title: 100 Biggest Weather Moments
text: # 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.
  
  