This Day in Weather History

By The Weather Network

"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 sunn... more

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October 26, 2021 October 26 - The Story of OUR Bluenose Schooner
It was reported that the Bluenose struck a coral reef off the coast of Haiti. The crew were safe but the ship was so badly damaged that it would soon sink to the bottom of the Caribbean sea. No one has ever found any scrap of evidence of the wreckage. So just what was she doing there in the first place and secondly how could this have happened? Today we investigate this, on this day in weather history.

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October 25, 2021 October 25 - Hurricane Sandy Part 1 - "At Its Strongest"
Today is part ONE, when Sandy was at its peak intensity. We will pick this story up in 4 days when Sandy made its landfall on the mid Atlantic seaboard and unleashed a storm surge that residents of Long Island, Staten Island and the Jersey Shores will never ever forget. That's to be continued on October 29th...that day in weather history.
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October 24, 2021 October 24 - The Hottest World Series Game on Record
The "Fall Classic". Welcome back to October special on “World Series Weather” on This Day in Weather History. It was already a hot day that Tuesday afternoon. At 2:45pm, hours before the game started, and as the Dodgers took to batting practice the temperature read 104F (40C).
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October 23, 2021 October 23 - THE Strongest Hurricane on Record in the Western Hemisphere.
Hurricane Patricia made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph(over 240km/h) in Jalisco state of southwest Mexico on this day in weather history at 6:15 p.m. CDT. But then this monster underwent what is called an eye-wall replacement cycle. In the case of this storm, there was severe flooding in the mountainous terrain of southern Mexico and it went on to damage or destroy over 10,000 homes and about 100,000 acres of farmland.
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October 22, 2021 October 22 - The Never-Ending Nor'easter
Some of the greatest rainfalls over the four days were recorded at Grand Manan (162 mm), Yarmouth (109 mm) and Baccaro Point (137 mm). Peak winds were reported at Cape Sable Island, clocking in at 189 km/h.
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October 21, 2021 October 21 - World Series Snow - Florida vs. Cleveland
Spring training in Florida began with regularity back in 1913. The idea was that while snow covered the fields back where the parent clubs lived, Florida was perfect location to get together and play demonstration games to tune up for when spring arrived up north. That was the original plan anyway.
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October 20, 2021 October 20 - Cape Breton Crushing of 1974
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, 2021 October 19 - The Next Yankees Dynasty is Delayed by the Weather
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, 2021 October 18 - The 2005 Rage of Hurricane Wilma
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, 2021 October 17 - The 1989 !EARTHQUAKE! World Series
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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