February 2025 – Real Climate Records

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, 2025, from […]

Feb 26

THE RECENT HEAT WAVE. 6th Feb 1896

THE RECENT HEAT WAVE. (1896, February 6). The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 – 1922), p. 2 (SECOND […]

Feb 25

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 25, 2025, […]

Feb 24

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 24, 2025, from […]

Feb 22

22nd Feb, 2004. Pentagon Tells Bush Climate Change Will Destroy Us In 20 Years

· Secret report warns of rioting and nuclear war · Britain will be ‘Siberian’ in less than 20 years · Threat to the […]

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 19

RISING TEMPERATURES, COOLER LATER. 19 Feb 1932. Cook recording a maximum of 103 degrees = 39.4 Celsius

RISING TEMPERATURES, COOLER LATER (1932, February 19). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 – 1954), p. 20. Retrieved February 19, 2025, […]

Feb 18

ACCOUNT OF THE MALDIVES. 17 Feb 1837. “the south-east side of an island in Phaidee Pholo Atoll is entirely gone, but is marked by a banyan tree in the water.”

ACCOUNT OF THE MALDIVES. (1837, February 17). The Hobart Town Courier (Tas. : 1827 – 1839), p. 4. Retrieved February 18, […]

Feb 18

Andean peak. Part 45 in In The Rest Of The World Is Warming Up Twice As Fast As The Rest Of The World.

https://www.science.org/content/article/global-warming-has-made-iconic-andean-peak-unrecognizable Similar stories are unfolding throughout the tropics. “The story of loss of glaciers is pretty common,” says Bryan Mark, […]

Feb 17

HEAVY RAIN Extreme North Coast BALLINA DELUGED. Feb 16 1938. The highest maximum temperatures were Collarenebri 104, Coonamble 104 = 40 Celsius

HEAVY RAIN (1938, February 16). The Maitland Daily Mercury (NSW : 1894 – 1939), p. 7. Retrieved February 17, 2025, from […]