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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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6:17

January 24 - The Rainfall That Broke a 110-Year Record

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/01/24

The city of Belo Horizonte, host of 2014 World Cup soccer matches, saw 171 mm (6.7 in) of rainfall within a 24-hour period between the 23–24 January; this blew away a record that had stood for 110 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:59

January 23 - "Capital Punishment"

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2022/01/23

One of the most bizarre side stories of this winter storm is that, one month prior, because of the effects of El Nino, the eastern US experienced one of the warmest end of December on record. From January 22nd to 24th, 2016, a crippling and historic blizzard that produced up to 3 ft (91 cm) of snow in parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast United States. It was immediately recognized as a "potentially historic blizzard". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:51

January 22 - The New Jersey Devils’ “334 Club”

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2022/01/22

The game between the Calgary Flames and the New Jersey Devils on Jan. 22, 1987 wasn't expected to be a historic affair. But when close to two feet of snow dropped in on the tri-state area, it actually paved the way for what turned into one of the most unusual evenings in the history of the National Hockey League. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:56

January 21 - The Mind-bending 1999 US Tornado Outbreak

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2022/01/21

They normally only see 33 tornadoes per year...and even at that, they normally occur in the spring. It broke a record for a tornado outbreak in January. It lasted 46 hours. The whole thing took place from January 21st through the 23rd and affected all of the mid-western and southern USA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:54

January 20 - US Presidential Inauguration Weather...

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/01/20

Today we cover the: 1961 Kennedy Inauguration, known as either “The January 1961 nor'easter” or “The Kennedy Inaugural Snowstorm”? 1841 William Henry Harrison Inauguration where the weather played a role in the day and how long he stayed in office, sadly. 1853 Franklin Pierce Inauguration that led to another fatality. 1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt Inauguration that should have, and could have, but was not, rained out. 1985 Ronald Reagan Inauguration that narrowly escaped disaster if not for the

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January 19 - 2020 Opens With Australia ON FIRE!!

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/01/19

The 2019–20 Australian bushfire season came to be known as Black Summer. The Black was a tip to the mood, and the colour of the land left behind by a blaze that was, at times, burning in every province on the Island Continent nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:35

January 18 - When Hartland, NB ALMOST Lost Their...

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/01/18

Ice jams in New Brunswick are common but this year they were threatening to destroy the world's longest covered bridge. In this race against mother nature, authorities said a major jam had pushed ice to within two metres of the bottom of a 105-year-old bridge in Hartland, a town about 75 kilometres northwest of Fredericton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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January 17 - The St. John's New Year Blizzard

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2022/01/17

It was speculated at the time that the St. John's Airport had in fact experienced its snowiest January on record with 166 cm recorded to that point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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January 16 - The 2020 BC Storm Aftermath

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/01/16

A powerful wind and snow storm smashed into B.C.'s South Coast on January 15th that knocked out power in many regions but then that overnight the intensity faded but it was too late; on the 16th, we now had thousands of people in the Lower Mainland and on Vancouver Island in the dark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:45

January 15 - Spanish Flu + Molasses + Boston

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2022/01/15

We were in WW1 still, and the planet was gripped by a deadly pandemic AND yet still in a North End neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts, a large storage tank filled with molasses burst and the effect was nothing short of a sticky soiled tsunami! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:04

January 14 - Yes, THAT 1999 Toronto Snow Storm

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2022/01/14

This story comes with decades of built up legend and a bit of myth mixed in. Did Mayor Mel Lastman make the right call when he brought in military assistance to help in that 1999 snow storm? You must understand, by this point, during the passage of just 11 days, Toronto had already received more than 100 centimetres of snow, and as it was expected to keep falling overnight, making it possibly the snowiest January in 200 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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January 13 - Air Florida Flight Crashes Into A Bridge!

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2022/01/13

It hit seven occupied vehicles and destroyed 97 feet (30 m) of guard rail before eventually plunging through the winter ice and into the Potomac River. There were 79 people on board including 74 passengers and five crew members. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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January 12 - The Tragic Haiti Earthquake of 2010

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2022/01/12

An estimated three million people were affected by the quake, that equates to 20% of the nation's 10.4 million population at that time. One of the most horrifying facts from this January 12th earthquake story out of Haiti is that by January 24th, almost 2 weeks after the initial quake, there had been at least 52 aftershocks measuring 4.5 or greater!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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January 11 - Record Rainfall in Southern Ontario...in...

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2022/01/11

Here are just some of the more noteworthy totals from those 2 days: Toronto, measured at Pearson Airport reported 70mm of rain which I mentioned was a record after 59mm was reached. Just to its north and still a densely populated area, King City registered 75.7mm London where the Thames River swelled saw 72mm and that was a record. Down the end of the highway 402 from London in Sarnia and they were hit with 63mm of rain and to their south, Windsor had a record setting 50mm. Learn more about

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6:15

January 10 - The Saskatoon Blizzard of '07

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/01/10

Blowing snow brought visibility to virtually 0 for several hours. All vehicle traffic was either ground to a stand-still or ordered to halt, as highways were closed. The poor to no visibility and strong winds, with worst gusts, shut down the airports in both Prince Albert and Saskatoon. And that left a lot of people with absolutely no way of getting anywhere by land or air. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:50

January 9 - Fireworks at the End of Michigan Highway...

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/01/09

It happened the morning of January 9, 2015, in freezing cold blustery conditions. At the time of the accident, it was reported by those involved that visibility was down to ZERO; total a white-out conditions. There was a semi leaking fuel AND in another transport there were Fireworks! Yes, 40,000 lbs. of commercial grade fireworks, right next to the blaze! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:44

January 8 - It Rained HOW MUCH In Only 24 Hours?!

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/01/08

An island in East Africa and Located in the Indian Ocean, nowhere on Earth sees heavier rainstorms than the tiny French island, Reunion Island. But NOTHING compared to this! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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January 7 - An F4 Tornado in January?! In CHICAGO?!

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2022/01/07

When you drive through the town of Allendale, you will notice its rugged yet quaint properties that make this wee town rather charming. What today you will not see is any evidence of the devastating F4 tornado that all but wiped Allendale of the state map in 1989. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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January 6 - First NBA Game Rained Out...INDOORS!

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2022/01/06

Winters in Seattle can be rough, like Vancouver to its north, it can be rain soaked for much of the season. The Seattle NBA Super Sonics first competed in their home, the Coliseum, in 1966. It featured a poorly constructed roof that had a history of allowing rain to drip down and wet the floor during storms. Is it any wonder they moved to OKC eventually? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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January 5 - Blue Mountain Suddenly Closes Mid-Season

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/01/05

Sadly by January 5th, 2007, third-busiest ski resort in Canada (after Whistler, B.C., and Tremblant, Quebec), Ontario’s largest ski resort, Blue Mountain, in Collingwood, was forced to lay-off 1,300 workers while they had to close down all ski operations in the middle of the winter season! It was the first time in the resort's 65-year history where they actually closed in a season for poor conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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