When Weather Changed History is a high-definition television series from The Weather Channel

The Weather Channel

The Weather Channel is a US cable and satellite television network since May 2, 1982, that broadcasts weather forecasts and weather-related news, along with entertainment programming related to weather 24 hours a day...

. It chronicles major events in history and the effect weather had on them.

Program History

When Weather Changed History launched on January 6, 2008 with the premiere episode focusing on the space shuttle Challenger explosion. The series premiered with record high ratings for its first season of 10 episodes. As a result, a second season consisting of 14 episodes was ordered. Season 2 premiered on October 5, 2008.

The last episode of When Weather Changed History premiered in February 2009. Currently reruns can be seen, however, the current fate of the program is unknown at this time. In December 2010

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, The Weather Channel aired a week's worth of Viewer's Choice episodes at 8 p.m. ET.

Season 1

Number	Episode Title
1	The Challenger Disaster (Aired January 6, 2008)
2	Battle of the Bulge Battle of the Bulge The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive , launched toward the end of World War II through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium, hence its French name , and France and...  (Aired January 13, 2008)
3	Air Florida Potomac Crash Air Florida Flight 90 Air Florida Flight 90 was a scheduled U.S. domestic passenger flight from Washington National Airport in Arlington County, Virginia, to Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with a stopover at Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Florida...  (Aired January 20, 2008)
4	Operation Eagle Claw Operation Eagle Claw Operation Eagle Claw was an American military operation ordered by President Jimmy Carter to attempt to put an end to the Iran hostage crisis by rescuing 52 Americans held captive at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran on 24 April 1980...  (Aired January 27, 2008)
5	Rescue from the South Pole Jerri Nielsen Dr. Jerri Lin Nielsen was an American physician with extensive ER experience, who in 1998 was hired to spend a year at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, as the station's only doctor....  (Aired February 10, 2008)
6	Dunkirk (Aired February 28, 2008)
7	Delta 191 Crash (Aired March 2, 2008)
8	The Great Mississippi Flood (Aired March 9, 2008)
9	Coast Guard Rescue (Aired March 16, 2008)
10	Race to Nome 1925 serum run to Nome During the 1925 serum run to Nome, also known as the "Great Race of Mercy," 20 mushers and about 150 sled dogs relayed diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. territory of Alaska in a record-breaking five and a half days, saving the small city of Nome and the surrounding communities from...  (Aired March 23, 2008)

Season 2

Number	Episode Title
11	Galveston Hurricane (Aired October 5, 2008)
12	The Great Chicago Fire Great Chicago Fire The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned from Sunday, October 8, to early Tuesday, October 10, 1871, killing hundreds and destroying about in Chicago, Illinois. Though the fire was one of the largest U.S...  (Aired October 12, 2008)
13	Titanic (Aired October 19, 2008)
14	Hindenburg Hindenburg disaster The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday, May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, which is located adjacent to the borough of Lakehurst, New Jersey...  (Aired October 26, 2008)
15	Killer Smog (Aired November 2, 2008)
16	Dust Bowl Dust Bowl The Dust Bowl, or the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands from 1930 to 1936...  (Aired November 30, 2008)
17	D-Day D-Day D-Day is a term often used in military parlance to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. "D-Day" often represents a variable, designating the day upon which some significant event will occur or has occurred; see Military designation of days and hours for similar...  (Aired December 7, 2008)
18	Drowning the Heartland (Iowa flood of 2008 Iowa flood of 2008 The Iowa flood of 2008 was a hydrological event involving most of the rivers in eastern Iowa beginning around June 8, 2008 and ending about July 1. Flooding continued on the Upper Mississippi River in the southeastern portion of the state for several more days... ) (Aired December 14, 2008)
19	Nagasaki (Aired January 4, 2009)
20	Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...  (Aired January 12, 2009)
21	Deadly Heat (Chicago, IL 1995) (Aired January 18, 2009)
22	Washington's Weather (Aired January 25, 2009)
24	Greentown (May 2007 tornado outbreak May 2007 Tornado Outbreak The May 2007 Tornado Outbreak was an extended tornado outbreak that started on May 4, 2007, affecting portions of the Central United States. The most destructive tornado in the outbreak occurred on the evening of May 4 in western Kansas, where about 95% of the city of Greensburg in Kiowa County was... ) (Aired February 22, 2009)
23	Super Outbreak Super Outbreak The Super Outbreak is the second largest tornado outbreak on record for a single 24-hour period, just behind the tornado outbreak of April 25–28, 2011...  (Aired February 25, 2009)

Viewing Schedule

All times are Eastern Time.

Wednesdays

• 9:00pm-10:00pm
• 12:00am-1:00am
• 3:00am-4:00am

Weekends

• 4:00am–4:30am (E/I
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External links

• When Weather Changed History On Weather.com