Weather.com will let you get data for any zip code you want to put in. The new interactive radar let's you see ongoing precipitation, static or in motion, and you can zoom in or out at will. If you change the transparency setting, it doubles as an aerial (satellite?) photograph source.
I have never used it for historical weather data, Brettski, and don't know if you can get that there (see the first rule of Italian driving). But the interactive weather maps and 10 day forecasts have been invaluable to me for years during those periods when I am a professional gambler (hay season).
BTW, it's free.