History books are full of tragic storms, but there are plenty of major global events that were silently shaped by the weather on those fateful days.

From the storm that wrecked the Spanish Armada and the fog that helped George Washington escape, to the dust storms that spurred migration and the clear skies that enabled JFK’s assassination, quirks ...

On June 3, 1944, her 21st birthday, Maureen Flavin's reading of the gauges in the combination weather station, post office and lighthouse in Blacksod, Ireland, told her that a westerly storm was ...