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Long before smartphones made finding out the time or temperature as easy as glancing at your screen, so-called Time & Temp lines were just a dial away.
Time and temperature phone lines receive more than a million calls each month from across the U.S. That includes thousands of calls to three recently restored lines in Tampa Bay.
Quick, try this: Dial 202-762-1401. Trust us, it's not a scam, but you may be surprised by what you hear. That's the number for the time-by-phone service offered by the U.S. Naval Observatory.
Decades ago, when someone wondered what the weather was out, or if they needed to know the time, they could pick up their landline and call Time and Temp. Cities across the country had their own, most reliably ending with 1010 or 1212.
Millions of Americans grew up calling a local telephone number to find out the time and temperature — and, believe it or not, a fair number of folks still do. In Fort Worth, a 66-year-old tradition nearly faded away earlier this year after a local bank decided to no longer sponsor the time-and-temp line, which is 817-844-6611.
The U.S. Naval Observatory still sponsors a telephone number that will tell you the time and temperature when you call. Dial 202-762-1401 and you will get a recording of the time from...
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. (202) 844-1212 – Washington, DC, Verizon, Time of Day.