diff --git a/monitoring-web/src/db.rs b/monitoring-web/src/db.rs
index 92f7db3b..af0126b1 100644
--- a/monitoring-web/src/db.rs
+++ b/monitoring-web/src/db.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ pub struct ObsRow {
     pub temp_c: Option<f64>,
     #[allow(dead_code)]
     pub obs_time: Option<String>,
+    pub created_at: Option<String>,
 }
 
 /// Get recent temperature observations for an ICAO station.
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ pub fn get_recent_obs(db_path: &str, icao: &str, minutes: i32, limit: usize) ->
         Err(_) => return vec![],
     };
     let sql = format!(
-        "SELECT temp_c, obs_time FROM airport_obs_log \
+        "SELECT temp_c, obs_time, created_at FROM airport_obs_log \
          WHERE icao = ?1 AND created_at > datetime('now', '{} minutes') \
          ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT ?2",
         -minutes
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ pub fn get_recent_obs(db_path: &str, icao: &str, minutes: i32, limit: usize) ->
             Ok(ObsRow {
                 temp_c: row.get(0)?,
                 obs_time: row.get(1)?,
+                created_at: row.get(2)?,
             })
         })
         .ok()
diff --git a/monitoring-web/src/main.rs b/monitoring-web/src/main.rs
index 886914e3..b1550a3a 100644
--- a/monitoring-web/src/main.rs
+++ b/monitoring-web/src/main.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,18 @@ fn load_city_snapshot(db_path: &str, (key, display, icao, airport, tz, thresh):
     let temps: Vec<f64> = obs.iter().filter_map(|o| o.temp_c).collect();
     let current_temp = temps.first().copied();
 
+    // Age of most recent observation
+    let obs_age_min = obs.first().and_then(|o| {
+        o.created_at.as_ref().and_then(|ts| {
+            chrono::NaiveDateTime::parse_from_str(ts, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+                .ok()
+                .map(|dt| {
+                    let obs_utc = dt.and_utc();
+                    (now_utc - obs_utc).num_minutes().max(0)
+                })
+        })
+    });
+
     // Trend from last 6 points
     let trend_data: Vec<f64> = temps.iter().take(6).copied().collect();
     let trend = trend::calc_trend(&trend_data);
@@ -94,6 +106,7 @@ fn load_city_snapshot(db_path: &str, (key, display, icao, airport, tz, thresh):
         temp_ok: false,
         trend_ok: false,
         in_window: false,
+        obs_age_min,
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/monitoring-web/src/model.rs b/monitoring-web/src/model.rs
index 6d9df98d..63c2beeb 100644
--- a/monitoring-web/src/model.rs
+++ b/monitoring-web/src/model.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ pub struct CitySnapshot {
     pub temp_ok: bool,
     pub trend_ok: bool,
     pub in_window: bool,
+    pub obs_age_min: Option<i64>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Serialize)]
diff --git a/monitoring-web/static/style.css b/monitoring-web/static/style.css
index 465d5896..1e2fa95d 100644
--- a/monitoring-web/static/style.css
+++ b/monitoring-web/static/style.css
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ body {
 .runway-label { color: #4a5160; }
 .runway-temp { color: #7a8290; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
 
+/* ── obs age ── */
+.obs-age { font-size: 12px; color: #5a6170; }
+
 /* ── HTMX indicator ── */
 .htmx-indicator {
   text-align: center;
diff --git a/monitoring-web/templates/monitor.html b/monitoring-web/templates/monitor.html
index 798118c3..4eadf021 100644
--- a/monitoring-web/templates/monitor.html
+++ b/monitoring-web/templates/monitor.html
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@
 <div class="page">
 <header class="header">
   <h1>🔥 市场监控</h1>
-  <span class="updated">更新 {{ generated_at }}</span>
+  <span class="updated" id="update-time">更新中…</span>
 </header>
 {% endif %}
 
 <div id="card-grid" class="card-grid"
      hx-get="/api/data" hx-trigger="every 30s" hx-swap="outerHTML" hx-indicator="#spinner">
+<span id="update-time" class="updated" style="display:block;grid-column:1/-1;text-align:right;margin-bottom:2px">
+  {{ generated_at }}</span>
 {% for c in cities %}
 <div class="card">
   <div class="card-top">
@@ -52,6 +54,15 @@
       <span class="label">趋势</span>
       <span class="value trend {{ c.trend.css_class() }}">{{ c.trend.symbol() }}</span>
     </div>
+    <div class="meta-row">
+      <span class="label">观测</span>
+      {% match c.obs_age_min %}
+      {% when Some with (m) %}
+      <span class="value obs-age">{{ m }} 分钟前</span>
+      {% when None %}
+      <span class="value na">--</span>
+      {% endmatch %}
+    </div>
   </div>
 
   {% if !c.runway_pairs.is_empty() %}
@@ -73,6 +84,29 @@
 
 {% if full_page %}
 <script src="https://unpkg.com/htmx.org@2.0.4"></script>
+<script>
+// flash updated cards whose temp changed
+(function(){
+  let prev = {};
+  document.body.addEventListener('htmx:afterSwap', function(evt){
+    if(evt.detail.target.id !== 'card-grid') return;
+    document.querySelectorAll('.card').forEach(function(card){
+      var name = card.querySelector('.city-name').textContent;
+      var tv = card.querySelector('.temp-value').textContent;
+      var old = prev[name];
+      prev[name] = tv;
+      if(old && old !== tv && tv !== '--'){
+        card.style.transition = 'none';
+        card.style.boxShadow = '0 0 12px rgba(52,211,153,0.35)';
+        requestAnimationFrame(function(){
+          card.style.transition = 'box-shadow 2s ease-out';
+          card.style.boxShadow = '';
+        });
+      }
+    });
+  });
+})();
+</script>
 </div>
 </body>
 </html>