EXCESSIVE HEAT IN MELBOURNE. MELBOURNE, January 23 1896. The highest record was in January. 1862, when the shade temperature reached 111.2deg.; in 1876 110.7deg. was reached, and 110.5deg. in the summer of 1882. 43.7 Celsius.
EXCESSIVE HEAT IN MELBOURNE. (1896, February 1). The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 – 1939), p. 232. Retrieved February 6, 2021, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20444746#
The weather is intensely hot.
The thermometer at the Observatory registered 108deg. in the shade to-day. Only three times during the many years the heat records have been kept at the Observatory has the temperature to-day been exceeded.
The highest record was in January. 1862, when the shade temperature reached 111.2deg.; in 1876 110.7deg. was reached, and 110.5deg. in the summer of 1882.
The excessive heat is largely due to fiery north-west winds, which set in at an early hour in the
morning, and continued to blow until 5 in the evening, when a cooler wind came suddenly up from the south, reducing the thermometer to the extent of 20deg. within half as many minutes.
This was succeeded by thunder and cooling showers.
A couple of hours later a heavy downpour set in, making the night delightfully cool. Telegrams
from the country districts show heat generally throughout the colony. In several places the shade temperature reached 110deg., and in others it was much higher, Mildura being the highest with 120deg.