Today we will look at what got this massive storm to where it made the record books and there is actually a lot going on with this one so be ready for twists and turns and a shocking event that set a record that may never be broken. Let’s light it up now, on This Day in Weather History.

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On October 17, 1989, the Bay Area Series featuring the East Bay Oakland Athletics and West Bay San Francisco Giants, was scheduled to start Game 3 at 2:30 p.m. Pacific at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park on the shores of the Bay…...that did not happen this day in weather history.

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How often can you say “The Hurricane That Hit Toronto”?  It simply does not happen...so other factors had to have been at play on October 16th, 1954 when Hurricane Hazel put a royal beat down on the biggest city in Canada this day in weather history.

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Playing conditions for the 1925 World Series between the Pirates and the Senator were challenging. Games had twice been postponed due to poor weather.  Then the deciding, winner-take-all Game 7 got played in what was described as "probably the worst conditions ever for a World Series game.”...this Day in Weather History.

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What happens when a month's worth of rain falls in just hours?  We will find out now because it happened this day in weather history.

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