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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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March 24 - Astronaut Shannon Lucid Record Breaker and Hero Mar 24, 2022

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March 24th, 1996, U.S. astronaut Shannon Lucid transferred to the Russian space station Mir from the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis for a planned five-month stay. Lucid was the first female U.S. astronaut to live in a space station.

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March 23 - The 1995 $4 Billion Dollar Flood in California March 23 - Mar 23, 2022

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They used to talk about the legendary 1862 flood of the Salinas River. But that legend was replaced when in this storm, the river exceeded its previous measured record crest by more than four feet or 1 and a quarter meters.

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March 22 - The 2014 Washington Mudslide that Killed 43 Mar 22, 2022

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Prior to this tragic day, there had been weeks of heavy rain. But what no one could have predicted was that a massive, fast-moving wall of mud and debris would suddenly come crashing down the hillside like a runaway freight train, rolling over and destroying 49 homes claiming the lives of 43 souls.

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March 21 - When 2/3 of North America Suddenly Went "Summer" Mar 21, 2022

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A well respected climatologist out of the United States called this March 2012 heatwave (quote) “the most extraordinary temperature anomaly in North American history”; this heat dome covered 2-thirds of all of North America! It was the Spring Equinox yet this last day of winter resembled something closer to a midsummer day.

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March 20 - One of the Worst Colorado Blizzards Since 1872 Mar 20, 2022

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The Denver International Airport was closed and that stranded about 4,000 travellers. The weight of the snow caused a 40-foot or 12 meter gash in a portion of the roof, forcing the evacuation of that section of the main terminal building.

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March 19 - BC Burns Through Over 100 Temperature Records in 4 DAYS! Mar 19, 2022

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In BC in 2019, things were already wrecked; January was well above seasonal, February then went brutally cold and as for March, it was threatening to rewrite the record books for drought. One of the hottest spots in the province was in Pitt Meadows as they hit a staggering 19.5C.; and that broke a record that had stood for 7 decades!! In Chilliwack, an almost 125-year-old record was erased!

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March 18 - 1925: THE Worst Tornado in US History Mar 18, 2022

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This outbreak killed 695 people, injured some 13,000 people, and caused $17 million in property damage. More than 500 of the total 695 people who perished were killed in southern Illinois, including 234 in Murphysboro and 127 in West Frankfort.

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March 17 - St. Patrick's Day + Tornado Warnings + Hawaii = ?!? Mar 17, 2022

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Two things you normally do not associate with the Aloha State are tornadoes and St. Patrick’s day. But Two tornado warnings were issued in the Hawaiian Islands on this day. So this occurrence of 2 tornado warnings on the Big Island was so unusual primarily because there had only ever been 2 tornado warnings ever for the state as long as record keeping began.

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March 16 - Earliest Ontario Tornado on Record Mar 16, 2022

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Almost to the day, back in 1948 was the previous mark for the earliest tornado in the province. It was on a march 19th in Windsor. So it took 68 years for this record mark to come off the board. This tornado registered EF1 and hit at about 10 minutes to 4pm in Grey Country Ontario.

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March 15 - An 11-Month Flood Warning in "Mizzou" Mar 15, 2022

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This historic flooding was one of the costliest U.S. inland flooding events on record and it included and Air Force Base in Nebraska. In the end, this 2 week deluge of disaster caused $2.9 billion in total damages, split between 2 States the most affected: $1.6B in the Hawkeye state of Iowa and $1.3B in Cornhusker Nation, Nebraska.

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