OCTOBER HEAT. 09 Oct. 1936. 110 deg F at Walgett = 43.3 Celsius.
OCTOBER HEAT (1936, October 9). Singleton Argus (NSW : 1880 – 1954), p. 1. Retrieved September 14, 2021, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/81894608?searchTerm=october%20heat#
The weather in Sydney yesterday was the hottest for October in eight years. The highest temperature was 96.7 degrees, registered at 1.55 p.m.
The maximum on October 7, 1928, was
98 degrees.
The highest temperature for October in 98 years in which records have been kept was 99.7 degrees on October 19, 1928.
In the 98 years there have been 61 October days when temperatures of 90 degrees and over have been recorded.
Hot conditions were also experienced in country centres yesterday, the maximum temperature at Bourke being 103 degrees, and 110 at Walgett. At Coonabarabran, where the maximum temperature was 92 degrees, dust storms were experienced