VICTORIAN HEAT-WAVE. Record for March at Mildura. 11 March 1940. The highest recording n Melbourne was 102.5deg, and Victoria’s hottest town was Mildura, which established an all-time March record of 109deg. 42.7 Celsius.

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VICTORIAN HEAT-WAVE. Record for March at Mildura. 11 March 1940. The highest recording n Melbourne was 102.5deg, and Victoria’s hottest town was Mildura, which established an all-time March record of 109deg. 42.7 Celsius.

VICTORIAN HEAT-WAVE. (1940, March 11). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 – 1954), p. 12. Retrieved March 16, 2025, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/46361598?searchTerm=march%20heat%20wave&searchLimits=#

MELBOURNE. March 10. -With phenomenal weather conditions over almost the whole of southern Australia, Victoria simmered today in temperature exceeding 100deg.

Wilson’s Promontory, with a maximum temperature of only 65deg., was the only part of Victoria today where the maximum was below the century.

The highest recording n Melbourne was 102.5deg. and Victoria’s hottest town was Mildura, which established an all-time March record of 109deg.

There is no change within sight and State-wide bushfire warnings were issued tonight by the Weather Bureau.

Many fires were reported today and, if conditions continue, there may, with a hot northerly wind, be serious danger tomorrow in several areas.