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Sep 19

OCTOBER HEAT 28 Oct 1922. 102.9 deg F = 39.3 Celsius. Never before in the meteorological history of the State and that goes back for centuries has there been so hot a day in the mouth of October, as was experienced on Saturday.

OCTOBER HEAT. (1922, October 28). Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 – 1931), p. 24. Retrieved September 19, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165679412?searchTerm=october%20heat&searchLimits=# Ornithologists and […]

Sep 04

HOT STORY FROM THE ARCTIC! 30 April 1937

A HOT STORY FROM THE ARCTIC! (1937, April 30). The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW : 1860 – 1938), p. […]

Aug 31

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 August 31, […]

Aug 30

THE CLIMATE OF AUSTRALIA. 13 Oct 1868. It is, of course, impossible to predict that any particular year will be wet or dry, but we may reasonably conclude that there is every probability of a greater number of dry seasons than floods during the next fifteen or twenty years, and those whose interests are likely to be affected either way, will, in my opinion, be acting prudently, by taking precautions rather against droughts than floods.

THE CLIMATE OF AUSTRALIA. (1868, October 13). Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 – 1875), p. 3. Retrieved August 30, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/60828173# […]

Jul 07

WORST IN HISTORY BUSHFIRES DEATH ROLL 21. 14 Jan 1939. The charred bodies of 19 more bushfire victims were found yesterday bringing the death toll to 21 in the most disastrous fires in Victoria within living memory.

WORST IN HISTORY (1939, January 14). The Longreach Leader (Qld. : 1923 – 1954), p. 16. Retrieved July 7, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37246848/4138392# […]

Jul 05

HEAT WAVES 14 Jan 1939. 114 deg F = 45.5 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 (Edition 2). Retrieved July 5, 2023, […]

Jun 09

Hiding Australia’s Hot Past Tony Heller

“If the present refuses to get warmer, then the past must become cooler”

Jun 05

Hot Summers and Cool Winters 04 Sep 1866. In 1709 occurred “the cold winter,” when all the rivers and lakes of Europe were frozen, and even the seas to the distance of several miles from the shore. The frost penetrated three feet into the ground ; birds and wild beasts were strewed dead in the fields ; and men perished by thousands in their houses. The Adriatic was quite frozen over; and even the coast about Genoa. The winter of 1716 was nearly as severe, and a fair was held on the Thames.

HOT SUMMERS AND COLD WINTERS. (1866, September 4). The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 – 1889), p. 3. Retrieved […]

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 19

THE WEATHER. 03 Feb 1855 -During the last few days the weather has been as hot and as distressing as ever I remember in the colony. The thermometer during both days indicated 115 degrees in the shade. 46 deg Celsius.

BENDIGO. (1855, February 3). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), p. 6. Retrieved May 19, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4803926?# THE WEATHER.-During […]