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
February 10, 2021 - Deadly Avalanche at a French Resort
The resort at Val d’Isere was operated by a nonprofit youth organization and attracted many young ski enthusiasts. On the morning of February 10, most of the guests were eating breakfast in a large r…
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Wed 10 Feb 2021
February 9, 2021 - The NYC Nor'Easter Thrashing
On this Day in Weather History, the February 1969 nor'easter was a severe winter storm that battered the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions of the United States between February 8 and February 10….…
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Tue 09 Feb 2021
February 8, 2021 - A Terrifying Trilogy of Blizzard Tales (Part 3)
It is as punishing as it is relentless. Today was The Prairies Blizzard: Worst in Canadian Railway History. On Jan. 30, 1947, a mighty blizzard steamrolled over all of southern Saskatchewan. It re…
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Mon 08 Feb 2021
February 7, 2021 - A Terrifying Trilogy of Blizzard Tales (Part 2)
Manitoba’s Highway 75, is part of what is termed “Canada's National Highway System”....it is also part of a network of highways and rail lines that makes up the “ International Mid-Continent Trade Co…
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Sun 07 Feb 2021
February 6, 2021 - A Terrifying Trilogy of Blizzard Tales (Part 1)
On Wednesday, February 6, 2008, the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) was hit with a winter blizzard...the likes of which it hadn't seen in over 3 decades….this day in weather history.
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Sat 06 Feb 2021
February 5, 2021 - Afghanistan Avalanches
It was a wipeout, A total wipeout and it was a nightmare. Snowfall caused the many areas of the entire country of Afghanistan to have no options for accessibility, making it difficult to obtain a f…
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Fri 05 Feb 2021
February 4, 2021 - Chilliwack, BC: A Year’s Worth of Snow in 3 Days
It was a “Storm To Remember”. It was a period where the whole lower mainland and lower Fraser were deep in this. Chilliwack BC recorded what they would normally see in a year of snowfall totals….in…
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Thu 04 Feb 2021
February 3, 2021 - Black History Month Special Feature
For Black History Month I have a story I want to tell you about inclusiveness and humanity and broken barriers that opened doors for true talent that had previously been segregated by small minds and…
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Wed 03 Feb 2021
February 2, 2021 - Groundhog Day Special
This was an event that no one wanted to see repeated over and over and over again like in the hilarious Bill Murray film dedicated to this date on the calendar...Groundhog Day!! The Groundhog Day ga…
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Tue 02 Feb 2021
February 1, 2021 - NASA Space Shuttle Special Episode
On this Day in Weather History, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavor; are the names of the 5 NASA Space Shuttles. We have only 3 of them left today. Challenger was lost 3 days ago…
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Mon 01 Feb 2021
January 31, 2021 - The 1906 Colombia–Ecuador Earthquake
On This Day in Weather History, on January 31st, 1906, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Ecuador, near Esmeraldas....and now to tell you all about what happened.
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Sun 31 Jan 2021
January 30, 2021 - The 1870 Disappearance of the "City of Boston"
A couple of weeks ago Boston was on the podcast for having suffered a tsunami of molasses in their city streets….today, their namesake the SS City of Boston passenger steamer disappeared forever in 1…
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Sat 30 Jan 2021
January 29, 2021 - The 1921 Great "Olympic Blowdown"!
On This Day in Weather History, also referred to as the Big Blow, this intense yet compact windstorm struck the coast of Washington with great vengeance on January 29, 1921.
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Fri 29 Jan 2021
January 28, 2021 - The Mighty Blizzard of '77
The blizzard of 1977 hit western New York as well as southern Ontario and kept it up through February 1st...after starting on January 28th...this day in weather history.
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Thu 28 Jan 2021
January 27, 2021 - The Niagara Honeymoon Bridge Collapse
Today back in 1938 the Honeymoon Bridge Collapsed….. a bad omen, just a bad omen this day in weather history.
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Wed 27 Jan 2021
January 26, 2021 - Chicago Blizzard Snow Sent to Florida
On This Day in Weather History, at 10:10 am on the 27th a record 23 inches (58cm) of snow crippled the city, that was only after the snow started at 5:02 am on the 26th.
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Tue 26 Jan 2021
January 25, 2021 - First Winter Olympics Begin
On January 25, 1924, the first Winter Olympics took off in style at Chamonix in the French Alps. 16 countries gathered to compete in sports like figure skating, speed skating, hockey, curling and a w…
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Mon 25 Jan 2021
January 24, 2021 - 110 Year Record Falls in Brazil
On This Day in Weather History, in a scene freight out of the horror movie that was “2020”, on January 24th Brazil took that 110-year-old rainfall record to the woodshed.
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Sun 24 Jan 2021
January 23, 2021 - Capital (weather) Punishment
On This Day in Weather History, Washington DC: 26” (66cm) at Delcarlia Reservoir, 22.4” (57cm) at the National Zoo, and 21”(53cm) in Adams Morgan. It was a punishing winter punch to the capital….see …
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Sat 23 Jan 2021
January 22, 2021 - The "334 Club" (You Know Who You Are)
On This Day in Weather History, on January 22, 1987, a blizzard crippled the New York-New Jersey area, but the storm did not stop the NHL’s Calgary Flames and New Jersey Devils from playing a regular…
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Fri 22 Jan 2021
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