RISING TEMPERATURES, COOLER LATER. 19 Feb 1932. Cook recording a maximum of 103 degrees = 39.4 Celsius
RISING TEMPERATURES, COOLER LATER (1932, February 19). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 – 1954), p. 20. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/46841280?searchTerm=extreme%20maximum%20temperatures#
The Divisional Meteorologist reported last night:—Except for some cloud in the extreme south-east, clear skies prevailed throughout South Australia today. Temperatures were chiefly cool to moderate over the settled areas, but hot in the western inland areas.
Cook recording a maximum of 103 degrees, and Kyancutta 93 degrees. At Adelaide, from a minimum of 55.7, the thermometer rose to a maximum of 81.4 deg.
Very little rain was registered in the Commonwealth during the 24 hours ended 9
WEATHER FORECAST
Fine, with rising temperatures, and east to north winds; but later cool southerlies advancing from the west.
a m. and, apart from some heavy falls on the north coast of Queensland, the gaugings were mostly light.
A weak anticyclone was centrally located over South Australia this morning, but falling barometers today indicate its easterly drift and the advance of a shallow depression noted this morning over Western Australia. The continued advance of the low should be marked by rising temperatures at first, and east to north winds, but later cool southerlies should set in over western districts, and extend eastward.