November 25th, 1950 and this was the Canadian football championship game played between the Toronto Argonauts and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Grey Cup has been part of the Canadian pro football scene since as far back as 1909, when the trophy itself was donated by Governor General Earl Grey for the Canadian football championship.

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At the height of the windstorm, Toronto Hydro said approximately 10,000 customers were without power in the west and north end of the city.  While across the province, approximately 87,000 customers were in the dark, according to Hydro One.  In the province of Quebec, 53,600 Hydro-Quebec customers were without power.

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A monstrous 75 cm of snow fell in just one single event all over Happy Valley-Goose Bay.  And with that, they had officially accumulated more snow than most major Canadian cities would suffer in a full YEAR!!  

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Live from Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton Alberta, this first-time event featured two of Canada’s most legendary dynastic teams: the Edmonton Oilers vs the Montreal Canadiens...this day in weather history.  

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The fire was fast to start and even faster to spread.  It originated above several communities but when the winds oscillated due east, that then drove the fire downhill through developed areas. The town of Paradise would disappear.  In the end, the fire destroyed 85% of the town’s buildings.

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Snowfall rates of 2 to 4 inches (5-10cm)/hour  = an average of a foot to a foot and half of snow within this band leading up to daybreak Friday. A fatal collision and vehicle fire closed the northbound lanes of Highway 400, north of Highway 88 to Highway 89.

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Late in the afternoon on this day in weather history it was a typical highway story that starts a chain reaction of this kind….Trucks. Within minutes there was a long gridlocked  line of cars just sitting there, vulnerable to whatever happens next because they literally had nowhere to go. The traffic accident made it impossible for snow plows and emergency vehicles to get through. 

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The year was 1929 and The Dominion of Newfoundland was a country in eastern North America at the time.  It is today the modern Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, but that didn't come about until 1949 when it became the 10th and final province in the country. It went by a number of different names: The Grand Banks earthquake, the Laurentian Slope earthquake and the South Shore Disaster.  It hit right at dinner time for most, 5:02pm on November 18, this day in weather history. 

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Not only was the snowstorm historic in its own right but it also provided the shock and awe of lightning. Just in the Western NY event alone, S. Cheektowaga, was buried under 65" (165cm) of snow….that’s over 5 feet of snow!!!!

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The reach of Iota was massive; sea swells were witnessed as far north as Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, as far east as Jamaica and as far south as Colombia…..this day in weather History.

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