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"!
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April 23 - Ranger 4's 1962 Launch to "Shoot The...
Today we go back to the prep work that started the mission to the moon when the Ranger 4 launched to get pics of the moon.
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April 22 - 1970 and The First Ever Earth Day
We have one home. We will only ever have one home. Earth. On this day in 1970, we stood up and took notice for the first time.
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April 21 - The 1998 "Rain-Out Triple Play" at D...
Suffice to say, rainouts at Dodger Stadium are extremely rare. Since 1962, there have been only 17….but their luck ran out on this day in weather history.
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April 20 - The 1996 Shock Ontario Tornado Outbr...
On Saturday, April 20, 1996, The snow had barely melted in Southern Ontario when two F3 tornadoes ripped through the region.
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April 19 - The 1904 "Great Fire of Toronto"
The Great Fire of Toronto in 1904 destroyed a large section of Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada on this day in weather history.
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April 18 -First Enhanced Fujita Scale Tornado i...
Today was the day when the first Canadian tornado would ever be rated using the Enhanced Fujita Scale. It was a total paradigm shift in tornado analysis.
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April 17 - The Alberta Blizzard Blitz in Centen...
Alberta was getting beat down by blizzards so you’ll forgive them if they were not as wrapped up in the approach of what was called "Dominion Day", back then on this day in weather history.
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April 16 - Ice Crashes Through Rogers Centre Ro...
On Monday, April 16, 2018, the Toronto Blue Jays postponed their night game after chunks of ice fell from the CN Tower and through the roof of the Rogers Centre into Right Field.
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April 15 - THE most Intense Snowfall Ever in USA!
A dizzying snowfall of 87 inches or 221cm occurred on APRIL 14-15 back in 1921 at Silver Lake, Colorado.
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April 14 - French Winegrowers Battle Frost for ...
On April 14, 2019, winegrowers in Burgundy, France, faced a formidable foe: frost.
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April 13 - That CRAZY Easter Weekend 140-Tornad...
Over a 2 day period spanning Easter Sunday and Monday, April 12–13, of the already locked down and quarantined 2020, tornadoes ruined everything for those of the Southeastern United States.
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April 12 - 1981: The Space Shuttle Program (lit...
A new era in space flight began on April 12, 1981, when Space Shuttle Columbia blasted off into near earth orbit from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida!
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April 11 - 1970: Apollo 13 Launches to the Moon
The plan was to land on the moon, explore the Imbrium Basin and conduct geological experiments. And then head home; however, that is NOT what happened.
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April 10 - The Most Extreme Wind Speed Ever Rec...
On April 10, 1996, the Earth's strongest surface wind, not including tornadoes, was measured. But how it got there was even more twisted.
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April 9 - 1959: We Met Our First US Astronauts!!
On April 9, 1959, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) introduced America’s first astronauts to the world.
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April 8 - The 2020 "Good News" Bridge Collapse ...
A bridge on a normally busy provincial road in northern Italy collapsed ; however, with virtually no traffic anywhere because of the crippling restrictions due to the coronavirus lockdown, there were just two people involved.
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April 7 - Widespread + Costly Ontario & Quebec ...
From April 5 to 7, a pair of low-pressure systems led to major flooding in Southern Quebec and wind damage across parts of Ontario and Quebec. Then it got real bad.
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April 6 - High Winds Kill Thousands of Birds in...
On April 6th, the morning light revealed a shocking sight: tens of thousands of birds, chilly and exhausted, were unable to move. What happened?
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April 5 - The Shocking 1972 Portland-Vancouver ...
An unusually intense squall line swept coastal Oregon and Washington states, but hidden within this were strong embedded tornadoes and among them, an F3!
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April 4 - Killer 1974 Tornadoes Part 2: The Xen...
Yesterday were the events of April 3rd and the tragic story from Windsor Ontario; now is Part 2 of this tale, the devastating April 4th of The 1974 Super Outbreak.
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April 3 - The Deadly 1974 Windsor Tornado
On April 3, 1974 a F3 tornado crossed the Detroit River and tore through Windsor Ontario; it was just ONE of 148 tornadoes to touch down in North America on this day in weather history.
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April 2 - The 1957 Dallas F3 Killer Tornado
The March 14th episode of this podcast featured a tornado that ripped through a major metropolitan city; that day was Atlanta, today is Dallas on this day in weather history.
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April 1 - When a Plane Crash in 1993 took a NAS...
We have lost some sports legends in plane crashes over the decades; today we look back at the loss of NASCAR Champ Alan Kulwicki.
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March 31 - The 1889 Opening of the Eiffel Tower
With 7 million visitors per year, it’s one of the world’s most popular attractions. It opened this day in 1889, but it was meteorology that saved it from an early demolition.
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March 30 - 1848: The Day Niagara Falls Stopped ...
In 1848, a very unique and specific chain of events came together at the same time to create a spectacle that has likely only happened one time since the last ice age.
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