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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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6:39

January 4 - THE Historic 1998 Ice Storm!

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/01/04

It was a massive combination of five smaller successive ice storms in January 1998. But it came in and through like a train across a narrow track of land spanning most of eastern Canada and the north Atlantic of the US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:41

January 3 - The Spirit Has Landed...On Mars!!

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/01/03

They were sent there to find evidence that life either does or ever did exist on Mars, the rovers were to study the history of climate and water at sites on Mars where conditions had been speculated through research on Earth may once have been favourable to life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:48

January 2 - Deja Vu? TWO Hurricane Alices in ONE Season

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/01/02

How exactly did that happen? It was paperwork. For 1955, we did not have the same instant access to data and communication we would have in the years that followed. This mix-up resulted in an "Alice in 1954 and 1955. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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13:56

January 1 - New Years Day Special Edition ON ICE!

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/01/01

Happy New Year!!! I LIVE for New years Day...back in the past it was for college football bowl games but I lost interest when they took this one day event and spread it out over weeks and added games seemingly whenever a new sponsor wanted one. THEN The NHL did something amazing! They took from the experiments in the past with outdoor exhibition games and the already first successful Canadian Heritage Classic in Edmonton, and started what would be called the Winter Classic. Today I look back

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14:35

December 31 - 2021 "Year in Review": Canada Edition

This Day in Weather History ·

2021/12/31

We had The Barrie Tornado part 2 that shook the province of Ontario. We had epic snow for Newfoundland at the beginning of winter AND at the beginning of spring!! And "Beautiful British Colombia" dominated our attention from wire-to-wire this past year with record setting heat, fires, cost and then flooding. It was one hell of a year for Canada and I try to sum it up in 12 minutes right here, right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:34

December 30 - 2021 "Year in Review": International...

This Day in Weather History ·

2021/12/30

I cover the day it was announced we hit the hottest day on earth. There was the hottest day ever in Europe. There was the blizzard warning for HAWAII!! There were freak rogue fires, snowstorms and a hurricane season on top of all that. It all here and it all happened just this year! Get ready for this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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14:54

December 21 - The Winter Solstice Special at...

This Day in Weather History ·

2021/12/21

On November 15th of this year I was flown to Ireland with this podcast to produce television segments and this podcast episode covering a huge day in human life; the winter solstice! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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12:06

October 26 - The Story of OUR Bluenose Schooner

This Day in Weather History ·

2021/10/26

It was reported that the Bluenose struck a coral reef off the coast of Haiti. The crew were safe but the ship was so badly damaged that it would soon sink to the bottom of the Caribbean sea. No one has ever found any scrap of evidence of the wreckage. So just what was she doing there in the first place and secondly how could this have happened? Today we investigate this, on this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:10

June 19, 2021 - That Time Calgary was UNDER Water!

This Day in Weather History ·

2021/06/18

During the spring of 2013, southern Alberta was hit with one of Canada’s most expensive natural disasters, destroying communities from Banff to Calgary and beyond. It was the worst flooding to hit the City since 1932. This Day in Weather History. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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14:59

June 1, 2021 - The 1-Year Anniversary Special for TDIWH

This Day in Weather History ·

2021/06/01

We Made It! This is episode 1 of Year 2!. Today is a special longer-length episode where we will look back at how this all came to be and what goes into the production of a podcast. Especially one that deals with only weather and weather adjacencies. Back in the fall of 2019 I was asked to pitch an idea for a potential podcast...this was not my idea...I’ll tell you all about how we got to This Day in Weather History. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:55

May 31, 2021 - The Barrie-GrandValley-Tottenham...

This Day in Weather History ·

2021/05/31

We made it! Today is the final episode for the first year of this podcast!! It’s been a long and winding road but one that has seen this project rocket from just me at the start to a much larger and more dedicated team spanning every conceivable department within The Weather Network. I could not have done this without all of you...especially for this long every day so thank you all! I’m Chris Mei, writer, producer and host of this day in weather history this magnificent daily podcast creation from

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7:11

May 30, 2021 - The Ugly Disasters of "Vanport"

This Day in Weather History ·

2021/05/30

In the pacific Northweat all you have to do is utter the name Vanport, Oregon and it will send shivers down the spines of "well-bred" Portlanders. We get into why right now on this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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5:38

May 29, 2021 - The Tragic "Empress of Ireland" Shipwreck

This Day in Weather History ·

2021/05/29

For today’s special episode I tell you the story of Canada’s deadliest peacetime maritime disaster. Before you start asking questions, let me throw you a few knuckle balls: This shipwreck didn’t happen at sea, It was also not even on the sometimes deadly waters of Great Lakes...oh and it also didn't even happen in stormy weather…..all that you know going in is that it happened on this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:37

May 28, 2021 - A Solar Eclipse for the Ages

This Day in Weather History ·

2021/05/28

At the turn of the century, a century ago, thousands of people across the southeastern United States gathered to witness a rare and spectacular sight as the moon cast its shadow across the sun and darkened the skies…..this ominous day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:20

May 27, 2021 - The 2017 Toronto Island Flood Crisis

This Day in Weather History ·

2021/05/27

In 2017, water levels in Lake Ontario were at their highest recorded level in more than 100 years. And on May 27th, they reached that peak, a level that was recorded at 75.93m on this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:14

May 26, 2021 - Soccer Ball Sized Hail leads to...

This Day in Weather History ·

2021/05/26

Today we look at the curious case of a BMI airbus bound for Cyprus from Manchester, England. They never made it, this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:32

May 25, 2021 - Lightning Strikes 11 at a Picnic!

This Day in Weather History ·

2021/05/25

When thunder roars go indoors. To some it’s a cliche thing weathercasters say but did you know that this one simple phrase could mean the difference between life and death? It sure did for the 11 people I’m talking about who all were struck down at a picnic, this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:45

May 24, 2021 - The Rise of the Stormchasers

This Day in Weather History ·

2021/05/24

On May 24, 1973, an F4 tornado struck Union City Oklahoma but that was not the big story. Not on THIS day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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May 23, 2021 - The Timmins-9 Wildfire

This Day in Weather History ·

2021/05/23

The number of fires and areas burnt was not a record high for this region, but what differentiated it was what and who it affected; these were moving in on urban centres this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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May 22, 2021 - The Deadly and Destructive Joplin EF5

This Day in Weather History ·

2021/05/22

Tornadoes are fierce and unpredictable. Chasers know this all too well. Especially those who came back with research and images from the EF5 that crushed Joplin Missouri in 2001 on this day in weather history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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