adelaide – Page 15 – Real Climate Records

Apr 30

Forgotten: Historic hot temperatures recorded with detail and care in Adelaide. This stuff needs to be brought up time and again to show the lack of interest by the media and politicians in past heat that is now hidden by BOM

http://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 […]

Apr 20

SUMMER IN AUTUMN. A COOL CHANGE EXPECTED APRIL HEAT WAVES. 15 April 1913 “The highest shade reading for April was experienced in I866, when on the 10th of the month 98 deg. was recorded.” 36.6 Celsius. No March or April heat waves found in Australia since 1950. Obviously due to unprecedented record temperatures.

SUMMER IN AUTUMN. (1913, April 15). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1931), p. 10. Retrieved April 19, 2020, […]

Apr 17

HEAT WAVE FORECAST FIRST IN APRIL FOR 20 YEARS. 03 April 1933. “The last spell of heat in April was in 1913, when there were three days of more than 90 degs.” 32.2 Celsius. No March or April heat waves found for Australia since 1950.

HEAT WAVE FORECAST (1933, April 3). News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 – 1954), p. 1. Retrieved April 16, 2020, from […]

Apr 12

HEAT WAVE IN THE WEST. EXTRAORDINARY APRIL WEATHER. 12 April 1910. “The temperature on Saturday was 101 deg.” 38 Celsius. Yesterday in Adelaide 14.7 C

HEAT WAVE IN THE WEST. (1910, April 12). Daily Herald (Adelaide, SA : 1910 – 1924), p. 5. Retrieved April […]

Apr 11

THE HEAT WAVE. 24 April 1919. “For eight successive days the highest shade thermometer readings in Adelaide has gone over 80 deg., so that perspiring citizens who naturally expect a little easing off in oppressive weather after the middle of April, may well be excused for talking about the heat wave.”

GENERAL NEWS. (1919, April 24). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1931), p. 6. Retrieved April 11, 2020, from […]

Apr 09

THE HEAT WAVE. 22 April 1902. “This is the longest spell of warm weather on record for so late in the month of April.”

THE HEAT WAVE. (1902, April 22). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1931), p. 4. Retrieved April 9, 2020, […]

Apr 07

HEAT WAVE IN ADELAIDE. ADELAIDE, April 5 1938. “Hot weather con tinued in Adelaide today, when a record for April heat established 72 years ago was broken, with a temperature reaching 98.6 degrees at 12.30 p.m.”

HEAT WAVE IN ADELAIDE. (1938, April 6). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 – 1954), p. 21. Retrieved April […]

Apr 05

A Heat Wave. Adelaide, April 18 1904.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA. (1904, April 13). The Evening Telegraph (Charters Towers, Qld. : 1901 – 1921), p. 2. Retrieved April 5, […]

Apr 01

AN APRIL HEAT WAVE. 08 April 1908. “Only once before in the history of the Observatory has this run been exceeded in April, and that was in 1865, when there were five days in succession on which the shade reading was over 90. From April 3 to April 7, 1865,”

AN APRIL HEAT WAVE. (1908, April 8). The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 – 1922), p. 2 (4 […]

Mar 20

S.A. TENNIS TITLES Finals in Heat Wave ADELAIDE, March 10 1934. “For the fourth day in succession the temperature passed the century mark.”

S.A. TENNIS TITLES (1934, March 10). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 – 1947), p. 4 (LAST RACE). Retrieved March […]