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
April 11, 2021 - The Apollo 13 Launch into the History Books
It was supposed to be routine. The space race was at such a furious pace already that even the media had grown weary of all the success. The plan was to land on the moon, explore the Imbrium Basin …
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Sun 11 Apr 2021
April 10, 2021 - Most Extreme Wind Speed Ever Recorded
On this Day in Weather History, for some reason, it would take almost 14 years before it would become an official world record, but still on April 10, 1996, the Earth's strongest surface wind, not in…
00:07:15 |
Sat 10 Apr 2021
April 9, 2021 - Ladies and Gentlemen: Our First US Astronauts!!
On this Day in Weather History, on April 9, 1959, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) introduced America’s first astronauts to the world.
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Fri 09 Apr 2021
April 8, 2021 - "Lucky" Bridge Collapse in Italy
On this Day in Weather History, a bridge on a normally busy provincial road in northern Italy collapsed on April 8th, 2020; however, with virtually no traffic anywhere because of the crippling restri…
00:06:33 |
Thu 08 Apr 2021
April 7, 2021 - Widespread + Costly Ontario & Quebec Flood
On this Day in Weather History, from April 5 to 7, a pair of low-pressure systems led to major flooding in Southern Quebec and wind damage across parts of Ontario and Quebec. Then it got really bad.
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00:07:00 |
Wed 07 Apr 2021
April 6, 2021 - High Winds Kill Thousands of Birds in Greece
On April 6th, the morning light revealed a shocking sight: tens of thousands of birds, chilly and exhausted, we're unable to move. Just what the hell happened here, this day in weather history?
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00:05:57 |
Tue 06 Apr 2021
April 5, 2021 - The 1972 Portland-Vancouver Tornadoes
On this Day in Weather History, Wednesday, April 5, 1972, an unusually intense squall line swept coastal Oregon and Washington state, but hidden within this were strongly embedded tornadoes... and am…
00:06:39 |
Mon 05 Apr 2021
April 4, 2021 - Xenia, Ohio (F5) & Super Outbreak
On this Day in Weather History, the 1974 Super Outbreak was the second-largest tornado outbreak on record for a single 24-hour period, just behind the 2011 Super Outbreak. So, yesterday I told you …
00:07:07 |
Sun 04 Apr 2021
April 3, 2021 - The Deadly 1974 Windsor Tornado
On this Day in Weather History, the 1974 Windsor tornado still stands as the 6th deadliest tornado in Canadian history. On this day it killed 9 people while injuring dozens more. It has also come t…
00:06:16 |
Sat 03 Apr 2021
April 2, 2021 - The 1957 Dallas F3 Tornado
On this Day in Weather History, the 1957 Dallas Tornado could very easily have been shrugged off as “just another Texas Twister”. However, this event was actually historically quite significant. You …
00:06:24 |
Fri 02 Apr 2021
April 1, 2021 - NASCAR Champion Dies in Plane Crash
Alan Dennis Kulwicki who was known by his peers as "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was not just the driver; he was also a team owner. And today we remember the tragic loss of this NASCAR champi…
00:06:39 |
Thu 01 Apr 2021
March 31, 2021 - The Grand Opening of The Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower has had a crazy history. Did you know it was set for demolition in 1909? But the study of meteorology saved it? Yes, the want to know the weather better played a role in preservin…
00:06:29 |
Wed 31 Mar 2021
March 30, 2021 - The Day Niagara Falls Stopped "Falling"
On this Day in Weather History, in 1848, a very unique and specific chain of events came together at the same time to create a spectacle that has likely only happened one time since the last ice age.…
00:06:53 |
Tue 30 Mar 2021
March 29, 2021 - The Air Canada Flight 324 Accident
We have another podcast episode dedicated to an airline mishap that is so ridiculous it defies logic. On March 29, 2015, an Air Canada Airbus A320-211 landed short of the runway in Halifax and was s…
00:06:31 |
Mon 29 Mar 2021
March 28, 2021 - Killer Hail in Texas
On this Day in Weather History, on March 28, 2000, it was during the evening hours when a powerful F3 tornado struck Downtown Fort Worth, Texas, causing major and in some cases irreparable damage to …
00:05:59 |
Sun 28 Mar 2021
March 27, 2021 - The Alaska 9.2 Earthquake and Tsunami
On this Day in Weather History, they called it the 1964 Alaskan earthquake, they also called it the Great Alaskan earthquake and they also called it the Good Friday earthquake..because it struck Frid…
00:06:12 |
Sat 27 Mar 2021
March 26, 2021 - Yo! Ho! Blow the Meteorologists Down!
On this Day in Weather History, on the 25th, most of Nova Scotia closed down. Flights in and out of Halifax Stanfield International Airport were cancelled. A 172 km section of The Trans-Canada was c…
00:06:06 |
Fri 26 Mar 2021
March 25, 2021 - Weather And War: Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
This is another special Weather and War edition of this podcast. During Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003 a major dust storm swept through Baghdad and across the greater Tigris and Euphrates val…
00:06:07 |
Thu 25 Mar 2021
March 24, 2021 - Astronaut Shannon Lucid: Record Breaker and Hero
How about this story: March 24th, 1996, U.S. astronaut Shannon Lucid transferred to the Russian space station Mir from the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis for a planned five-month stay. Lucid was the fi…
00:07:09 |
Wed 24 Mar 2021
March 23, 2021 - $4 Billion Dollar Flooding Disaster in California
The January storms resulted in 42 California counties being declared federal disaster areas. Then in March, the sequel resulted in this time all but one of the counties in the state being declared a …
00:06:25 |
Tue 23 Mar 2021
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