# Weather.com/Retro

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/weather-com-retro/

14 people recommended Weather.com/Retro in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 12 months, in 1 thread. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

14 of the 14 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Weather.com/Retro”.

**Verdict:** People enjoy it as a nostalgic, convincing recreation of a WeatherStar 4000 broadcast with CRT blur and music. Caveat: it shows Fahrenheit even for non-US towns.

Summary written by Claude from 15 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Convincing CRT blur and filter effects (2 comments in the sample): "The blurring/low quality effect in the weather.com version is so much convincing, it feels like watching it through a CRT tv" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47610165)) "I love how it's built. How they did the blurring and filter stacking." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47610001))
- Relaxing music and good audio (2 comments in the sample): "Looks great on mobile in portrait mode. Bonus points for the audio." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47609910)) "That music had me relaxing for 5' straight." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47610144))
- Nostalgic nod to Weather Channel history (2 comments in the sample): "It's neat! A fun little nod to their history." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47610124)) "This hit the nostalgia hard." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47613844))
- Better than the official website (2 comments in the sample): "This is so much better than their actual website." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47609905)) "Way more fun than watching fly by skyscrapers." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47615132))

## What people warn about

- Shows Fahrenheit instead of local units (2 comments in the sample): "showing Fahrenheit, despite everything else is perfectly localized, for my home town Hamburg in Germany, is somewhat useless" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47612334)) "if only it used correct units" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47611618))

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Weather.com/Retro", https://hackerapproved.com/p/weather-com-retro/ (14 recommend, 1 mixed, 3 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.