On this Day in Weather History, a powerful blizzard paralyzed travel in parts of the American Plains, producing damaging winds in places that didn't even pick up any snow, but still caused whiteout conditions and set all-new records for low-pressure.

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Wind is normally what BC storms are known for and they are powerful and oftentimes lethal to people and property...like today for instance and what happened this day in weather history.

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It was a day when Earth stood still in horror watching the events of a massive earthquake that was followed by an even more devastating tsunami. One that put the whole of the planet on red alert. It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan, and the fourth most powerful earthquake in the world since modern record-keeping began way back in the year 1900….and it happened this day in weather history.

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Today we meet Mr. John Park Finley, he was curious, he was a pioneer and he was the first to truly study tornadoes. Then in 1884, he published his research in the journal Science. But as they say, every dog has its day and March 10, 1884, was his... this day in weather history.

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Weather on this planet is complex and always evolving. Stick around long enough and you can realize long-term trends or climate norms. But basically, the moment EARTH developed an atmosphere, the weather started and it will always remind us of who's boss here. But alas, On March 9, 1945... 300 American bombers dropped almost 2,000 tons of incendiaries on Tokyo, Japan….this day in weather history.

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