July 2024 – Real Climate Records

Jul 31

Koalas Face Extinction SHORTAGE OF FOOD ON PHILLIP ISLAND. 15 April 1950

Koalas Face Extinction (1950, April 15). Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved July 31, 2024, from […]

Jul 31

Earth Declared Safe From Glaciers. Part 2. 17 Jan 1925. Present indications show that the earth is losing ice rather than accumulating it.

Polar Areas Once Torrid A STUDY of the fossil beds of the rock formations of the polar regions discloses the […]

Jul 30

Heat Apoplexy Mon 20 Jan 1908

HEAT APOPLEXY. (1908, January 20). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), p. 5. Retrieved July 30, 2024, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10675848/351244# […]

Jul 29

Shock Of Drought 14 Nov. 1944. My inspection of the drought stricken areas filled me with alarm and distress.

“Shock Of Drought” May Awaken Australia To Need For Action (1944, November 14). Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1915 – 1954), […]

Jul 28

Earth Declared Safe From Glaciers. Part 2. 17 Jan 1925. Present indications show that the earth is losing ice rather than accumulating it.

Polar Areas Once Torrid A STUDY of the fossil beds of the rock formations of the polar regions discloses the […]

Jul 27

Hottest Places in World. 09 Feb 1953. The record for a heat wave is held by Marble Bar, in the north-west of Western Australia. For 162 consecutive days —from October 30, 1923, till April 7, 1924 — the mercury soared over the century.

Hottest Places in World (1953, February 9). The North Western Courier (Narrabri, NSW : 1913 – 1955), p. 2. Retrieved July […]

Jul 24

HEAT WAVES 14 Jan 1939. 114 deg F = 45.5556 Celsius. “With a reading of 114.1 degrees at 12.50 p.m. to-day’s temperature passed the all-time record of 112.5 established on Tuesday. Country temperatures at 9 a.m. were nearly all in the vicinity of 100 degrees.”

HEAT WAVES (1939, January 14). The Longreach Leader (Qld. : 1923 – 1954), p. 16. Retrieved July 24, 2024, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127311127?searchTerm=heat%20waves&searchLimits=# […]

Jul 22

WORST HEAT IN HISTORY ROASTS SYDNEY 14 jan 1939. 116 deg.F = 46.6667C. “All records were swept aside in Sydney to-day by a scaring heat-wave from the west.”

WORST HEAT IN HISTORY ROASTS SYDNEY (1939, January 14). The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 – 1954), p. 1 (LAST RACE […]

Jul 20

WORST IN HISTORY BUSHFIRES DEATH ROLL 21. 14 Jan 1939. “The charred bodies of 19 more bushfire victims were found yesterday bringing the death toll to 21 in the most disastrous fires in Victoria within living memory.”

WORST IN HISTORY (1939, January 14). The Longreach Leader (Qld. : 1923 – 1954), p. 16. Retrieved July 20, 2024, from […]

Jul 19

HEAT WAVE GROWS TO AWFUL CLIMAX. 14 Jan 1939. “62 Now Dead In Bush Fires TRAGEDIES MOUNT IN COUNTRY”

HEAT WAVE GROWS TO AWFUL CLIMAX (1939, January 14). The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 – 1954), p. 1 (LAST RACE […]