australia – Page 6 – Real Climate Records

Sep 28

IS THE EARTH GETTING WARMER? 25 jun 1950. Must start building dykes around Australia. It won’t be long now before, coastal cities such as Brisbane, Melbourne, and Adelaide are 150 feet under the water.

IS THE EARTH GETTING WARMER? (1950, June 25). Sunday Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1926 – 1954), p. 9. Retrieved September […]

Sep 09

A WARM WINTER. 30 July 1921. The present winter is the warmest ever experienced in Adelaide.

A WARM-WINTER (1921, July 30). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1931), p. 13. Retrieved September 9, 2024, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/35251659?searchTerm=warm%20winter# […]

Aug 28

WHOLE NATION SWELTERS. 29 Jan 1932. Heat Waves Stubborn Things No sufferer from recent and present heat conditions need think he has the discomfort entirely to himself, for the State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares,told “The Land” on Thursday that the whole of Australia was in the same boat.

WHOLE NATION SWELTERS (1932, January 29). The Land (Sydney, NSW : 1911 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved August 28, 2024, from […]

Aug 28

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 28, […]

Aug 27

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 27, 2024, from […]

Jun 21

Heat Waves Compared. 21 Feb 1914. 116deg.F = 46.6667 Celsius. The BOM 2020 heat record was beaten 8 times in 1858 and 6 times in 1908

HEAT WAVES COMPARED. (1914, February 21). Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 – 1954), p. 38. Retrieved June 21, 2024, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/88835222?searchTerm=heat%20waves&searchLimits=# […]

Jun 01

Bureau of Meteorology keeps two sets of books. Destroyed historic data in 2003.

LNP senator questions veracity of BOM’s temperature findings

May 29

The Climate Crisis Of 1896 Tony Heller

Tens of millions of people died around the world during 1896 from heat, drought, fires, tornadoes and floods. Atmospheric carbon […]

May 21

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 21, 2024, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4803926?# THE […]

May 02

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 2, 2024, from […]