This Day in Weather History
"This Day In Weather History" is a daily podcast from The Weather Network that features unique and informative stories written and produced by host Chris Mei. Weather happens every day. It can be sunny, cloudy, stormy or maybe just unsettled, but it is always happening! It’s when severe weather strikes that it captures the attention of those affected…and the imagination of everyone else who follows the story. So it is with good reason to expect that after over a century of news and weather information gathering and record keeping, there would be a "special" weather or natural phenomena event to mark each day of a calendar. Do you remember the first recorded tornado in Canadian history? No, you don’t because none of us were there...so we dive into that! How about when Prince played the Super Bowl halftime show? It’s possibly the best performance ever for that event….and the backstory made it all the more special! Or how about the 25th Anniversary Woodstock Festival back in 1994? It’s all here - all year - in one podcast.... "This Day In Weather History"!
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 6 minutes
- Episodes
- 610
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2022
December 9 - The Deadly California Thomas Fire
The blaze started fast and moved even quicker; reaching the city of Ventura, where in the span of one night, over five hundred residences were destroyed. At its worst, the Thomas Fire involved over 8…
00:07:09 |
Fri 09 Dec 2022
December 8 - The Freeway Pileup That Covered 3 States!
December 8th...2016...this day in weather history; we had one storm, resulting in 3 major pileups in 3 different states, with 2 happening on the same Interstate Highway. The biggest of the pileups in…
00:06:58 |
Thu 08 Dec 2022
December 7 - The Tornado that Tangled with London England
On the morning of December7th, 2006, the UK was being walked over by a deep and strong Atlantic low pressure system. Along its path, it injured 6 people, and caused moderate to severe damage to at le…
00:07:01 |
Wed 07 Dec 2022
December 6 - Lucan Ontario Buried Beneath 5 1/2 FEET of Snow
At the time local radio stations were announcing the storm, like I said, as a “Snowmageddon”, a cute play on the mix of snow and armageddon. It was cute and easy but really does no one any good. A to…
00:06:20 |
Tue 06 Dec 2022
December 5 - 1000mm Deluge Drowns Southern Thailand
According to the Thai Meteorological Department’s Automatic Weather Station (AWS), over 500 millilitres of rain fell over a 7-day period starting on December 1st and lasting through the 7th in 2016. …
00:06:20 |
Mon 05 Dec 2022
December 4 - The 1952 Killer Smog of England
This story was a featured in the hit television series The Crown. The Great Smog is the central event of season 1, episode 4 on the popular Netflix program. Fans of the sci-fi cult classic Doctor Who…
00:06:35 |
Sun 04 Dec 2022
December 3 - The 2012 Super Typhoon Bopha (Pablo)
After being devastated in December of 2011by the Tropical Storm ‘Washi”, Super Typhoon Bopha made landfall on Mindanao, late on December 3, as a Category 5 super typhoon with winds of 175 mph (280 km…
00:06:24 |
Sat 03 Dec 2022
December 2 - The 1952 Grey Cup: "The Fog Bowl"
It was to be celebrated as the 50th Grey Cup Championship. It was played in 1962, in Toronto at an outdoor stadium, that laid right along the shores of Lake Ontario. Already sounds like a bad idea an…
00:07:03 |
Fri 02 Dec 2022
December 1 - The 10-Car Ohio Train Derailment Disaster
For the storm to create so much chaos that Ten train cars went off their tracks in the middle of a busy day in Ohio, this was a storm that needed to be investigated further. The crashed train cars na…
00:06:54 |
Thu 01 Dec 2022
November 30 - FIRST Human in History Struck by Meteorite
Mrs. Elizabeth Hodges, who was asleep on her living room couch at the time the object came crashing into and through her house. Normally we hear of meteorites falling into the ocean or driving into o…
00:06:17 |
Wed 30 Nov 2022
November 29 - The Deadly Black Friday Dust Storm on the I-5
It was a Black Friday that much is true but this disaster left 17 people dead and 114 injured in a series of chain-reaction accidents. The California Highway Patrol who tended to this said that at le…
00:06:43 |
Tue 29 Nov 2022
November 28 - It Was The Wreck of the SS Mataafa
THIS storm, named after the Mataafa wreck, was responsible for damaging or totally destroying about 29 vessels, killing 36 and causing shipping losses of $3.567 million in 1905 dollars on Lake Superi…
00:06:13 |
Mon 28 Nov 2022
November 27 - The 1977 Grey Cup "Ice Bowl"
The blizzard of 1977 hit western New York as well as southern Ontario from January 28 to February 1. Daily winds gusted over 110km/h (up to 70 mph). Snowfall totals in some areas were as much as 100 …
00:06:49 |
Sun 27 Nov 2022
November 26 - The Weather "Sacked" the Steelers vs Dolphins on "MNF"
Lightning and heavy rain opened up early and pushed back the start of the game by 25 minutes at the Steeler’s home park Heinz Field, in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Steelers won by ONE field goal; that…
00:06:17 |
Sat 26 Nov 2022
November 25 - The 1950 "Mud Bowl" Grey Cup
November 25th, 1950 and this was the Canadian football championship game played between the Toronto Argonauts and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Grey Cup has been part of the Canadian pro football sc…
00:06:28 |
Fri 25 Nov 2022
November 24 - That Craaaaazy November Wind!
At the height of the windstorm, Toronto Hydro said approximately 10,000 customers were without power in the west and north end of the city. While across the province, approximately 87,000 customers w…
00:06:31 |
Thu 24 Nov 2022
November 23 - A Record Snow for Labrador!
A monstrous 75 cm of snow fell in just one single event all over Happy Valley-Goose Bay. And with that, they had officially accumulated more snow than most major Canadian cities would suffer in a ful…
00:06:53 |
Wed 23 Nov 2022
November 22 - The First Ever NHL Regulation Outdoor Game
Live from Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton Alberta, this first-time event featured two of Canada’s most legendary dynastic teams: the Edmonton Oilers vs the Montreal Canadiens...this day in weather h…
00:06:34 |
Tue 22 Nov 2022
November 21 - The 2018 California "Camp" Fire
The fire was fast to start and even faster to spread. It originated above several communities but when the winds oscillated due east, that then drove the fire downhill through developed areas. The to…
00:07:12 |
Mon 21 Nov 2022
November 20 - The 2014 CanAm Lake Effect Wipeout
Snowfall rates of 2 to 4 inches (5-10cm)/hour = an average of a foot to a foot and half of snow within this band leading up to daybreak Friday. A fatal collision and vehicle fire closed the northboun…
00:06:23 |
Sun 20 Nov 2022
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