.com) and a few other weather sites, and they all seem to only show the weather forecasts for the next five days or so (which I guess is all that’s relevant). But where would I go if I were curious about what the temperature was 3 days ago? Anyone know? Thanks, Meanie ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-i-go-to-find-yesterdays-weather/233605/2 "2004-03-11T02:18:18Z")
Go to NOAA’s weather service page: [http://www.crh.noaa.gov/forecasts/DCZ001.php?warncounty=DCC001&city=Washington](http://www.crh.noaa.gov/forecasts/DCZ001.php?warncounty=DCC001&city=Washington) Enter your zip code and pull up the current conditions. At the lower right you’ll see a link for “past weather” which, when I do it goes back two days. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-i-go-to-find-yesterdays-weather/233605/3 "2004-03-11T02:24:33Z")
Actually it looks like you can go back quite a few years. Numbers galore! ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-i-go-to-find-yesterdays-weather/233605/4 "2004-03-11T02:28:43Z")
Aww, the past weather link works for your zip code, but not for mine. ☹ I tried a bunch of other local zips, and nothing works. What does NOAA have against SoCal? ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-i-go-to-find-yesterdays-weather/233605/5 "2004-03-11T02:38:36Z")
Try [www.wunderground.com](http://www.wunderground.com) First get your local forecast, then, under the heading “History & Almanac”, you’ll find “Detailed History”, which will hopefully give you what you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-i-go-to-find-yesterdays-weather/233605/6 "2004-03-11T02:55:15Z")
That’s odd. Try this: [http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/Monterey/](http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/Monterey/) On the left hand side under “climate” click on local data. I set (1) to daily climate report, (2) to San Francisco, and (3) to archived date (the date you want). It was 55° on March 2nd. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-i-go-to-find-yesterdays-weather/233605/7 "2004-03-11T03:00:31Z")
I figured it out. Even though some zip codes don’t have a “past weather” link, they should have a “local climatology” link. Follow that and you should be able to find a past weather link that will allow you to dig up historical data. Phew. Off to bed. ---
**Author:** ![bookbuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@bookbuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bookbuster)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-i-go-to-find-yesterdays-weather/233605/8 "2004-03-11T03:41:56Z")
Quit livin in the past ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-i-go-to-find-yesterdays-weather/233605/9 "2004-03-11T18:50:44Z")
Yay! Okay, I finally have the weather for earlier this week. Thanks all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aerodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-i-go-to-find-yesterdays-weather/233605/10 "2004-03-11T22:28:56Z")
Actually, [weather.com](http://weather.com) has past weather. When I enter my zip code, and look at the 10-day forecast, there’s a little box above it that says “Yesterday’s Weather” and if takes me to…surprise…yesterday’s weather. That page has a pulldown box that lets me go back to any day in the last week. Here’s the page, not for my ZIP, but for one that’s pretty famous: [http://www.weather.com/weather/pastweather/90210](http://www.weather.com/weather/pastweather/90210) ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-i-go-to-find-yesterdays-weather/233605/11 "2004-03-12T02:35:05Z")
Oh crap, why didn’t I see that? Ah, well. I found what I was looking for eventually. Again, thanks all.