ABNORMAL HEAT. 31 Oct 1922….100.6 deg F = 38 Celsius
ABNORMAL HEAT. (1922, October 31). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 – 1954), p. 7. Retrieved October 23, 2019, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23878351?searchTerm=october%20heat&searchLimits=#
Record for October.
The weather is a well worn topic of conversation, but it justified its use as a subject for discussion yesterday, when unusually high temperatures prevailed in the city and suburbs.
Early in the morning a warm day was anticipated, and by noon typical summer weather was experienced. The maximum temperature was reached at 3 p.m., when the thermometer registered 98.6deg. in Perth, a temperature 1.6deg. in advance of the previous record for October. The temperature fell very slowly during the afternoon, and at 5 p.m. was at 95deg.
The heat wave prevailed all along the coastal districts, and 104deg. was registered at Geraldton. and 93deg. at Bunbury.
A search of the records of the previous 36 years revealed that only on five occasions, during late October and early November, had a temperature of 96deg. been exceeded, and a registration of 100.6 deg. on November 6, 1918, was the one higher register for that season of the year.