heat – Page 33 – Real Climate Records

May 22

Hawkesbury Heat. 18 Jan 1896. Yesterday (Sunday) the shade temperature at this Observatory reached 116.8 degrees, or the same as that attained on the 6th instant. To-day, however, the maximum recorded was 118.8 degs, the highest experienced here since 1862. 118 deg F = 48.2 Celsius

Hawkesbury Heat. (1896, January 18). Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 – 1965), p. 6. Retrieved May 22, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/72547614?# […]

May 17

EXTREME HEAT. 25 Jan 1896. So unexampled a spell of extreme temperature has caused much sickness and many deaths. In the Bourke district 35 deaths have occurred which are directly ascribable to heat. Persons drop down in the street and die without regaining consciousness.

EXTREME HEAT. (1896, January 25). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 – 1946), p. 33. Retrieved May 17, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/139720730?# So […]

May 09

THE TEMPERATURE. 28 Jan 1896. “On one day of twenty-four hours in 1892, when the thermometers ranged between 99 and 102 degrees, there were 223 deaths recorded, and in three days at that time 600 people died in New York alone.”

THE TEMPERATURE. (1896, January 28). The Maitland Daily Mercury (NSW : 1894 – 1939), p. 2. Retrieved May 9, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/123923125?# […]

May 01

THE MAY HEAT WAVE. ALL RECORDS BROKEN. 11 May 1918. The month opened with 77.8, and the consecutive maximum shade readings following were 81.7, 83.2, 86.0, 81.4, 83.3, 83.5; average, 82.4. = 28 Celsius. The average for May is 65 deg. = 18.3 Celsius

THE MAY HEAT WAVE. (1918, May 11). Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 – 1954), p. 12. Retrieved May 1, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87541517?searchTerm=may%20heat%20wave&searchLimits=# […]

Apr 26

AUTUMN HEAT. 95.9 DEG IN PERTH. 19 April 1945. All-time Late April Record. 95.9 Deg F. 35.5 Celsius in April. No March or April heat waves found in Australia since 1950.

AUTUMN HEAT. (1945, April 19). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved April 26, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51741921?searchTerm=april%20heat%20wave&searchLimits=# […]

Apr 24

EARLY SNOW STORMS. VICTORIA FROZEN. AFTER A HEAT WAVE. MELBOURNE, April 21 1934. Victoria, which was sweltering in summer heat a few days ago, this morning had the first snow storm of the year.

EARLY SNOW STORMS. (1934, April 23). Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 – 1954), p. 7. Retrieved April 24, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/41495825?searchTerm=april%20heat%20wave&searchLimits=# EARLY […]

Apr 21

THE HEAT WAVE. 24 April 1919. For eight successive days the highest shade thermometer readings in Adelaide has gone over 80 deg. To-day, the highest reading occurring at Adelaide, 88. 5 deg. = 31.3 Celsius

GENERAL NEWS. (1919, April 24). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1931), p. 6. Retrieved April 21, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5646090?searchTerm=april%20heat%20wave&searchLimits=# GENERAL […]

Apr 20

Death for millions in 1921’s record heat wave

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Apr 19

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 19, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4912801?searchTerm=april%20heat%20wave&searchLimits=# […]

Apr 18

Heat Wave in Sydney. 22 April 1922. The shade temperature was 91 degrees 32.7, Celsius at 12.30. which is the highest reading for April since 1859.

Heat Wave in Sydney. (1922, April 22). Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1881 – 1922), p. 8. Retrieved April 18, 2023, […]