# Health-department temperature logs

Download a thermometer's temperature log as a PDF or CSV for any dates, with your license number, the safe range and a pass or fail on every row, ready to show an inspector.

For: Admins, Managers · On: Web · [Help Center](https://www.mays.app/help) › [Food safety & signage](https://www.mays.app/help/food-safety-devices) · Last updated October 3, 2026 · Mays Team

Download a thermometer's temperature log as a PDF or CSV for any dates, with your license number, the safe range and a pass or fail on every row, ready to show an inspector.

**Where:** **Thermometers** on the web; click a thermometer's name. **Who:** admins, and managers for the thermometers at their locations. **Plan:** Pro.

## Before your first export

Add your license number to the location: **Locations & Users → Locations**, open the location and fill in **License / Permit #**. It's printed at the top of every log. See [Adding and editing locations](https://www.mays.app/help/team-roles/add-and-edit-locations).

## The temperature history

The top of the page shows the thermometer's location, safe range and latest reading. Under **Temperature history**, pick **Hour**, **Day**, **Week**, **Month** or **Year**:

- The line is the average temperature, and the shaded band around it the lowest to highest reading.
- The dashed lines are your range: orange for the maximum, blue for the minimum.
- **Max**, **Avg** and **Min** on the left are for the whole period shown.

A short spike on the chart is often the door being opened. A block that stays above the orange line is what the alerts are for, see [Temperature thresholds and alerts](https://www.mays.app/help/food-safety-devices/temperature-alerts).

## Download the log

1. Under **Health-department log export**, pick the **From** and **To** days. Both days are included, in the location's own time. The last seven days are filled in to start with.
2. Pick the **Interval**:
   - **One row per hour** — the average and the worst reading for each hour. A good everyday record.
   - **Every 4 hours** — the average and the worst reading for each 4 hours, starting at 12 a.m., 4 a.m., 8 a.m. and so on in the location's time. The shortest log.
   - **Every reading (raw)** — every reading, about one every five minutes.
3. Click **Download PDF** or **Download CSV**.

![The Walk-in cooler page at South, safe range 33–41°F: the Temperature history chart for the week, whose shaded band reaches 45.2°F once on Wednesday while the average line stays in range, and the Health-department log export saying each row shows the average and the worst reading and fails if any reading was out of range, with From and To 09/23/2026, Interval One row per hour, the Download PDF and Download CSV buttons and the line Readings are kept for 13 months](https://mays-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/site/help__temperature-log-export__01-history-and-export.a09946fbdc.png)

## What's in the log

At the top: **Health Department Temperature Log**, your **Establishment** name, the **License/Permit #**, the location (**Branch**), the thermometer (**Device**), the **Date range**, the **Interval** and the number of **Excursions** (rows marked **Fail**). Then one row per interval:

| Column | What it shows |
| --- | --- |
| **Date**, **Time** | In the location's time zone. |
| **Unit** | The thermometer's name. |
| **Avg °F** | The average of the readings in the row (the reading itself for **Every reading**). |
| **Worst °F** | The reading closest to, or furthest past, a limit. On a **Fail** row it's the reading that failed it. |
| **Target** | The safe range set on the thermometer. |
| **In range** | **Pass**, or **Fail** if any reading in the row was outside the range. Fail rows are red in the PDF. |
| **Source** | *Govee sensor (auto)*. |
| **Corrective action** | Always empty for now. Write corrective actions on the printed log, or keep the completed alert tasks as your record. |

![A one-day Health Department Temperature Log PDF for the Walk-in cooler at South, license SEA6000000, Interval One row per hour and 1 excursion: 24 hourly rows from 12:00 AM to 11:00 PM with Avg °F and Worst °F columns, all Pass except the 2:00 PM row, which averages 36.9°F but is marked Fail in red with a worst reading of 45.2°F, and the footer saying a row fails if any reading in it was out of range](https://mays-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/site/help__temperature-log-export__02-log-pdf.26a39f8c66.png)

The CSV has the same header lines and columns, plus **Readings** (how many readings each row covers), and opens in Excel or Google Sheets.

## One reading out of range fails the row

A row is **Fail** if any reading in it was outside the range, even when the average is fine. A cooler that reached 46°F for ten minutes fails that hour and its 4-hour row, and **Worst °F** shows the 46°F. **Avg °F** tells you whether it was a short spike or a whole hour out of range. To see exactly when it happened, export **Every reading (raw)** for that day.

## Good to know

- **The authority line** under the title always reads *FDACS — Rule 5K-4 / FDA Food Code*. FDACS inspects grocery and retail food stores in Florida; restaurants and cafés are inspected by DBPR under the FDA Food Code. Check with your inspector which record they want.
- **One thermometer per file.** Download each unit's log separately.
- **Every 4 hours** rows follow the location's clock: 12 a.m., 4 a.m., 8 a.m., 12 p.m., 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., all year. On the night the clocks go back, the 12–4 a.m. row covers five hours, and in **One row per hour** the 1 a.m. hour appears twice.
- **Readings are kept for 13 months.** Download the logs you need to keep longer.
- **Only sensor readings** are in this log. Probe checks your team records on a checklist or custom form are in **Tasks → Data**, see [Exporting task data](https://www.mays.app/help/tasks-checklists/task-data-export).
- **Disconnecting Govee keeps this history.** You can still view and download it. New readings stop until you connect Govee again.

## Related articles

- Food safety & signage: [Setting up Govee thermometers](https://www.mays.app/help/food-safety-devices/connect-govee-thermometers) — Connect your Govee Wi-Fi thermometers with an API key, then give each one a location. Mays records every sensor's temperature every five minutes and watches it around the clock.
- Food safety & signage: [Temperature thresholds and alerts](https://www.mays.app/help/food-safety-devices/temperature-alerts) — Set a safe range and an alert delay for each thermometer. When a unit stays out of range, Mays creates a task at that location and notifies whoever is on shift.
- Team & roles: [Add and manage locations](https://www.mays.app/help/team-roles/add-and-edit-locations) — Add your stores to Mays, keep their address, phone, email and time zone up to date, and find each location's billing, phone receptionist and scheduling settings.
- Tasks & checklists: [Task Data: viewing and exporting form answers](https://www.mays.app/help/tasks-checklists/task-data-export) — Tasks → Data lists every answer submitted on a custom form, like a cash count or temperature log, one row per submission, and downloads them as a CSV file.
- Tasks & checklists: [Building custom forms (Task Types)](https://www.mays.app/help/tasks-checklists/custom-form-task-types) — Build your own task forms, like a cash count, a temperature log or a waste log, under Tasks → Types. Staff fill them in the app, and every answer lands in Task Data, ready to export.

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