[1] When Weather Changed History premiered on January 6, 2008, with the first episode focusing on the space shuttle Challenger explosion.

The series premiered with record high ratings for its first season of 10 episodes.

In December 2010, The Weather Channel aired a week's worth of Viewer's Choice episodes at 8 p.m.

TWC launched a similar series, Weather That Changed the World, on June 9, 2013.

The show will cover three stories that had appeared on When Weather Changed History - the Challenger tragedy, the Hindenburg, and the Titanic.