September 2023 – Real Climate Records

Sep 30

Hard Hard Country by Slim Dusty 1968. It’s the heat or the cold to extreme. In the winter the icy winds chill you. Or the cruel summer sun fiercely beams. For it’s a hard, hard country, it’s a hard, hard land., And to live in it you’ve got to be a hard, hard man.

It’s a hard, hard country, it’s a hard, hard land, And to live in it you’ve got to be a […]

Sep 30

Antarctica Getting Warmer. 24 Mar 1947 may be thawing towards a slow re-awakening of life. Long ago — perhaps 100 million years in the prehistoric past — the South pole regions flourished in warm and possibly even tropical weather.

Antarctica Getting Warmer (1947, March 24). Tweed Daily (Murwillumbah, NSW : 1914 – 1949), p. 3. Retrieved September 30, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/195082030?searchTerm=worlds%20temperature%20getting%20warmer&searchLimits=# […]

Sep 29

Britain is Getting Warmer 02 Jun 1949 Temperatures in the Arctic are also rising. The glaciers are retreating

Britain is Getting Warmer (1949, June 2). Bruce Rock-Corrigin Post, Narembeen-Kondinin Guardian (WA : 1948 – 1954), p. 10 (MODERN WEEKLY […]

Sep 28

IS THE EARTH GETTING WARMER? 25 jun 1950. Must start building dykes around Australia. It won’t be long now before, coastal cities such as Brisbane, Melbourne, and Adelaide are 150 feet under the water.

IS THE EARTH GETTING WARMER? (1950, June 25). Sunday Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1926 – 1954), p. 9. Retrieved September 28, […]

Sep 26

THE HEAT OF THE SEASON. 19 Jan 1878. 127deg F = 52.7 Celsius. COWRA, Tuesday.—The weather during the past week has been intensely hot and dry. The thermometer has ranged from 105° to 115° in the shade, and up to 152° in the sun. The Lachlan River has now almost stopped running. Rain is urgently wanted.

THE HEAT OF THE SEASON. (1878, January 19). Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser (Grafton, NSW : 1859 – […]

Sep 25

DROUGHT! 29 Aug 1902. I have, as an old resident, witnessed several severe cycles or periods of drought in the Western district

DROUGHT! (1902, August 29). Molong Argus (NSW : 1896 – 1921), p. 7. Retrieved September 25, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/144159762?searchTerm=federation%20drought&searchLimits=# [By Andrew Boss, […]

Sep 23

YARRAWONGA. 02 Feb 1878. The River Murray is so low at present that it can be waded through in several places to the opposite side by school boys. 123deg F = 50.5 Celsius

YARRAWONGA. (1878, February 2). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 – 1946), p. 25. Retrieved September 23, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/143308631?searchTerm=yarrawonga%20the%20month%20of%20january&searchLimits=# The month of January, 1878, will […]

Sep 22

THE HEAT WAVE. HIGHEST THERMOMETER OF THE SEASON. 24 Jan 1896. The heat here to-day was extreme, the thermometer registering 112 degrees in the middle of the afternoon. 112 deg F = 44.44 Celsius.

THE HEAT WAVE. (1896, January 24). The Bendigo Independent (Vic. : 1891 – 1918), p. 3. Retrieved September 22, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/181513181?searchTerm=the%20heat%20of%20the%20season&searchLimits=# […]

Sep 21

HEAT AND STORMS AT BOURKE. 24 Jan. 1896. Climate Crisis Deaths Reported. Bourke 125 deg F = 51.6 Celsius. In the adjoining colony of New South Wales the heat has been far worse than in Victoria.

HEAT AND STORMS AT BOURKE (1896, January 24). The Bendigo Independent (Vic. : 1891 – 1918), p. 3. Retrieved September 21, […]

Sep 20

THE HEAT WAVE. 31 Dec 1904. 122 deg F. in Goodoga = 50 Celsius. A strongly marked heat wave is now passing over the continent, and very high temperatures were recorded yesterday all through the interior.

THE HEAT WAVE. (1904, December 31). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1931), p. 9. Retrieved September 20, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5034711?searchTerm=the%20heat%20of%20the%20season&searchLimits=# […]