🌪️ DEADLIEST TORNADO IN US HISTORY
March 18, 1925 — The Tri-State Tornado tears across the Midwest, carving a path of destruction through Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. Nearly 700 lives lost as the monstrous funnel, over a mile wide, lifts farmhouses into […]

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The Great Blizzard of 1888 buries New York City in massive snow drifts

❄️ THE GREAT BLIZZARD OF 1888

March 11, 1888 — One of the most devastating snowstorms in American history strikes the Northeast. Massive snow drifts bury brownstone buildings up to second-story windows while New Yorkers struggle through chest-deep snow on […]

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What a difference today, February 7, 2026, in the low 60s in Arkansas compared to 1895. Wonder what it was like in February 2026 BC in the state of Arkansas. Or even your area?

#WeatherHistory #weather

#OTD Feb. 3, 1947: Snag, Yukon hit –63°C (–81.4°F) — the coldest temperature ever recorded in North America. The extreme cold made breath freeze into powder, sound carry for miles, and ice fog hang in the air. (It's -16°C in Snag today.) ❄️ #Yukon #WeatherHistory 🥶 #winter #CanadasHistory #OnThisDay

The Year with No Summer was a Brutal Shock for Half the World in 1816 - History Collection A strange thing happened to the northern hemisphere in the summer months of 1816, the first full year of peace in Europe since the outbreak of the French Revolution almost thirty years earlier. Summer...

With all the cold weather affecting the US this winter, here's some history what people went though in 1816, world wide. Many believed it was the end of the world.

#weather #history #WeatherHistory #ClimateChange

historycollection.com/the-year-wit...

Before the Miami Hurricanes were a football team, they were a weather story.
In 1926, a devastating hurricane delayed the opening of the University of Miami and shaped an identity that still defines the program today.

#MiamiHurricanes #CollegeFootball #WeatherHistory

Remember this? Scientists in 1970 predicted a new ice age by 21st century. Always research Earth's weather history before getting too alarmed.

#Weather #ClimateChange #WeatherHistory

#IndianaHistory: 110 years ago today (1916). ❄️

An Arctic front slammed Indy, dropping the temp from 68°F to 10°F in 24 hours. The next day hit -1°F!

Stay warm out there—at least we aren't dealing with a 69-degree drop today! 🧥⛄️

#INwx #WeatherHistory #HoosierArchivist #1910s

Coldest Januarys in Rhode Island since 1895 - What's Up Newp Stacker compiled a ranking of the coldest Januarys in Rhode Island since 1895 using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information. Rankings are based on the lowest average temperature i...

Stacker ranked Rhode Island’s coldest Januarys since 1895 using NOAA data, based on lowest average monthly temperatures. The coldest on record was January 1918.

#WeatherHistory #RhodeIsland #ColdestInRhodeIsland

whatsupnewp.com/2026/01/cold...

#OnThisDay in 1977: The "Big Freeze" hit Indiana. Temps dropped to record lows, sparking a month of brutal winter before the '78 Blizzard even arrived. ❄️

Who remembers their pipes freezing or the car not starting that morning? 🧤

#IndianaHistory #WeatherHistory #1970s

womeninworldhistory
Long before recognition followed, lives were already being protected by calculations that bore her mind, if not her name.
#WomenInScience #HiddenFigures #WeatherHistory #HurricaneScience #STEMPioneers

NOAA surface weather map of the CONUS on 01/04/2018 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/ncep-charts/access/2018/01/04/ -> https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/ncep-charts/access/2018/01/04/PYAA20_2018010420.gif

For some reason in February 2024 NESDIS NCEI began archiving less NWS NCEP OPC charts which is super annoying

Plus they don’t archive the colored high quality ones smh

www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/ncep-ch...

Below is a chart from 2018 that NCEI didn’t archive any of in 2024 or 2025.

#weatherhistory

#weathersky
#weatherhistory
#archive
#climatesky
#climatescience
#forecastmap
#satellite
#meteorology
#oceanography

On October 15, 1920, a catastrophic cyclone struck Belgium, killing around 450 people and causing massive flooding, marking it as one of the nation's deadliest storms. #RandomFact #DailyFact #BelgiumHistory #NaturalDisasters #WeatherHistory

If you're looking for a great #weatherhistory book as we look back on the anniversary of #HurricaneKatrina, I cannot recommend enough this great work by Erik Larson, #IsaacsStorm regarding the #1900Hurricane or the #GalvestonHurricane, landfall anniversary on 9/8. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/239186.Isaac_s_Storm

If you're looking for a great #weatherhistory book as we look back on the anniversary of #HurricaneKatrina, I cannot recommend enough this great work by Erik Larson, #IsaacsStorm regarding the #1900Hurricane or the #GalvestonHurricane, landfall anniversary on 9/8.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

DID YOU KNOW?

In the 1860s, the first public daily forecasts came by telegraph — based on barometers & cloud notes from far away.

Hit-or-miss, but it started modern forecasting.

🌤️ #Brewminate #WeatherHistory #ForecastOrigins

Ancient Weather Forecasting History Explore how ancient civilizations predicted weather, from Babylonian omens to Aristotle’s enduring meteorology.

Think weather forecasting started with computers?

Think again.

Ancient humans read the skies via goats, wind, and cloud lore — and laid the groundwork for science today.

#Brewminate #WeatherHistory

Renaissance Weather Instruments and Their Pioneers How Cusa, Galileo, and Torricelli shaped 15th–17th-century weather forecasting with key inventions.

When clouds, birds, and shadows read like headlines—Renaissance weather forecasting was all about observing, interpreting, and predicting, one sign at a time.

#Brewminate #WeatherHistory

Robert FitzRoy: Pioneer of Public Weather Forecasts Discover how Robert FitzRoy transformed meteorology into a public science with the first daily forecasts.

Victorian Britain didn’t just get weather forecasts—they were invented.

FitzRoy used telegraphs to give daily weather to the masses. ⛈📡

#Brewminate #WeatherHistory

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⛅ In 1887, the U.S. issued its first official weather forecast — just 24 hours long! We've come a long way since “fair” or “stormy”! 📜🌤️

#WeatherHistory #CoastTV #TidalHealth #ForecastFun

#WeatherHistory #ScienceFacts
Big news! 🌦️ The world's first weather forecast was published on August 1, 1861, by Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy in *The Times*! Using telegraph data, FitzRoy predicted storms to save lives at sea. Talk about a game-changer!

☔️ Tulsa’s biggest downpour on record?
📅 July 27, 1963
📏 7.54 inches in one day
That’s one soggy summer memory!
#WeatherHistory #TulsaRainfall #Meteorologist #WomenInSTEM #MeteorologistLife #MeteorologistMom #TulsaMeteorologist #TulsaLife #STEMInfluencer #TulsaInfluencer #ContentCreatorTulsa

6 years ago, Cape Cod had a tornado outbreak. 3 tornadoes in 20 minutes. What was the total number of tornadoes on record beforehand? 3. All three twisters were EF-1 & left over 50k without power.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/23/m...

#mawx #capecod #weatherhistory #newengland @bostonglobe.com

"On this date in 2019, a calendar-day record 3.44 inches of rain fell, most of it in one hour. Some parts of the D.C. area saw up to 4 inches in an hour." via @capitalweather.bsky.social
#weatherhistory

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Today, we run ensemble simulations across supercomputers, parse satellite data in real time, and forecast chaos with stunning accuracy.

But it has as a backdrop:
• A storm no one saw coming
• A lake full of wreckage
• A slide-rule

#WhiteHurricane #WeatherHistory

The Scar on the Earth: Remembering the Jarrell Tornado There are storms that damage, and there are storms that destroy. And then there was Jarrell.

Decades after the Jarrell tornado scoured the earth, its legacy is a solemn reminder of nature's power and a testament to a community that had to rebuild from nothing. #CommunityResilience #WeatherHistory

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Oh yeah, LaGuardia hit 101°F today 8 years ago! #weatherhistory

www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/searc...

Didn't have time to post this on the anniversary date yesterday, so getting to it today. June 8, 1966 was _the_ tornado for #TopekaKansas, and if my mom had not made it across the tornado's path within minutes of going through downtown, I wouldn't be here to tell you about the tale. A few years ago, had the opportunity to interview her about that night and the time that followed. Great bit of #weatherhistory and #familyhistory. #WeatherOrWhatever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JcSUvNLmI0&t=5s

#WeatherHistory: June 8, 1966 was _the_ tornado for #TopekaKansas, my mom had to go across the storm's path within minutes to reach home and safety.

A few years ago, had the opportunity to interview her about that night and the time that followed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JcS...