diff --git a/src/services/weather.ts b/src/services/weather.ts
index 3c6d804..c379eaf 100644
--- a/src/services/weather.ts
+++ b/src/services/weather.ts
@@ -177,6 +177,65 @@ export async function deleteWeatherEntry(sessionId: string, userId: string) {
   });
 }
 
+
+// Returns the most recent WeatherEntry per userId from any session BEFORE sessionDate,
+// excluding the current session. Returned as a map userId → entry.
+export async function getPreviousWeatherEntriesForUsers(
+  excludeSessionId: string,
+  sessionDate: Date,
+  userIds: string[]
+): Promise<
+  Map<
+    string,
+    {
+      performanceEmoji: string | null;
+      moralEmoji: string | null;
+      fluxEmoji: string | null;
+      valueCreationEmoji: string | null;
+    }
+  >
+> {
+  if (userIds.length === 0) return new Map();
+
+  const entries = await prisma.weatherEntry.findMany({
+    where: {
+      userId: { in: userIds },
+      sessionId: { not: excludeSessionId },
+      session: { date: { lt: sessionDate } },
+    },
+    orderBy: [{ userId: 'asc' }, { session: { date: 'desc' } }],
+    select: {
+      userId: true,
+      performanceEmoji: true,
+      moralEmoji: true,
+      fluxEmoji: true,
+      valueCreationEmoji: true,
+    },
+  });
+
+  // Keep only the most recent entry per user (first occurrence since ordered by date desc)
+  const map = new Map<
+    string,
+    {
+      performanceEmoji: string | null;
+      moralEmoji: string | null;
+      fluxEmoji: string | null;
+      valueCreationEmoji: string | null;
+    }
+  >();
+  for (const entry of entries) {
+    if (!map.has(entry.userId)) {
+      map.set(entry.userId, {
+        performanceEmoji: entry.performanceEmoji,
+        moralEmoji: entry.moralEmoji,
+        fluxEmoji: entry.fluxEmoji,
+        valueCreationEmoji: entry.valueCreationEmoji,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+  return map;
+}
+
 // ============================================
 // Session Sharing
 // ============================================