HEAT TOPS CENTURY lN COUNTRY 6 Dec 1950. Three days of fierce heat have scorched the Derwent Valley and meant a serious seasonal setback for producers. Hotter days were: Dec. 30, 1897, 105.2 deg. = 40.6 Celsius
HEAT TOPS CENTURY IN COUNTRY (1950, December 6). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 – 1954), p. 1. Retrieved December 21, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26743884?searchTerm=1900%20heat%20hot&searchLimits=#
MANY inland districts recorded shade temperatures of 100 degrees as Tasmania yesterday sweltered in one of the hottest spells recorded.
But the Hobart Weather Bureau predicts a cooler change today, as south to south-east winds develop in the South of the State and gradually extend North.
Hobart yesterday had its hottest day since 1945.
From 6 a.m. the shade temperature steadily rose to its maximum of 98.2 degrees at 12.50 p.m.
The temperature remained above 95 degrees until a little before 4 p.m., when a sea breeze reduced it to 77.7 degrees.
Yesterday was only the third occasion since observations were begun in 1882 on the present Hobart Weather Bureau site that the maximum temperature has exceeded 90 deg. during the first week in December.
The other occasions were: Dec. 1, 1908 (93 deg.) and Dec. 5, 1908 (92.1 deg.).
For this period of the year, therefore, yesterday’s maximum shade temperature was the highest ever recorded in Hobart.
Yesterday in Hobart was the sixth hottest day ever recorded, the Weather Bureau stated.
Hotter days were: Dec. 30, 1897, 105.2 deg.; Jan. 1, 1900, 105 deg.; Dec. 24, 1920, 102 deg.; Nov. 26, 1937, 98.3 deg.; Dec. 26, 1945, 100.7 deg.
Maximum shade temperatures recorded from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. yesterday, with the relative humidity percentages, were:
6 a.m., 69.9 deg. (61); 7 a,m., 72.1 (59), 8 a.m. 77.7 (57), 9 a,m. 84 (54), 10 a.m. 89.3 (32), 11 a.m. 94.3 (27), 11.30 a.m. 96.8 (21), noon 97 (19), 12.50 p.m. 98.2 (19), 2 p.m. 98 (l8), 3 p.m. 95.5 (16), 4 p.m. 77.7 (46).
Farms “Scorched”
Three days of fierce heat have scorched the Derwent Valley and meant a serious seasonal setback for producers.
Grasslands have shrivelled, crops have wilted, and fruit, particularly exposed small fruit, has been scorched on the bushes. Yesterday the temperature at New Norfolk was 102, the highest
since the big bushfire year of 1934.
At Boyer the thermometer was 103.