HEAT WAVES 14 Jan 1939. 114 deg F = 45.5556 Celsius. “With a reading of 114.1 degrees at 12.50 p.m. to-day’s temperature passed the all-time record of 112.5 established on Tuesday. Country temperatures at 9 a.m. were nearly all in the vicinity of 100 degrees.”

HEAT WAVES (1939, January 14). The Longreach Leader (Qld. : 1923 – 1954), p. 16. Retrieved July 24, 2024, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127311127?searchTerm=heat%20waves&searchLimits=# […]

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WORST HEAT IN HISTORY ROASTS SYDNEY 14 jan 1939. 116 deg.F = 46.6667C. “All records were swept aside in Sydney to-day by a scaring heat-wave from the west.”

WORST HEAT IN HISTORY ROASTS SYDNEY (1939, January 14). The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 – 1954), p. 1 (LAST RACE […]

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HEAT WAVE GROWS TO AWFUL CLIMAX. 14 Jan 1939. “62 Now Dead In Bush Fires TRAGEDIES MOUNT IN COUNTRY”

HEAT WAVE GROWS TO AWFUL CLIMAX (1939, January 14). The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 – 1954), p. 1 (LAST RACE […]

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Heat Waves Gas Rationing 21 Feb 1951

HEAT WAVES-AND NOW GAS RATIONING! (1951, February 21). Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 – 1954), p. 45. Retrieved July 13, […]

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Two Deaths Thu. Jan. 14 1932. “Charleville again experienced extreme heat to-day, the temperature reaching 120 deg.” 120deg. f. = 48.8 deg. Celsius

TWO DEATHS. (1932, January 14). The Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1930 – 1956), p. 33. Retrieved July8, 2024, from […]

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Crops Affected Jan 12 1932

CROPS AFFECTED. (1932, January 14). The Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1930 – 1956), p. 33. Retrieved July 6, 2024, […]

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Heat Apoplexy Mon 20 Jan 1908

HEAT APOPLEXY. (1908, January 20). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), p. 5. Retrieved July 2, 2024, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10675848/351244# […]

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