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
October 10 - The Great Hurricane of 1780
It is estimated, through census and other primitive documents, that between 22,000 and 27,501 people died throughout the Lesser Antilles when the storm passed through them from October 10th, this day…
00:06:40 |
Mon 10 Oct 2022
October 9 - Hurricane Delta Breaks Records in Louisiana
For the proud and battered citizens of Louisiana, Delta meant something devastating when it was the record-tying fourth named storm of 2020 to make landfall in Louisiana, as well as the record-breaki…
00:06:43 |
Sun 09 Oct 2022
October 8 - "Michael Smashes the Boats Ashore"
t was, on this day in weather history, the fourth-strongest landfalling hurricane in the contiguous United States, in terms of wind speed, and the most intense hurricane on record to strike the Unite…
00:06:32 |
Sat 08 Oct 2022
October 7 - The Deadly Hot 2007 Chicago Marathon
35,000 runners had come from around the world to compete in one of the preeminent marathons. The 30th annual Chicago Marathon was an unusually sweltering hot 87F or 30C Sunday morning in early fall o…
00:06:30 |
Fri 07 Oct 2022
October 6 - They Accidentally Flew INTO a Tornado
It was sad what happened to NLM Cityhopper flight 431 that day but a stark reminder of how the force of nature holds sway over all living things on this planet regardless of our advancements in tech …
00:06:22 |
Thu 06 Oct 2022
October 5 - The Hail that Hammered Phoenix
It was on October 5, 2010, this day in weather history when several supercells tracked over the Phoenix Metropolitan Area, dropping large hail, about 7.6cm in diameter and causing extensive damage. I…
00:06:45 |
Wed 05 Oct 2022
October 4 - "Weather and War": The 1777 Battle of Germantown
Part of our "Weather and War" series, we feature a battle from the earliest days of the United States while independence had only "just" been achieved. So far on this podcast we have covered the Amer…
00:06:55 |
Tue 04 Oct 2022
October 3 - Happy Birthday N.O.A.A!!
Founded as a collective unit, NOAA came from an understanding that our oceans and atmosphere are inextricably linked and that our planet depends upon it, not only for our quality of our lives, but fo…
00:06:39 |
Mon 03 Oct 2022
October 2 - When it Floods Like a Hurricane BUT Is Not a Hurricane
This stalled low reached out into the Atlantic ocean, in it’s counter clockwise Low Pressure spin, and inadvertently tapped into moisture from the nearby Hurricane Joaquin. This brought heavy, contin…
00:06:50 |
Sun 02 Oct 2022
October 1 - The Quake That Shook Up, Where Nixon Grew Up
It was the strongest since the San Fernando earthquake of 1971 and its shaking effect was felt as far away as San Diego and Las Vegas. There was a long series of aftershocks that continued to startle…
00:06:42 |
Sat 01 Oct 2022
September 30 - The Windsor-Tecumseh Flood of 2016
During the night of 28 to 29 September, 2016, heavy rain inundated Windsor, Tecumseh, Leamington, and Essex County in southwestern Ontario. The rain gauge at Windsor’s east-end measured 106 millimetr…
00:06:19 |
Fri 30 Sep 2022
September 29 - This Is “Hurricane Juan”
When you say Hurricane Juan in Atlantic Canada it will both incite waves of fear and also spark conversation and both at the same time normally. On September 29th, 2003 Juan made landfall in Halifax …
00:06:08 |
Thu 29 Sep 2022
September 28 - When Early Season Snow Buried Alberta
New September record snowfall opened up on Saturday, the 28th and did not stop till the Monday, on the 30th! Travel was brutal, regardless of what mode you chose. Flights were canceled and the power …
00:06:19 |
Wed 28 Sep 2022
September 27 - The Unforgettable First Try at Hockey in the Desert
The event started exactly as many suspected for a game in the desert, played in the parking lot of a casino…..there was a tarp malfunction?! As inconsequential as the actual game was because it was a…
00:06:45 |
Tue 27 Sep 2022
September 25 - The Explosive 1998 Atlantic Season
But that year, there were two that stood alone as headline grabbing for their sheer devastation and death toll. Hurricane Georges was a major Category 3 storm that held its strength and status long e…
00:06:51 |
Sun 25 Sep 2022
September 24 - The 1846 Discovery of Planet Neptune
Understand that you can not do any of this without skies clear enough for a 19th century telescope to be able to reach out from earth’s surface, break through our many layers of atmosphere and peer d…
00:06:49 |
Sat 24 Sep 2022
September 23 - Rolling Stones & Rain in Halifax
First as a light rainfall while thousands were very slowly guided through security and on to the massive grounds of the famed inner-city park. They played a full 27 song set, a literal sonic attack f…
00:06:34 |
Fri 23 Sep 2022
September 22 - The 2020 California Wildfire Inferno
Fueled by hot, dry drought stricken terrains and fanned by strong, gusty winds, these fires exploded and merged with each other into terrifying megafires!! This nightmare went on to incinerate more t…
00:07:02 |
Thu 22 Sep 2022
September 26 - When "Vera" Vanquished Over Japan
Typhoon Vera’s intensity resulted in catastrophic damage proving a major setback to the Japanese economy, because remember...they were still reeling from the events that closed World War II. In the a…
00:06:16 |
Thu 22 Sep 2022
September 21 - "Go Home Tornadoes! Yer LATE"!!
Environment Canada calls the tornado that touched down in Dunrobin on September 21, 2018 “historic”. It was the first time since 1898 that an F3 or stronger tornado touched down anywhere in Canada th…
00:06:32 |
Wed 21 Sep 2022
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