100 Biggest Weather Moments
# 100 Biggest Weather Moments

100 Biggest Weather Moments was a 2007 five-part miniseries on The Weather Channel, that premiered on Sunday, April 15, and aired nightly through Thursday, April 19, the biggest documentary effort in The Weather Channel's 25-year history.

The series was hosted by Harry Connick, Jr. and counted down the top weather-related events (mostly from the United States) with commentary from various celebrities. The collection of weather moments was the work of more than 120 meteorologists.

A second version of Top 100 Weather Moments premiered on June 14, 2020 with five episodes running through July 12, 2020.

## Episode details

| Ep. | Moment #s | Original Air Date | Ep. length |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 100–78 | April 15, 2007 | 1 hour |
| 2 | 77–56 | April 16, 2007 | 1 hour |
| 3 | 55–34 | April 17, 2007 | 1 hour |
| 4 | 33–13 | April 18, 2007 | 1 hour |
| 5 | 12–1 | April 19, 2007 | 1 hour |

## Weather moments

### Episode #1

    100. The Snow Plow Game
    99. Stradivarius violins
    98. 1993 Midwest Flooding
    97. Blowing in the wind
    96. Sunglasses
    95. The hygrometer
    94. Paris Wine Tasting
    93. Golfball dimples
    92. 1978 Blizzard
    91. Singular snowflakes
    90. Weather insurance
    89. Punxsutawney Phil
    88. Ice skates
    87. The Battle of Dunkirk
    86. Saffir–Simpson scale
    85. Catalytic converter
    84. Shackleton's Antarctic exploration
    83. Macintosh / Gore-Tex
    82. Iceberg sinks the Titanic
    81. Desert Storm
    80. Long Island Express
    79. Saving Dr. Nielsen
    78. The umbrella

### Episode #2

    77. Invention of the snowboard
    76. Rainy spring in Ireland
    75. Buddy Holly plane crash
    74. The Serum Run
    73. NYC Blackout 1977
    72. Personal Severe Weather Notification
    71. Joanne Simpson
    70. Solar Power
    69. 1979 Cotton Bowl Classic
    68. 1883 Eruption of Krakatoa / The Scream
    67. Weather Balloon Transforms History
    66. Fossett's Balloon Adventure
    65. European heat wave 2003
    64. Operation Eagle Claw
    63. Naming of hurricanes
    62. Hurricane Andrew
    61. Hollywood becomes film capitol
    60. The Anemometer
    59. Battle of the Bulge
    58. Eruption of Mt.Tambora
    57. Poor Richard's Almanack
    56. Perfect Storm

### Episode #3

    55. Wizard of Oz tornado
    54. First tornado forecast
    53. Domed stadiums / AstroTurf
    52. Silent Spring
    51. The Ice Bowl
    50. Sun's relationship to earth
    49. Battle of Long Island
    48. Labor Day Hurricane
    47. The Fujita scale
    46. World War II and the jet stream
    45. Peshtigo Fire
    44. Speed and the wind tunnel
    43. El Niño of the century
    42. Hitler's march on Moscow
    41. First cloud classification
    40. Johnstown Flood
    39. Hurricane Mitch
    38. Hurricane hunters
    37. Tree rings, ice cores and fossils
    36. Rossby waves
    35. The ozone hole
    34. First TV Weather

### Episode #4

    33. First Winter Olympics
    32. Antifreeze
    31. Storm chasers
    30. Tri-State Tornado, 1925
    29. Bob Beamon's Long Jump
    28. Windshield wiper
    27. The Challenger explosion
    26. 1993 Superstorm
    25. The Weather Channel
    24. Boston Massacre
    23. The barometer
    22. Creation of the EPA
    21. Allergy index
    20. Doppler radar
    19. Galveston Hurricane
    18. Microbursts
    17. Dust Bowl era
    16. Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock
    15. Bangladesh arises from disaster
    14. Live Aid
    13. The second atomic bomb

### Episode #5

    12. Franklin Flies a Kite
    11. UV Index
    10. 1974 Tornado Super Outbreak
    9. Flooding of 1927
    8. Invention of the thermometer
    7. Supercomputers
    6. Air conditioning
    5. Amazing Grace
    4. First weather satellite
    3. The D-Day invasion
    2. Hurricane Katrina
    1. Global warming

## Personalities include

* Harry Connick, Jr. (host)
* Garth Brooks
* Bill Cosby
* Bob Costas
* Laurie David
* Jennifer Garner
* Rudolph Giuliani
* Russel L. Honoré
* Danica Patrick
* Mo Rocca

## Promotion

Previews of the miniseries were shown at a virtual "weather island" created by The Weather Channel, in the virtual world Second Life. The Weather Channel wanted to test the effectiveness of advertising in online communities. According to AP, the station looked at it as an opportunity, and hoped that by getting in early, it could become an established leader in that environment.

The Weather Channel donated $75,000 to Musicians' Village, to date the biggest home-rebuilding project in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Connick and saxophonist Branford Marsalis came up with the idea for the village in 2005, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity. The Weather Channel also ran public service announcements about the Musicians' Village.

The TV Guide Channel, as part of its shows Watch This and 411, featured interviews with participants of the miniseries. The TV Guide had placements of The Weather Channel's logo, and the TV Guide website hosted 100 Biggest Weather Moments banner ads.

