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The Groundhog Day gale was a severe winter storm that hit the Northeastern United States and Saint John experienced winds of Offshore New Brunswick, 12-m Saint John marks 30 years since Groundhog Gale Three decades ago, a fierce and unexpected storm known as the Groundhog Day Gale battered Saint John. CBC News · Posted: Feb 02, 2006 2:36 PM EST It’s described as one of the fiercest storms ever to strike the Maritimes and it struck Saint John 42 years ago today. It was on February 2, 1976 that what is known as the Groundhog Day Gale raged on the Port City with winds of over 180 kilometres an hour which created waves of 12 meters. The storm has been referred to as the Groundhog Day Gale. Southwestern New Brunswick: In the Grand Manan area, high seas destroyed at least five fishing vessels, weirs and thousands of lobster traps. At Black's Harbour, the high seas were responsible for flooding of wharves and buildings. Monday, February 2, 1976, started as a normal day for those living in Saint John, New Brunswick and areas in Maine. Then a severe winter storm hit, dubbed the Groundhog Day Gale. Blizzard conditions briefly encompassed the interior of the region. Coastal sections were hardest hit. Peak wind gusts reached at least 118 mph/190 km/h at Greenwood NS, 116 mph/187 km/h at Saint John NB, 115 mph/185 km/h at Bear Island ME, 101 mph/163 km/h at Yarmouth NS, and 98 mph/158 km/h at Chatham MA. Groundhog Day gale was a severe winter storm that hit the northeastern United States and southeas 5 things to know about the Groundhog Day storm. 1. It struck on Feb. 2, 1976. The storm packed winds of 160 km/h in southwestern N.S. In Grand Manan winds hit 202 km/h. 2. The fishing industry in southwestern Nova Scotia was heavily impacted, Boats were damaged or sunk. Wharfs were broken apart. And thousands of lobster traps went missing. 3. This Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring stories about people, communities and events and how weather impacted them.--Monday, February 2, 1976, started as a normal day for those living in Saint John, New Brunswick and areas in Maine. Then a severe winter storm hit, dubbed the Groundhog Day Groundhog Day Gale of 1976: “Monday was Groundhog Day, February 2, 1976. We started getting calls from other Coast Guard stations. especially St. John, New It’s described as one of the fiercest storms ever to strike the Maritimes and it struck Saint John 42 years ago today. It was on February 2, 1976 that what is known as the Groundhog Day Gale raged on the Port City with winds of over 180 kilometres an hour which created waves of 12 meters. Damage was estimated in the tens of millions of dollars. Offshore New Brunswick, 12-m (39 ft) waves with swells of 10 metres (33 ft) were reported in the high seas. The lighthouse at Fish Fluke Point was wrecked and subsequently abandoned. The aftermath of this storm was worsened by a severe cold snap that followed the day after. Discover the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, entertaining gifs, inspiring stories, viral videos, and so much more from users like wildsoapbox. Three Saint John artists have collaborated to create a multimedia performance to mark the anniversary of the notorious 1976 Groundhog Day Gale, a storm that caused coastal flooding and brought with it winds exceeding 180 km/h that knocked out power to much of the region. After the fire at the Thistle-St. Andrew's Curling Club, it once again suffered damage during the Groundhog Day gale of 1976, which knocked out the club's back wall. (Submitted by Les Graham) And while the Groundhog Day storm wasn’t a hurricane – the Atlantic hurricane season is June 1 to Dec. 1 – Robichaud notes that winter storms can be just as powerful. “It’s not that unusual to get hurricane-force winds from a winter storm,” says Robichaud. “This Groundhog Day storm was kind of an extreme example of that.” We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Its nearly impossible for any Feb. 2 Groundhog Day to roll around in southwestern Nova Scotia without people thinking back to the Groundhog Day storm of 1976. On a day when the weather forecast was for warm temperatures and 30 mph winds, the region got walloped by strong winds, storm surges and power outages that went on for days. Very early in the year 1974, Saint John suffered a tragic-----and extremely unusual-----accident. I'm writing from memory, and it was a long time ago, but I'll try to be as accurate as that imperfect memory allows. Late in the evening of January 4, 1974, a transport truck driver inadvertently backed his rig into a gas pump, spilling gasoline on the ground. There was also fuel stored After a light was placed on Ingalls Head Breakwater, Grand Harbour Lighthouse was discontinued on August 1, 1963. A powerful storm on February 2, 1976, known as the Groundhog Day Gale, just happened to coincide with abnormally high tides caused by the Saros cycle.
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