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
August 31, 2022 - The U.S. Civil War Earthquake
This earthquake near Charleston, South Carolina, on August 31, 1886, this day in weather history, was particularly harsh for this state as The Civil War had ruined the economy.
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Wed 31 Aug 2022
August 30, 2022 - The First African American in Space
Guy Bluford Jr. was born November 22, 1942 in Philadelphia. He literally flew into the history books as a mission specialist aboard the space shuttle 'Challenger' in 1983, becoming the first African …
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Tue 30 Aug 2022
August 29, 2022 - Hurricane Katrina (Part 2: New Orleans)
The effects of Hurricane Katrina, in August 2005, were catastrophic and widespread. It was one of the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history, leaving at least 1,836 people dead, and a further 13…
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Mon 29 Aug 2022
August 28, 2022 - That RARE Chicago F-5
It was the first ever rated greater than F3 in August in the state of Illinois and the only F5 tornado to strike the Chicago area. The violent tornado killed 29 people and injured 353. It is the only…
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Sun 28 Aug 2022
August 27, 2022 - The World Was "Krakatoa'd" Wide Open
On the morning of August 27th, 1883, a series of massive eruptions tore the volcano’s walls apart. Krakatoa’s final eruption was four times more powerful than the largest bomb that humans have detona…
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Sat 27 Aug 2022
August 26, 2022 - Hottest Ever Temperature for an MLB Game
The worst of the 3 hottest temperature games on record was when the Toronto Blue Jays came to Arlington Texas for a night game and at the 7:39pm opening pitch, the temperature was a disgusting 109℉ o…
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Fri 26 Aug 2022
August 25, 2022 - Hurricane Harvey Hammers Houston
Today, we jump headlong into a hurricane so destructive that it is equaled only by that of Hurricane Katrina in ‘05. This in the story of Hurricane Harvey, the storm that levelled the lone star state…
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Thu 25 Aug 2022
August 24, 2022 - 79A.D. Mt. Vesuvius Entombs Pompeii Forever
I’ve already discussed volcanoes on this podcast and today is one that is not just prolific for the damage it caused, but because it is also THE volcano that literally froze a period in time for all …
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Wed 24 Aug 2022
August 23, 2022 - Hurricane Katrina (Part 1: Florida)
Katrina became the fifth hurricane of the 2005 season on August 25, only two hours before it made landfall around 6:30 p.m. EDT in Florida. The Keys were whipped by tropical storm force winds that co…
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Tue 23 Aug 2022
August 22, 2022 - FOUR Hurricanes in ONE Day!
This 1893 hurricane season was one of only two times in history to suffer 4 Atlantic storms along the US/Canada coast at the same time. The next time that would happen would be 105 years later...in 1…
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Mon 22 Aug 2022
August 21, 2022 - The Tornado That Galvanized Goderich
The 2011 Goderich, Ontario tornado was, at an F3 tornado strength, a major storm. It was generated by an isolated supercell which unexpectedly first came ashore...then tore across Huron County, Ontar…
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Sun 21 Aug 2022
August 20, 2022 - 19 Tornadoes! One Day! Southern Ontario!
At one point over 10 million people in Southern Ontario, at the time one-third of Canada's entire population, were placed under either tornado watches and/or warnings as these powerful and dangerous …
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Sat 20 Aug 2022
August 19, 2022 - The 2005 Toronto Flooding & ... Tornadoes?
The province sees 12-13/year but there are always the outlier years that far exceed that number. When the storm came close to the Greater Toronto Area, a tornado warning was issued, but the storm cha…
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Fri 19 Aug 2022
August 18, 2022 - The Devastating Great Wall of Water in China
The 1931 China floods, or the 1931 Yangtze River floods, were a series of floods that occurred from June to August 1931 in the Republic of China, hitting major cities Wuhan, Nanjing and beyond, event…
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Thu 18 Aug 2022
August 17, 2022 - Cat-5 Camille Carves up the Coast
Camille had only just formed on Aug. 14, reached Category 3 status, which now classified it as a major hurricane, just one day later. Then the day after that, on Aug. 16, it skyrocketed to Category 5…
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Wed 17 Aug 2022
August 16, 2022 - Andrew Annihilates Areas of Florida
The Category 5 hurricane is a beast unlike most other natural phenomena on Earth. When Andrew made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane, it packed a 1-minute sustained wind speed of 165 mph (266 km/h).…
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Tue 16 Aug 2022
August 15, 2022 - Wicked Weather Wallops Williams Lake
It was the second tornado that hit Williams Lake in fifteen months. Its path was 21km long and 200m wide. Several cottages were damaged, two of which crushed to their very foundation and then totally…
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Mon 15 Aug 2022
August 14, 2022 - When a One-In-20,000 Year Rain Drowned a British Town
Four of London’s main-line railway stations were flooded and closed, a large part of the London Underground was brought to a standstill as tunnels were flooded and the electricity supply failed. It h…
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Sun 14 Aug 2022
August 13, 2022 - Deadly Weather at "Sugarland"
A wind gust out ahead of an approaching severe thunderstorm cell hit the temporary roof structure of the Indiana State fair’s mainstage, causing it to collapse. The heavy structure fell on the crowd …
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Sat 13 Aug 2022
August 12, 2022 - "Follow The Yellow Brick Road" into History
Barely one month prior to the start of World War 2, there was a film...it had a massive budget for its time and a lot of that was put toward it’s groundbreaking special effects. You see, this particu…
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Fri 12 Aug 2022
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