February 2024 – Real Climate Records

Feb 28

Horses Drop in 117 Degrees of Heat ADELAIDE 20 Jan 1934. Birds were flying into the houses to escape the heat. 117 deg F = 47.2 Celsius.

Horses Drop in 117 Degrees of Heat (1934, January 20). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 – 1954), p. 7. […]

Feb 28

ANTARCTIC ICEBERGS. 14 Oct 1899. Revelation, massive icebergs calving off glasiers before global warming was invented. 200 ft. high with rocks on top. “Measurements in 1896 of a berg 600ft. high, which at first he mistook for an island.”

ANTARCTIC ICEBERGS. (1899, October 14). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 10. Retrieved February 28, 2024, from […]

Feb 28

ANTARCTIC COLDER THAN USUAL. 12 April 1934. Whales Leave For Warmer Climate.

ANTARCTIC COLDER THAN USUAL. (1934, April 12). Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 – 1954), p. 8. Retrieved February 28, 2024, from […]

Feb 27

ADELAIDE SHIVERS. RECORD COLD FEBRUARY DAY. ADELAIDE, February 27. 1939. “Never before has South Australia known a summer of such extremes.” January 117.7 deg F = 47.6 Celsius.

ADELAIDE SHIVERS. (1939, March 4). The Northern Herald (Cairns, Qld. : 1913 – 1939), p. 18. Retrieved February 27, 2024, from […]

Feb 26

HEAT CAUSES 14 DEATHS 124 Degrees At White Cliffs SYDNEY. Thursday. 12 Jan 1939. 124 deg F = 45.5 Celsius

HEAT CAUSES 14 DEATHS (1939, January 12). News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 – 1954), p. 7. Retrieved February 26, 2024, from […]

Feb 24

IS THE CLIMATE CHANGING? 23 Feb 1901. Our records of forty or fifty years, if gone through thoroughly, would show you that every variety of summer has been experienced—the long dry, hot summer, as well as the short cool summer, and the intermediates.

IS THE CLIMATE CHANGING? (1901, February 23). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 – 1946), p. 24. Retrieved February 24, 2024, […]

Feb 23

HEAT WAVE. High Temperatures. 23 FEB 1925. 112 DEC. AT COLLARENEBRI. = 44.4 Celsius

HEAT WAVE. (1925, February 23). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 10. Retrieved February 23, 2024, from […]

Feb 22

Horses Drop in 117 Degrees of Heat ADELAIDE 20 Jan 1934. Birds were flying into the houses to escape the heat. 117 deg F = 47.2 Celsius.

Horses Drop in 117 Degrees of Heat (1934, January 20). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 – 1954), p. 7. […]

Feb 21

Heat Waves Compared. 21 Feb 1914. 116deg.F = 46.6 Celsius. The BOM 2020 heat record was beaten 8 times in 1858 and 6 times in 1908.

HEAT WAVES COMPARED. (1914, February 21). Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 – 1954), p. 38. Retrieved February 21, 2024, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/88835222?searchTerm=heat%20waves&searchLimits=# […]

Feb 20

EXTREME TEMPERATURE. 105 DEGREES YESTERDAY. = 40.5 Celsius

EXTREME TEMPERATURE. (1935, February 15). Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 – 1954), p. 8. Retrieved February 20, 2024, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/41524375?searchTerm=extreme%20maximum%20temperatures# “BLOW” […]