COOL CHANGE COMING Heat Wave is Not Exceptional. 03 April 1928. The record for April is 94 degrees, recorded on the 17th, in 1922 34.4 Celsius.
COOL CHANGE COMING (1928, April 3). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 – 1954), p. 1. Retrieved April 3, 2025, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243994957?searchTerm=april%20heat%20wave&searchLimits=#
COOL CHANGE COMING
Heat Wave is Not Exceptional
A cool change, coming from the west, should reach Melbourne some time tomorrow, said the Commonwealth Meteorologist (Mr Hunt) today.
He added that northerly winds were sweeping right down the eastern side of Australia from the Gulf of Carpenteria, and there was a prospect of fairly widespread rain in the next 48 hours.
Whether the fall would extend to Victoria, however, could not yet be determined. It was a dusty, unpleasant day in the city, but Mr Hunt said that this quality of warmth for April was not exceptional.
Mr Hunt doubtless felt very cool when he spoke. He was in cream trousers and working in shirt sleeves.
PREVIOUS RECORDS
Not for three years has there been three successive days in April with the temperature over 80, as has been the case this week.
On Sunday the maximum was 83.3, yesterday 83:9, and today It reached 84 at 2 p.m.
The record for April is 94 degrees, recorded on the 17th, in 1922, and the sixth In 1865.
The record April heat wave is held by 1922, when from the 14th to the 17th the temperature varied from 84 to 94.