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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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6:40

October 10 - The Great Hurricane of 1780

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/10/10

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 in weather history, through the 16th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:43

October 9 - Hurricane Delta Breaks Records in Louisiana

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/10/09

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-breaking tenth named storm to strike the United States in that year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:32

October 8 - "Michael Smashes the Boats Ashore"

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/10/08

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 United States in the month of October. And just is for starters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:30

October 7 - The Deadly Hot 2007 Chicago Marathon

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/10/07

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 of 2007. It was a horror movie; runners described chaotic scenes of racers throwing up, passing out or being carted away on stretchers in obvious distress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:22

October 6 - They Accidentally Flew INTO a Tornado

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/10/06

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 and science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:45

October 5 - The Hail that Hammered Phoenix

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/10/05

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. It was the largest hail ever reported in the Phoenix Metro Area. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:55

October 4 - "Weather and War": The 1777 Battle of...

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/10/04

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 American Civil War with a deluge of flooding rain, and we discussed the War of Independence and how a hurricane took out ships from the British navy in Atlantic Canada. Today we hit up how FOG did the trick for General George Washington. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:39

October 3 - Happy Birthday N.O.A.A!!

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/10/03

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 for life itself. BUT its roots go back to the 18th Century and it involves a weather nerd who would go on to become President of the United States of America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:50

October 2 - When it Floods Like a Hurricane BUT Is...

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/10/02

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, continuous rain to southeastern States, with the worst effects concentrated in South Carolina where the catastrophic flooding occurred. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:42

October 1 - The Quake That Shook Up, Where Nixon Grew Up

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/10/01

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 and frighten Southern California for days after the initial 6.1 magnitude earthquake, further disturbing a population who already were on their last nerve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:19

September 30 - The Windsor-Tecumseh Flood of 2016

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/09/30

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 millimetres, while Tecumseh’s suggested as much as 190. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:08

September 29 - This Is “Hurricane Juan”

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/09/29

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 as a Category 2 storm with winds whipping at 160kmh winds. It stayed that way from tail to tip of Nova Scotia and did not really lose any momentum over the Northumberland strait and rolled over PEI holding on as a Category 1 storm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:19

September 28 - When Early Season Snow Buried Alberta

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/09/28

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 went out for many. One particular road accident occurred along the Deerfoot Trail where 16 vehicles were involved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:45

September 27 - The Unforgettable First Try at Hockey...

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/09/27

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 after all just an exhibition and really just a publicity stunt at that, the game did happen and went relatively well all things considered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:51

September 25 - The Explosive 1998 Atlantic Season

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/09/25

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 enough to devastate Saint Kitts and Nevis, Puerto-Rico and the Dominican Republic. Mitch was a very powerful and destructive late-season Category 5 hurricane that made landfall in Florida as a tropical storm after battering much of Central America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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6:49

September 24 - The 1846 Discovery of Planet Neptune

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/09/24

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 deep into our night sky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:34

September 23 - Rolling Stones & Rain in Halifax

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/09/23

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 for the fans who braved the elements for their rock and roll heroes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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September 26 - When "Vera" Vanquished Over Japan

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/09/22

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 aftermath, Japan's disaster management and relief systems were significantly redesigned, rebuilt and reformed. This storm would set the precedent for how the country would react to events like this in future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:02

September 22 - The 2020 California Wildfire Inferno

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/09/22

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 than 41,000 square kilometres of land and along with it over ten thousand buildings and taking the lives of at least 37 people!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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September 21 - "Go Home Tornadoes! Yer LATE"!!

This Day in Weather History ·

2022/09/21

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 this late in the year. This tornado was one of six tornadoes to hit the province that day and the most powerful in Eastern Ontario in over 100 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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