Looking for some temperature data

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This discussion focuses on obtaining historical temperature data for cities, specifically daily highs and lows over a span of 50+ years. Key resources mentioned include NASA's GISS temperature data at data.giss.nasa.gov and Canada's climate data from climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca. For U.S. data, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Climate Data Center are recommended, accessible at ncdc.noaa.gov. Users should be aware that there may be costs associated with accessing this data, and some historical information may be limited.

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Specifically I am looking for a list (preferably one I can throw into Mathematica with not too much work) of all the temperature highs and lows for a city over all recorded temperature history (AKA daily temps over 50+ years). Anyone know where I might find that? Thanks!
 
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http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/station_data/

Something like this be usefull to you?

You can click on the map and select a weather station and it gives you the mean temperature measured over a month as well as over the different season.

I know of this site however for Canadian climate data: http://climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/climateData/canada_e.html
 
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What city?

In the US, one would have to contact NOAA or better the National Climate Data Center.
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
One can locate weather stations by zip code, or other means, e.g., county.

As far as I can tell, there will be a cost, and not all information will be available, particularly as one goes further back.
 

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