heat – Page 5 – Real Climate Records

Feb 10

TERRIFIC HEAT. 10 Feb 1900 120deg F =48.8C South Australia

TERRIFIC HEAT. (1900, February 10). Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 – 1954), p. 13. Retrieved Feb 10, 2025, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87796200# TERRIFIC […]

Feb 09

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 […]

Feb 07

Heat Waves Tues 7th Feb 1939. 07 Feb 1939. The highest individual day was 115 on the 23rd. The concluding month of 1896 and the first two months of 1897 were hot. December, 1896, included two days of 114 and one of 110, and for five days on end, 30th January, 1897. to 3rd February, 1897, inclusive, the figures were: 104, 111, 116, 111 and 101. These figures included the hottest individual day (116, 46.6 Celsius on 1st February, 1897) so far as we have been able to ascertain, until last month, and they show an average for the five days of 108.6 daily.

HEAT WAVES. (1939, February 7). The Riverine Grazier (Hay, NSW : 1873 – 1954), p. 2. Retrieved Feb 7, 2025, from […]

Feb 06

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 Feb 6, […]

Feb 05

YARRAWONGA. 02 Feb 1878. The River Murray is so low at present that it can be waded through in several places to the opposite side by school boys. 123deg F = 50.5 Celsius

YARRAWONGA. (1878, February 2). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 – 1946), p. 25. Retrieved Feb 2, 2025, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/143308631?searchTerm=yarrawonga%20the%20month%20of%20january&searchLimits=# The month of January, 1878, […]

Feb 04

THE HEAT WAVE. 112.5 in the Shade. No Respite. 02 Feb 1912. Although this temperature is excessively high it is by no means phenomenal,- for upon 15 occasions during the last 55 years the mercury has risen to a higher reading than this, the maximum having been 116.3 in January, 1858. = 46.83 Celsius.

THE HEATWAVE. (1912, February 2). Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 – 1912), p. 2 (SPECIAL SPORTS EDITION). Retrieved February 4, […]

Feb 01

FEARFUL HEAT AT CUNNAMULLA. 01 Feb 1896. Yesterday 120.5deg. was reached, and to-day 123deg., the average daily temperature from the 1st instant exceeding 114deg. The official readings at the Post Office are lower. = 50.5 Celsius.

FEARFUL HEAT AT CUNNAMULLA. (1896, February 1). The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 – 1939), p. 232. Retrieved February 1, 2025, […]

Jan 31

Charles Sturt’s time: so hot that thermometers exploded. Was Australia’s hottest day in 1828? 53.9Celsius

http://joannenova.com.au/2012/07/charles-sturts-time-so-hot-that-thermometers-exploded-was-australias-hottest-day-in-1828-53-9c/ Australia’s hottest day? Not 2010, but 1828 at a blistering 53.9 °C Back before man-made climate change was frying […]

Jan 31

American West Heating Nearly Twice as Fast as Rest of World. Part 28 In The Rest Of The World Is Warming Up Twice As Fast As The Rest Of The World.

https://www.facilitiesnet.com/green/article/American-West-Heating-Nearly-Twice-as-Fast-as-Rest-of-World-New-Analysis-Shows–8583 (This story has now been removed from facilitiesnet) The American West is heating up more rapidly than the rest […]

Jan 30

A WEEK’S EXPERIENCE IN MELBOURNE. NUMEROUS DEATHS FROM HEAT APOPLEXY. 29 Jan 1908. Swan Hill 119 degrees = 48.3 Celsius

29). Western Star and Roma Advertiser (Qld. : 1875 – 1948), p. 2. Retrieved January 30, 2024, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/97434850?searchTerm=extreme%20heat%20in%20melbourne# The torrid regions […]