Time/Temperature/Weather
Forecast
Telephone Sounds & Recordings
The following are examples of time &
temperature and weather forecast recordings from around the US and
Canada. Some are maintained by the local telephone company, others are
maintained by businesses such as banks or radio/TV stations.
Files are in MP3
format. Click on a link to listen.
Time/Temp/Weather (USA) | Time/Temp/Weather
(Canada)
Dedicated Time Services
General Time, Temperature & Weather Recordings
(USA)
A listing of time, temperature and weather
forecast recordings in the US. Click on the link in the left hand
column to listen to the recordings.
T&T = Time & Temperature
TT&W = Time, Temperature & Weather
| Number |
Location |
Service |
Company |
Date |
Notes |
| (202) 844-1212 |
Washington, DC |
Time |
Verizon |
Jul. 2003 |
Voice of Jane Barbe |
| (202) 844-1212 |
Washington, DC |
Time |
Verizon |
Dec. 2008 |
Voice of Pat Fleet. rec |
| (202) 936-1212 |
Washington, DC |
Weather |
Verizon |
Dec. 2008 |
|
| (203) 777-4647 |
New Haven, CT |
T&T |
at&t |
Dec. 2008 |
Pat Fleet's voice |
| (206) 526-8530 |
Seattle, WA |
Weather |
NWS |
Dec. 2008 |
Western Washington-wide system, uses female computerized voice.
Details
here. |
| (207) 775-4321 |
Portland, ME |
T&T |
Fairpoint Communications |
Dec. 2008 |
|
| (213) 853-1212 |
Southern CA |
Time |
Pac Bell/SBC/ at&t |
Jul. 2003 |
Discontinued in September 2007. 853-xxxx was for all southern
CA area codes (213, 310, 323, 562, 619, 626, 714, 760, 805, 818,
909, 949, etc.) |
| (215) 846-1212 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Time |
Bell Atlantic |
Jan. 1999 |
Recorded from a hotel at Walt Disney World, FL (Vista-United).
Notice the MF tones. Source: MisterRick |
| (215) 846-1212 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Time |
Verizon |
Sep. 2007 |
Pat Fleet provides the voice. Notice the use of "pips" (tones)
similar to that of the UK Speaking Clock. Discontinued Sep.
2008. |
| (215) 936-1212 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Weather |
Verizon |
Sep. 2008 |
Service discontinued Sep.2008 |
| (218) 488-TIME |
Wawina, MN |
T&T |
Northern Telephone of Minnesota |
Feb. 2002 |
Notice it seems to be a combination of a time of day recording with
an "in house" operator services branding (notice the "bong" tone?).
This was later removed. |
| (228) 831-2525 |
Gulfport, MS |
TT&W |
WXXV-TV |
Dec. 2008 |
WXXV-TV Weatherline |
| (228) 868-9600 |
Gulfport, MS |
T&T |
Hancock Bank |
Dec. 2008 |
|
| (251) 368-9311 |
Atmore, AL |
T&T |
Frontier Communications |
Dec. 2008 |
|
| (251) 743-4844 |
Monroeville, AL |
T&T |
Banktrust |
Dec. 2008 |
Also used as a Bank by Phone line. |
| (304) 345-2121 |
Charlestown, WV |
TT&W |
Charleston Area Medical Center |
Dec. 2008 |
|
| (360) 357-MILD |
Olympia, WA |
Weather |
NWS |
Nov. 2006 |
"Perfect Paul" computerized voice |
| (405) 599-1234 |
Oklahoma City, OK |
TT&W |
Oklahoma University Medical Center |
Dec. 2008 |
Pat Fleet provides the voice for the time and temperature
portion. |
| (408) 767-2676 |
San Jose, CA |
Time |
Pac Bell/SBC/ at&t |
Jul. 2003 |
"POP-CORN" (767+xxxx). used for all Bay Area (408, 415, 510,
707, 925). Disconnected September 2007. |
| (410) 844-1212 |
Baltimore, MD |
Time |
Verizon |
Jul. 2005 |
|
| (410) 936-1212 |
Baltimore, MD |
Weather |
Verizon |
Jul. 2005 |
Older machine with John Doyle announcing current temperature. |
| (412) 936-1212 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Weather |
Verizon |
Sep. 2008 |
Weather service discontinued in Sep. 2008 |
| (412) 936-1212 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
Weather |
Verizon |
Sep. 2008 |
Last weather announcement |
| (414) 844-1212 |
Milwaukee, WI |
Time |
Ameritech/SBC |
Jul. 2003 |
Jane Barbe provides the voice. |
| (414) 844-1212 |
Milwaukee, WI |
Time |
Unknown |
Jul. 2005 |
The "time of day" service was sold to a private company. This
version only announces hours and minutes. |
| (414) 844-1212 |
Milwaukee, WI |
Time |
Unknown |
Aug. 2005 |
This version has hours, minutes and seconds. This is no longer
in service. |
| (423) 265-1411 |
Chattanooga, TN |
TT&W |
SunTrust Bank |
Mar. 2006 |
|
| (423) 476-1111 |
Cleveland, TN |
TT&W |
First TN Bank |
Dec. 2008 |
|
| (540) 373-0660 |
Fredericksburg, VA |
Time |
Verizon |
Nov. 2003 |
Disconnected in 2005. |
| (573) 442-5171 |
Columbia, MO |
Weather |
CenturyTel |
Dec. 2008 |
|
| (573) 449-0655 |
Columbia, MO |
T&T |
CenturyTel |
Dec. 2008 |
|
| (610) 856-5252 |
Birdsboro, PA |
TTW |
Conestoga Telephone |
Dec. 2008 |
Voice of John Doyle. |
| (614) 281-8211 |
Columbus, OH |
TTW |
WCMH-TV |
Apr. 2005 |
|
| (614) 469-1010 |
Columbs, OH |
TTW |
WBNS-TV |
Apr. 2005 |
|
| (616) 892-1212 |
Allendale, MI |
Time |
Allendale Telephone |
Dec. 2008 |
|
| (617) 637-1234 |
Boston, MA |
T&T |
Verizon |
Dec. 2008 |
Older machine but with modern voices. |
| (617) 936-1212 |
Boston, MA |
Weather |
Verizon |
Dec. 2008 |
Forecast provided by AccuWeather. Difficult to dial this
number outside the LATA. |
| (641) 437-4300 |
Centerville, IA |
TT&W |
Iowa Trust Bank |
Dec. 2008 |
|
| (660) 263-0025 |
Moberly, MO |
TT&W |
Citibank |
Dec. 2008 |
|
| (702) 564-1111 |
Las Vegas, NV |
T&T |
Sprint/Embarq |
Jul. 2003 |
Jane Barbe provides the voice. |
| (715) 693-1212 |
Mosinee, WI |
TT&W |
Moisnee Telephone |
Jan. 2007 |
Does not supervise. Source: Joe Molter |
| (717) 243-1313 |
Carlisle, PA |
TT&W |
Sprint |
Nov. 2003 |
|
| (724) 287-9021 |
Butler, PA |
T&T |
Sprint |
Aug. 1999 Mar. 2002 |
Two recordings with the voices of John Doyle and the late Jane
Barbe. No longer in service.
|
| (757) 666-1212 |
Norfolk, VA |
Weather |
Verizon |
Nov. 2003 |
Disconnected October 2007. |
| (770) 253-TIME |
Newman, GA |
TT&W |
Bank of Coweta |
Dec. 2008 |
|
| (770) 455-7141 |
Chamblee, GA |
T&T |
ETC |
Dec. 2008 |
Operated by ETC, makers of
time/temp/weather forecast machines. They advertise for area
churches as a public service. |
| (804) 268-1212 |
Richmond, VA |
Weather |
Verizon |
Jul. 2003 |
Disconnected September 2007. |
| (850) 432-7411 |
Pensacola, FL |
T&T |
Allen Turner Hyundai |
Dec. 2008 |
|
| (850) 763-1701 |
Panama City, FL |
TT&W |
WMBB-TV |
Dec. 2008 |
|
| (865) 977-5395 |
Maryvile, TN |
TT&W |
First TN Bank |
Dec. 2008 |
|
| (906) 387-TIME |
Munising, MI |
T&T |
Hiawatha Telephone Company |
Dec. 2008 |
The late Jane Barbe provides the voice. |
| (907) 835-TIME |
Valdez, AK |
TT&W |
Copper Valley Telephone |
Nov. 2005 |
|
General Time, Temperature & Weather Recordings
(Canada)
A listing of time/temperature/weather
forecast recordings in Canada. If the number listed has a link (red
underline), you can listen to an example recording. The listing format
used below is the dial-in phone number, ratecenter name, the
service(s) provided, the sponsor of the service and when it was
recorded.
Environment Canada
provides telephone weather services in
English and French languages for a number of cities in Canada. They
also have a web site in
French.
(examples coming soon)
Dedicated Time Services
Examples of dedicated time services. These organizations are dedicated
time services that are "official" times, usually operated by a
government sponsored organization as a public service. These are
examples of official time services from the US and Canada.
(202) 762-1401
- US Naval Observatory Master Clock
(Washington, DC). Alternating announcements in GMT and Eastern time.
(August 2003)
(303) 499-7111
- WWV (Colorado).
WWV
is an official time service of NIST (National Institute of Standards
& Technology). This can be found on shortwave radio at 2.5, 5, 10,
15 and 20 MHz - and is also available via telephone. (November 2003)
(613) 745-1576
- National Research Council of Canada -
Provides time-of-day (Eastern time) in English. (August 2003)
(613) 745-9426
- National Research Council of Canada -
Provides time-of-day (Eastern time) in French. (August 2003)
(719) 567-6742-
US Naval Observatory Master Clock (Colorado Springs, CO).
Alternating announcements in GMT and Mountain time. (September 2003)
(808) 335-4363
- WWVH (Hawaii).
WWVH compliments WWV and provides the same service as WWV. The
voice is that of the late Jane Barbe. (August 2003)
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