100 Biggest Weather Moments

100 Biggest Weather Moments
100 Biggest Weather Moments' title screen
Starring	Host: Harry Connick, Jr. Other: Various celebrity commentaries, The Weather Channel's on-air meteorologists
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	5
Production
Running time	approx. 1 hour per episode
Original release
Network	The Weather Channel
Release	April 15 (2007-04-15) – April 19, 2007 (2007-04-19)

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. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

A second version of Top 100 Weather Moments premiered on June 14, 2020 with five episodes running through July 12, 2020. ^{[3] [4]}

Episode details

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

Weather moments

Episode #1

100. The Snow Plow Game ^[5]

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. ^[2]

See also

• Top 100 Weather Moments

References

1. The Weather Channel Unveils Number One Weather Moment: Global Warming Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine , Business Wire, April 19, 2007
2. "Big 'Moments' In Forecast". broadcastnewsroom.com. The Associated Press. April 9, 2007. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved April 21, 2007.
3. "Top 100 Weather Moments premiering Sunday".
4. "Episode List: Top 100 Weather Moments". TV Tango. Archived from the original on September 19, 2022.
5. 100 Biggest Weather Moments Archived 2007-04-20 at the Wayback Machine , The Weather Channel

External links

• 100 Biggest Weather Moments