adelaide – Page 11 – Real Climate Records

Feb 05

HEAT WAVES. January, 1858, when for eight days the temperature ranged from 107.1 deg. to 116.3 deg. = 46.8 Celsius.

TOPICS OF THE DAY. (1907, February 28). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1931), p. 6. Retrieved February 5, […]

Jan 06

EXTREME HEAT. 6 Jan 1906. 113 deg F = 45 Celsius. ADELAIDE, Friday. To-day was the fourth consecutive day that the temperature has exceeded 100 degrees.

EXTREME HEAT. (1906, January 6). Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 – 1954), p. 8 (DAILY.). Retrieved January 6, 2022, from […]

Jan 01

HEAT WAVE IN SOUTHERN STATES 01 Jan 1942. The maximum temperature was over 104 degrees. The following day it reached 105.6 deg., and stayed over the century mark for eight hours. In Adelaide on Christmas Day the maximum rose to 108.2 deg. = 42.3 Celsius.

HEAT WAVES IN SOUTHERN STATES (1942, January 1). Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941 – 1946), p. 2. Retrieved January […]

Dec 21

HEAT IN ADELAIDE. 20 Dec 1905. Between 1 and 2 o’clock in the afternoon the shade reading was 103deg. = 39.4 Celsius

HEAT IN ADELAIDE. (1905, December 20). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 – 1954), p. 7. Retrieved December 21, […]

Dec 15

Tomatoes Scarce DISEASE AND HEAT RESPONSIBLE. 15 Dec 1941. High temperatures have caused the tomatoes to ‘boil’ and plants are yielding poor quality yellow fruit.

NSW : 1908; 1941 – 1954), 15 December, p. 2. , viewed 15 Dec 2021, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/141748721?searchTerm=Record%20Heat%20december# ADELAIDE. December 14. Disease […]

Nov 22

Expert Believes Our Weather Is Changing 19 Apr 1954. Australian summers, Mr. Deacon says, are becoming wetter and somewhat cooler, and the winters drier than they were around about the turn of the century.

Expert Believes Our Weather Is Changing (1954, April 19). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 2. […]

Nov 08

Forgotten: Historic hot temperatures recorded with detail and care in Adelaide

https://joannenova.com.au/2014/01/forgotten-historic-hot-temperatures-recorded-with-detail-and-care-in-adelaide/ What I found most interesting about this was the skill, dedication and length of meteorological data taken in the […]

Oct 30

OCTOBER HEAT. All Records Beaten. 23 Oct 1922. 105 deg F = 40.55 Celsius. Never before in the meteorological history of the State— and that goes back for 65 years— has there been so hot a day in the month of October as was experienced on Saturday.

OCTOBER HEAT. (1922, October 23). The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 – 1929), p. 6. Retrieved October 30, 2021, from […]

Oct 25

PHEW!! RECORD OCTOBER HEAT 31 Oct 1921. 97 deg F = 36 Celsius

PHEW!! (1921, October 31). Daily Herald (Adelaide, SA : 1910 – 1924), p. 4. Retrieved October 25, 2021, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/106631729?searchTerm=october%20heat&searchLimits=# […]

Oct 21

OCTOBER HEAT. A Record Established 31 Oct 1919. 105 deg F = 40.5 Celsius. At a number of stations the temperature exceeded the century, with a maximum of 105 deg. at Port Augusta.

OCTOBER HEAT. (1919, October 31). The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 – 1929), p. 7. Retrieved October 21, 2021, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/62394118?searchTerm=october%20heat&searchLimits=# […]