I moved to New York City from California and was surprised by the amount of rain it has here. To me it feels like it's always raining. I was also curious about the climate in other cities in case I'd move again. Searching for historical weather info online isn't pain-free, you need to find a responsive site with good data visualization that fits your need. And surprisingly I didn't find an Alexa skill for past weather, they were all forecasting. So I wrote it myself.
Check it out if you would like to get familiar with the climate before moving to a new city or buying property there.
What it can do
- This skill can give you a bird's-eye view of past weather information for a list of cities. If you are planning a potential move, or buying real estate in a new city, or you simply want to learn some facts, this skill will help you get familiar with the climate of that city.
- The weather summary/briefing gives you the high, low, and average temperature during a time period. It also tells you how much it rained at the daily granularity.
- Get an outdoor score to understand how comfortable it usually is in your city of interest.
- Get an even more detailed summary of the percentage of the time for hot/cold, humid/dry, cloudiness and precipitation over a time period, by asking for a detailed summary.
- Supported cities: Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Dallas, San Jose, Denver, Honolulu, San Francisco, Seattle, San Diego, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, Shanghai
- Supported time periods: yesterday, last week, last month.