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
March 2, 2021 - The "Beast From The East" Targets the UK
On this Day in Weather History, storm Emma, was a deep area of low pressure that played a pivotal role in the 2017–18 European windstorm season. As it ran into Anticyclone Hartmut dubbed the Beast fr…
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Tue 02 Mar 2021
March 1, 2021 - Ice Falls from CN Tower for the First Time
The world-famous CN Tower in downtown Toronto Canada has been a beacon of wonder for decades for all who have ever approached it or visited it and either ascended to its observation deck in one of th…
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Mon 01 Mar 2021
February 28, 2021 - Accidental Frozen "Ice Castles"
A powerful storm system that brought blizzard conditions to western New York created a winter wonderland on the shores of Lake Erie that resembled something out of the hit Disney movie "Frozen.", thi…
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Sun 28 Feb 2021
February 27, 2021 - The 2010 Chile Earthquake
The 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of central Chile on a Saturday, 27 February at a very early at 03:34 local time in the morning in 2010…..this day in weather history.
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Sat 27 Feb 2021
February 26, 2021 - !SNOWBALL FIGHT! - in Rome?!
Ah yes, Rome! The coliseum, the Pantheon, St. Peters Basilica....so much history, so much culture ...and so much snow?! On the morning of February 26, 2018, Romans woke up to a rare sight: snow for…
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Fri 26 Feb 2021
February 25, 2021 - Turkey's Black Rain
On February 25, 1991, real-life black rain fell for more than 10 hours in southeastern Turkey….but how? Why? We’re about to find out what happened this day in weather history.
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Thu 25 Feb 2021
February 24, 2021 - A Blizzard "Marooned" P.E.I.?!
The 7th province to join the confederation was walloped by a blizzard that is still remembered today for its lethal combination of the wind, the poor visibility and its longevity...and also for the f…
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Wed 24 Feb 2021
February 23, 2021 - Typhoon Wutip Walks Over The Philippines
On this Day in Weather History, typhoon Wutip, known in the Philippines as Tropical Depression Betty, was the most powerful February typhoon on record, surpassing Typhoon Higos of 2015.
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Tue 23 Feb 2021
February 22, 2021 - Florida's Deadliest Night of Tornadoes
The 1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak of February 22–23, 1998, was a devastating tornado outbreak, the deadliest tornado event in Florida history...this day in weather history.
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Mon 22 Feb 2021
February 21, 2021 - The Finland (melted) Ice Marathon
The Finland Ice Marathon is annually held in Kuopio on a frozen Lake Kallavesi. This location has held 36 successful races; but 2020 stepped in and it’s weather had a different idea for the event's 3…
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Sun 21 Feb 2021
February 20, 2021 - 1988 Calgary Winter Games "Meltdown"
On this occasion, it was strong chinook winds that brought daily temperatures soaring as high as 17 °C (63 °F)!! You don't need me to tell you that 17C is NOT winter games weather. It was a disaste…
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Sat 20 Feb 2021
February 19, 2021 - 200-Vehicle Pileup in Montreal
We have covered major traffic accidents caused by the weather before on this podcast: The January 9th “Deadly Michigan Pileup”, The December 8th, “Pennsylvania Pileup”, and of course the November 19t…
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Fri 19 Feb 2021
February 18, 2021 - ...And They Called It: "WHITE JUAN"
This is a storm that we at The Weather Network in Canada covered from start to finish and still carries a legend status among all who lived it in our Maritimes. This is one of those events that carr…
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Thu 18 Feb 2021
February 17, 2021 - It's a Snow-nado!
So New Mexico’s most notorious gunslingers from that period, known as the wild west, got into some real unusual tangles; but none so unlikely or unusual or dangerous as the snow of winter mixing it u…
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Wed 17 Feb 2021
February 16, 2021 - A New Ottawa Snowfall Record!
On this Day in Weather History, on February 16, 2016...51.2 centimetres of fresh snow was recorded at the Ottawa airport, breaking that record set in 1954 for snowfall in a single day.
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Tue 16 Feb 2021
February 15, 2021 - Badger, Newfoundland Flooding
And everything was just that, history, when the February 15, 2003 storm kicked in the saloon doors and cleared the dance floor...this day in weather history.
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Mon 15 Feb 2021
February 14, 2021 - The Frozen NBA All-Star Game in Toronto
February 14 - Happy Valentine's Day...the only time you get a pass for presenting tickets to a basketball game to your sweetie as a gift….was in Toronto in 2016 for the NBA All-Star Game! This Day i…
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Sun 14 Feb 2021
February 13, 2021 - North American Blizzard & Hamilton Snow Record
A 3-day blizzard event dominated the eastern half of North American from February 12 - Valentine's Day on the 14th….today we cover the 13th, when a record amount of snow from this system hammered dow…
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Sat 13 Feb 2021
February 12, 2021 - Yukon Quest Mushers Stranded
The Yukon Quest! It is unforgiving and treacherous and as challenging as it is life-threatening, and still this sled dog race has been regularly scheduled every February since 1984 to run between F…
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Fri 12 Feb 2021
February 11, 2021 - Black History Month: "The Tuskegee Air-Mets"
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first black military pilots in what was called the U.S. Army Air Corps (AAC), which would later merge into what we know today as the U.S. Air Force. It also played a role…
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Thu 11 Feb 2021
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