HEAT WAVE IN SYDNEY. 09 Mar 1915. “Yesterday was even hotter than Sunday, the official Sydney thermometer reading being 100.7 degrees.”
HEAT WAVE IN SYDNEY. (1915, March 9). The Farmer and Settler (Sydney, NSW : 1906 – 1955), p. 4. Retrieved March 27, 2020, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/116685193?searchTerm=march%20heat%20wave&searchLimits=#
Sunday last was the second very hot day in the metropolitan area, N.S.W., so far in the present month.
On the previous Monday 98.8 degrees was registered, which reading almost constituted a
record for the month of March, being exceeded only once. in 56 years— 102.6 was attained on March 3, 1809.
In most of the country districts the same unusual heat was also experienced, and there was a similar record for yesterday.
Yesterday was even hotter than Sunday, the official Sydney thermometer reading being 100.7 degrees.
Among the inland temperatures, the highest registrations for Sunday were:— White Cliffs and
Jerry’s Plain 106 deg. Bourke 105; Brewarrina. Coonamble, 103; Mungindi, Moree, Trangie, and Maitland, 101.
The readings for yesterday were not available at time of writing.