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This Day in Weather History

The Weather Network

"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

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February 13 - A North American Blizzard & A Hamilton...

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2022/02/13

The February 2007 North American blizzard was a massive winter storm that swept across and adversely affected most of the eastern half of North America, that ran for 3 days: February 12, Through the 14th, Valentine’s day. It was precedent setting as The National Weather Service said that this storm was one of the three largest snowstorms to hit the inland areas of the northeastern United States since way back in 1940. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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February 12 - The Stranded Yukon Quest Mushers

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2022/02/12

On February 12, 2006, this day in weather history...brutal weather was responsible for trapping and stranding five Yukon Quest mushers and their team on Eagle Summit. These racers and their teams were stuck on a mountain ledge, and their area for waiting it out is now knee deep in snow with the wind creating the bitterest of wind chills given that they are exposed at that elevation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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February 11 - Black History Month: "The Tuskegee...

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2022/02/11

Many people are familiar with the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II. But, did you know that there was a Tuskegee Weather Detachment that played a role in producing the first black meteorologists? 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. This group were incredibly talented and their accomplishments earned them more than 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses, awarded to

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February 10 - The Deadly 1970 Val d’sere Avalanche

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2022/02/10

Val d’sere, France has been part of the Alpine Skiing World Cup since the late 1960s and was the site for Alpine skiing competitions at the 1992 Winter games in Albertville, France. They played host to the men's downhill, super-giant slalom, giant slalom, and combined. But on this morning in weather history, there was a sudden and shuddering explosion-like sound and More than 100,000 cubic yards (76,500M) of snow crashed down from a treeless, 7,000‐foot (almost 2150M) crest known as Le Dome,

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February 9 - The NYC 1969 "Storm of the Century"

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2022/02/09

This nor'easter developed on February 8, and as it moved towards the northeast, intensifying to become a powerful storm, it unloaded a staggering 20in of snow (51 cm). The snow really amped up on the 9th. By 7 p.m on the 9th ten inches (25CM) had accumulated in the city. By midnight, 15 inches (almost 40cm) was levelled on Central Park, while a truly crippling 20 inches(51CM) stopped everything at Kennedy Airport. The entire Northeast was covered under mountains of snow. Learn more about your ad

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February 8 - The Worst Storm in Canadian Railway History

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2022/02/08

The Great Saskatchewan Blizzard of 1947 hit an area where families were still getting to know each other after returning from World War 2. There were also populations of displaced residents from Great Britain who were moved to the Canadian Prairies as a result of the devastating blitzkrieg bombing of their country back home. Single mothers and fatherless children all still trying to put pieces together again in land so beautiful but a land that winter loves to beat up on every year. Learn more

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February 7 - The 2016 Costly Closure of Manitoba's Hwy75

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2022/02/07

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 Corridor” that connects to cities in central regions of North America. If this gets shut down it is BIG $$$ lost. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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February 6 - Before January 2022, THIS Was THE...

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2022/02/06

The snowfall was nonstop for 24 hours; and when the taps turned off, these GTA locations were buried under huge accumulation totals: 25 cm in downtown Toronto, 30 cm in Markham, 33 cm at Pearson Airport, 40-50 cm in Mississauga, and 50 cm in Milton. This has since been eclipsed by the January 17, 2022 storm and that story will be in our 2022 Year in review and then the January 17, 2023 episode of this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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February 5 - The Tragic 2017 Afghanistan Avalanches

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2022/02/05

The full picture of the impact of this series of catastrophic events would unfold and it was far greater than anyone could have imagined when it happened this day in weather history. In all, 22 out the country’s 34 provinces were reported to have been affected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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February 4 - Chilliwack, BC: A Year’s Worth of Snow...

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2022/02/04

We’ve covered this before, there are areas in BC that are simply not known for appreciable amounts of snow and for that reason people from around Canada will relocate there to avoid it. It was a “Storm To Remember”. The storm caused tens of thousands of outages across the South Coast over the February 4th and 5th weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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February 3 - "Black History Month": First Black TV...

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2022/02/03

This happened 12 years before Al Roker started as a weather anchor for a CBS affiliate in Syracuse. Dianne Elizabeth Johnson was born in St. Louis, Missouri on Dec. 28, 1938. She was the daughter of Milton and Nettie Johnson and a descendant of a Civil War general’s slave mistress. There was an actual audition process for the weather girl job at KSD in St. Louis. As a matter of fact, among the many competitors was a woman by the name of Mary Frann who was another St. Louis native, but it was

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February 2 - The "Groundhog Day" Story

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2022/02/02

It was 2 features that combined for this tour de force that blanketed this massive area of North America. There was a surface and a supporting upper level feature that merged in this one. This one-two punch combined the power of the "Saskatchewan Screamer" vs that of the "Southwest Desert Destroyer"!! (Ding! Ding!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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February 1 - "Weather and Space Exploration": The...

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2022/02/01

On February 1st, 2003, 17 years and 3 days since the Challenger was lost with all of her crew 73 seconds after lift-off, the world was blind-sided when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere, killing all seven crew members. To help out with specialized perspective, I am joined by: Scott Sutherland, Space Writer and Meteorologist, theweathernetwork.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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January 31 - The 1906 Ecuador-Colombia Earthquake

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2022/01/31

The earthquake immediately triggered a destructive tsunami that claimed the souls of 500 people who were along the coast of Colombia. This was not the only event of this kind that century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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January 30 - The 1870 Disappearance of The City of...

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2022/01/30

The City of Boston set sail from Halifax, Nova Scotia for Liverpool on 28 January Se was commanded by Captain Halcrow with 191 people on board. But the SS City of Boston never reached her final destination and there has never been any trace of her since. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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January 29 - The 1921 Great Olympic "Blowdown"

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2022/01/29

Just some of the destruction that you'll hear about in the full podcast: The destruction: Hurricane-force winds destroyed billions of board-feet of timber across the Olympic Peninsula. Over 40 percent of the trees on the southwest side of the Olympic Mountains were blown down. **The Great Olympic Blowdown felled eight times more trees than the eruption of Mount St. Helens back on March 27, 1980!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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January 28 - The Legendary "Blizzard of ‘77"

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2022/01/28

This was as much a Canada story as it was a US story. But the worst of it did definitely hit Western NY. Through the 5 days of this, there were daily peak wind gusts ranging from 74 to 111 km/hr. Snowfall totals were as high as 254 cm in the worst hit areas!! And we had winds creating drifts blowing 30 to 40 ft (9 to 12 m) high. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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January 27 - The Niagara Falls Honeymoon Bridge...

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2022/01/27

Niagara Falls! It has been the honeymoon capital of the world on and off for centuries. Royalty have stayed there, rockstars, movie stars and other elite. The bridge was an international passage that connected Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, with Niagara Falls, New York, United States that crossed the Niagara River. It was originally built back in 1897 and it was finished in 1898. At that time it was the greatest steel arch bridge in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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January 26 - Why Chicago Blizzard Snow Got Shipped to...

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2022/01/26

Important to note that the previous record snowfall for the city was 19 inches (48cm) on March 25th and 26th, of 1930. So to beat it by a clear 10cm is really something!! This storm had it all: wind, snow and even a thunderstorm! Desperate for places to put the stuff, they dumped it in any vacant lot they could find...then something truly warm and wonderful happened..... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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January 25 - The First Ever "Winter Olympics" Begins

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2022/01/25

16 countries gathered to compete in sports like figure skating, speed skating, hockey, curling and a whole lot more. But the opening ceremonies were on this day in weather history. On the morning of the Opening Ceremony, there was a huge lift of relief, because it had been pairing rain for days leading up to this day, not good at all for a site that needs to be covered in snow. It was looking pretty dire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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