National Weatherperson's Day is February 5. By coincidence, February 5 is a date that is particularly notable in the history of weather, from snow in San Francisco to the deadliest blizzard in history.
During the civil war, the manufacture of powder and explosives was often handled by the most vulnerable, young women and children, whose labor was needed when so many men had been sent off to war. On March 13, 1863, the confederacy experienced a munitions disaster, in the confederate capitol of Richmond.