Hobart People Collapse in Record November Heat HOBART. November 27 1937. 98.3deg F = 36.8 Celsius. There are bush fires in several areas to-day

Hobart People Collapse in Record November Heat (1937, November 27). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 – 1947), p. 17 (LATE WEEK END FINAL ALL THE NEWS STUMP SCORES). Retrieved November 30, 2021, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/184116611?searchTerm=november%20heat%20record#

The temperature at Hobart this morning was normal.
The intense heat of yesterday afternoon. 98.3 degrees is the highest there has been for four years and was a record for the month of November.
A number of persons, mostly elderly, collapsed yesterday owing to the heat.
There are bush fires in several areas to-day but no damage has been reported.