Weather.com/Retro
Retro weather simulation
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.
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.
19 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 16
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 84%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 16 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 5.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Convincing CRT blur and filter effects
“The blurring/low quality effect in the weather.com version is so much convincing, it feels like watching it through a CRT tv”
Comment from 2 Apr 2026 in “Weather.com/Retro” “I love how it's built. How they did the blurring and filter stacking.”
Comment from 2 Apr 2026 in “Weather.com/Retro” Relaxing music and good audio
“Looks great on mobile in portrait mode. Bonus points for the audio.”
Comment from 2 Apr 2026 in “Weather.com/Retro” “That music had me relaxing for 5' straight.”
Comment from 2 Apr 2026 in “Weather.com/Retro” Nostalgic nod to Weather Channel history
“It's neat! A fun little nod to their history.”
Comment from 2 Apr 2026 in “Weather.com/Retro” “This hit the nostalgia hard.”
Comment from 2 Apr 2026 in “Weather.com/Retro” Better than the official website
“This is so much better than their actual website.”
Comment from 2 Apr 2026 in “Weather.com/Retro” “Way more fun than watching fly by skyscrapers.”
Comment from 2 Apr 2026 in “Weather.com/Retro”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Shows Fahrenheit instead of local units
“showing Fahrenheit, despite everything else is perfectly localized, for my home town Hamburg in Germany, is somewhat useless”
Comment from 2 Apr 2026 in “Weather.com/Retro” “if only it used correct units”
Comment from 2 Apr 2026 in “Weather.com/Retro”
What people said
15 of the 19 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Way more fun than watching fly by skyscrapers.”
“This hit the nostalgia hard.”
“it is impossible to reach the countdown page once you are in”
“showing Fahrenheit, despite everything else is perfectly localized, for my home town Hamburg in Germany, is somewhat useless”
“adjusted to my location based on ip”
“if only it used correct units”
“once you unmute, there is no way back”
“The blurring/low quality effect in the weather.com version is so much convincing, it feels like watching it through a CRT tv”
“That music had me relaxing for 5' straight.”
“It's neat! A fun little nod to their history.”
“I love how it's built. How they did the blurring and filter stacking.”
“Well done. Added to my home screen.”
“Looks great on mobile in portrait mode. Bonus points for the audio.”
“This is so much better than their actual website.”
“This appears to be a fairly low effort simulation of a WeatherStar 4000”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.