Unusually Cold This November. Nov 11 1947. Melbourne today — 44.8 deg. at 5.05 a.m. — was 6.5 deg. below normal. 44.8 deg F = 7.1 Celsius. About the same today.
1947 ‘Unusually Cold This November’, The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 – 1954), 11 November, p. 5. , viewed 09 Nov 2019, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243567142?searchTerm=november%20cold%20weather&searchLimits=#
Unusually Cold This November
The Weather Bureau agrees that it has been “July in November in Melbourne for the past
10 days.”
So far this November has been one of the chilliest in 20 years.
The lowest minimum temperature since November 1 (42.5 deg.) was only 0.5 deg. higher than the average minimums in the middle of July.
Two other night minimums were also below 45 deg and the three day maximum temperatures which were above, normal were only above average by a degree or two.
Cup Day was a suitable one for comparisons, said the Weather Bureau.
This year the maximum the lowest for the month, incidentally — was only 59.4 deg. compared with 93.2 deg. last year.
If the glass remained so low for the rest of the month (and, happily, It was unlikely) the average
temperature for November would be the lowest since 1887.
Minimum temperature in Melbourne today — 44.8 deg. at 5.05 a.m. — was 6.5 deg. below normal.
No rain fell in the city and the only falls reported in the State were very light showers on the
coast and in West Gippsland.
The Bureau said the first 10 days of the month also had been unusually wet.