We focus a lot on a turning point in humankind; World War 1. WW1, also known as ‘The Great War’, was not only terrible in terms of loss of life but the weather conditions which the combatants faced. Just like yesterday’s episode from 1913, this story also features circumstances that were made so much worse because of the lack of communication. You see, the weather was, at times, as hard and deadly as the battles themselves. But in 1914, no one knew what the extent of it would be.  We picked it up today, this day in weather history.

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We are looking at the most powerful and menacing of Winter weather BLIZZARD….but not any normal blizzard...this one took the power of a hurricane and blended it with the knockout blow that is snow, cold and whiteout conditions. It was The Great Lakes Storm of 1913….that started on November 7th of that year….this day in weather history.

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On This Day in Weather History, on November 6th, 2016, the area between Ladispoli and Cesano, central Italy was hit by a strong, rapidly moving long-tracked F3 tornado.

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On This Day in Weather History, on November 4, a tropical storm developed and was named Haiyan. But then it began a period of rapid intensification that blew it up to typhoon intensity on November 5.

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On This Day in Weather History, on November 4th, 2001, one of the more unique weather occurrences coincided with one of the conclusions of one of the most intense seasons in baseball history.

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