adelaide – Page 5 – Real Climate Records

Feb 08

Heat Waves. 08 Feb 1929. “Scaremongers declared it to be the end of the world.” 120 deg F = 48.8 Celsius.

Heat Waves (1929, February 8). News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 – 1954), p. 8 (HOME EDITION). Retrieved February 8, 2024, from […]

Feb 06

Horses Drop in 117 Degrees of Heat ADELAIDE 20 Jan 1934. Birds were flying into the houses to escape the heat. 117 deg F = 47.2 Celsius.

Horses Drop in 117 Degrees of Heat (1934, January 20). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 – 1954), p. 7. […]

Jan 02

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 2, […]

Dec 31

EXCESSIVE HEAT. 31 Dec 1898. At Adelaide yesterday the thermometer registered 108 in the shade. = 42.2 Celsius

EXCESSIVE HEAT. (1898, December 31). Macleay Argus (Kempsey, NSW : 1885 – 1907; 1909 – 1910; 1912 – 1913; 1915 – […]

Dec 20

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 20, 2023, […]

Dec 14

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.

Tomatoes Scarce (1941, December 15). Barrier Daily Truth (Broken Hill, NSW : 1908; 1941 – 1954), p. 2. Retrieved December 14, […]

Nov 10

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. Retrieved […]

Nov 04

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 28

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 28, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/64125166?searchTerm=october%20heat&searchLimits=# Saturday’s […]

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, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/106631729?searchTerm=october%20heat&searchLimits=# MORE TO […]