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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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May 21, 2021 - The F4 Tornado that Struck Sarnia May 21, 2021

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Yesterday was Moore Oklahoma, tomorrow is Joplin Missouri; BOTH EF5 monsters and both within 8 years of each other. Today we go back to the year 1953 for the F4 that hit Sarnia Ontario, this day in weather history.

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May 20, 2021 - The Deadly Moore, OK EF5 Tornado May 20, 2021

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Oklahoma typically experiences around 60 tornadoes a year. Afterall, It is part of Tornado Alley, a nickname for this unique geographical area in the southern plains of the central United States, where tornadoes are common. I’ve done plenty of stories on this podcast from here so we at least have the backstory going in to this day in weather history.

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May 19, 2021 - New England's "Dark Day" May 19, 2021

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It was on a Tuesday, it was March 17th in the year 2020 when six-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady announced that his 20 years in New England was over. At that time it was reported that the skies darkened and no sun has been seen ever since. THIS, however is NOT that story. This was an even darker day, this day in New England Weather History.

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May 18, 2021 - The 1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption May 18, 2021

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On the morning of May 18, Mount St. Helens was shaken by an earthquake of about 5.0 magnitude, and the entire north side of the summit began to slide down the mountain. This Day in Weather History.

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May 17, 2021 - The Crash That Cancelled the Opening of a New Airport May 17, 2021

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It was not a bad day weather wise on take off but things changed fast and for the worse. We are back in the year 2001 and this Faraz Qeshm Airlines Yak-40 was a short-haul trijet en route to Gorgan Airport from Tehran-Mehrabad Airport in Iran. That was the plan anyway. This day in Weather History.

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May 16, 2021 - There is a HOLE in The Ozone Layer!! May 16, 2021

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If we were to lose the Ozone layer of atmosphere we would be in big big trouble. Top of the list of concerns would be radiation from the sun would be able to reach earth directly. Sounds pretty horrifying and impossible right? We were on the verge of it and it wasn’t all that long ago. The alarm was sounded in the May 16th issue of NATURE Magazine, three scientists from the British Antarctic Survey announced that they had confirmed detection of what was indeed abnormally low levels of ozone over the South Pole….we were now in BIG trouble...this day in weather history.

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May 15, 2021 - The 1951 Hurricane Able May 15, 2021

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Hurricane Able was a rare hurricane that formed outside the typical North Atlantic hurricane season. We still had to get to June 1st and we were nowhere near that date on this day in weather history.

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May 14, 2021 - The VERY Late Southern Alberta Blizzard May 14, 2021

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With 5 weeks to go to the first official day of Summer, people had their snowmobiles put away and motorcycles out already. The had skis and snowboards already switched out for water skis and hiking gear. NOT SO FAST….there was ONE more punch to the face with snow and it hit this day in weather history.

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May 13, 2021 - Early 2014 Southern Ontario Tornadoes May 13, 2021

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This collision is called Springtime. Shoulder seasons of spring and fall have some of the most violent weather because of the dynamic gradient between patterns and their associated air masses. And this was felt full on in Southern Ontario this day in weather history.

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May 12, 2021 - Mayhem in Miami with a Mad-capped Twister May 12, 2021

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In 1997 people boarding cruise ships, or rollerblading or showing off their mid-life crisis convertible Cadillacs had to have been stunned when they saw a twister in the middle of the day in the middle of Miami...this day in weather history.

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