heat – Page 14 – Real Climate Records

Sep 18

OCTOBER HEAT. 09 Oct. 1936. 110 deg F at Walgett = 43.3 Celsius.

OCTOBER HEAT (1936, October 9). Singleton Argus (NSW : 1880 – 1954), p. 1. Retrieved September 18, 2024, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/81894608?searchTerm=october%20heat# The […]

Aug 28

WHOLE NATION SWELTERS. 29 Jan 1932. Heat Waves Stubborn Things No sufferer from recent and present heat conditions need think he has the discomfort entirely to himself, for the State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares,told “The Land” on Thursday that the whole of Australia was in the same boat.

WHOLE NATION SWELTERS (1932, January 29). The Land (Sydney, NSW : 1911 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved August 28, 2024, from […]

Aug 28

HEAT WAVES AT BOURKE. 6 Feb 1906. 120 deg F = 48.8 Degrees Celsius. Comparatively few deaths have been recorded this summer as the direct result of the abnormal heat — sad though those few have been — goes to prove that present conditions have not been so severe as those of the former period.

HEAT WAVES AT BOURKE. (1906, February 6). The Riverine Grazier (Hay, NSW : 1873 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved August 28, […]

Aug 28

HEAT WAVES IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT 29 Jan 1896. The object is to assist such of the residents of Bourke and other districts as do not posses sufficient means to avail themselves of a change of climate in cases where such a change is considered necessary by the medical officer.

HEAT WAVES IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT. (1896, January 29). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 7. Retrieved […]

Aug 27

GREAT HEAT WAVES 1906, August 11. Great waves of heat have been felt in Lancashire.

GREAT HEAT WAVES (1906, August 11). Singleton Argus (NSW : 1880 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved August 27, 2024, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/79595727?searchTerm=heat%20waves&searchLimits=# […]

Aug 17

Heat Wave On Fringe Of Antarctica. 12 Jan 1956. According to the staff aerologist, the weather lately had been abnormally warm because a wedge of warm air from New Zealand had crashed through the usually impenetrable wall of westerlies guarding the Antarctic

Heat Wave On Fringe Of Antarctica (1956, January 12). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995), p. 2. Retrieved August […]

Aug 14

FIRST MEN AT THE SOUTH POLE. 01 Mar. 1956 Areas free of snow and ice. Volcanoes.

FIRST MEN AT THE SOUTH POLE (1956, March 1). The Beverley Times (WA : 1905 – 1977), p. 8 (Supplement […]

Aug 06

GETTING WARMER. 24 Jan 1940. 136.4 deg F = 58 degrees Celsius.”World-wide monthly records for 23 years, show all but four considerably warmer than normal. Two of these were at normal, and two were colder than the average. These records have been completed only up to 1932.”

GETTING WARMER. (1940, January 24). The Macleay Chronicle (Kempsey, NSW : 1899 – 1952), p. 8. Retrieved August6, 2024, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/173125827?searchTerm=worlds%20temperature%20getting%20warmer&searchLimits=# […]

Jul 30

Heat Apoplexy Mon 20 Jan 1908

HEAT APOPLEXY. (1908, January 20). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), p. 5. Retrieved July 30, 2024, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10675848/351244# […]

Jul 27

Hottest Places in World. 09 Feb 1953. The record for a heat wave is held by Marble Bar, in the north-west of Western Australia. For 162 consecutive days —from October 30, 1923, till April 7, 1924 — the mercury soared over the century.

Hottest Places in World (1953, February 9). The North Western Courier (Narrabri, NSW : 1913 – 1955), p. 2. Retrieved July […]