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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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October 20 - Cape Breton Crushing of 1974 Oct 20, 2022

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One who was there for this storm was Mr. Ken MacDonald, a listener and fan of this podcast. He sent me this story from his perspective along with material from which to research further the details of what happened this day in weather history.

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October 19 - The Next Yankees Dynasty is Delayed by the Weather Oct 19, 2022

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Game 1 of the 1996 World Series between the Braves and Yankees was to be played at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York. That was the plan….but the weather was simply too much and the opener was postponed by a major storm system affecting the East Coast. It was only the third time in World Series history that a Game 1 had been postponed.

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October 18 - The 2005 Rage of Hurricane Wilma Oct 18, 2022

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It would be 15 years until another season would have a W-named storm – Tropical Storm Wilfred in 2020. Hurricane Wilma was the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, and was part of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, where 3 of the top ten most intense Atlantic hurricanes took place: including also #4 Rita and #7 Katrina.

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October 17 - The 1989 !EARTHQUAKE! World Series Oct 17, 2022

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During that pregame a powerful 7.1-magnitude quake centred in the Santa Cruz Mountains rocked the region from Santa Cruz to Oakland. After this, this world series was forever known by another moniker “The Earthquake Series”.

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October 16 - Hurricane Hazel Tears Through Toronto Oct 16, 2022

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On October 14, just before its first landfall on the Carolinas, Hazel’s wind speeds rocketed to 240 kilometres per hour (150 mph), and THAT qualified it to be upgraded to a Category 4 storm. By the time it reached Canada, it was an extratropical category 1. Malton Airport (now Lester B. Pearson International Airport), in the west end of the city reported 137 mm (5.4 in) of rain, with the totals increasing until past Brampton which had been in the crosshairs of over 200mm!

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October 15 - WORST Weather EVER for a World Series Game 7 Oct 15, 2022

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Games had twice been postponed due to poor weather. A routine pop fly that would normally be caught 999 out of 1,000 times, everyone watched the ball fly into the outfield and followed it until it too disappeared in the dark. Nobody knew what had happened until a fan’s loud voice was heard shrieking: “It’s a home run.”

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October 14 - WW2 Killer France Flash Floods Oct 14, 2022

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Several months' worth of rain fell in just a few hours through the overnight hours of October 14th, 2018, leaving roads severed in some areas.

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October 13 - The Fort Erie Freak Fall Storm Oct 13, 2022

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Starting as rain in the afternoon of Thursday October 12, as the day gave way to night it turned to a heavy wet snow. Then as temperatures dropped overnight and into the early hours of Friday The 13th rain started and eventually turned into a heavy, wet snow that fell for hours.

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October 12 - Yo! Ho! Blow the STATE Down! Oct 12, 2022

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This powerful Pacific Northwest windstorm beat down the West Coast of Canada and the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States on October 12, 1962, this day in weather history. To put this into perspective, the “Big Blow” is considered one of THE most powerful extratropical cyclones recorded in the U.S. in the 20th century; with respect to wind velocity.

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October 11 - “Vince” Rinses Spain with Heavy Rain Oct 11, 2022

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With Vince, this was the first time the english alphabet was extinguished of names in an Atlantic Hurricane season….that would not happen again until the bizarre and bonkers year 2020.

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