heat – Page 80 – Real Climate Records

Jun 09

The Heat in the Country Sat. 25 Jan 1908. “Yesterday 119 deg. was registered and the same temperature was recorded today.” 119 deg F =48.3 Celsius

THE HEAT IN THE COUNTRY. (1908, January 25). Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 – 1954), p. 41. Retrieved June 9, […]

Jun 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 June 7, 2020, […]

Jun 05

The Port Pirie Recorder. The Heat 03 Jan 1900. “The thermometer at Mr. Meylan’s (who keeps the official record) reached 117 degs. in the shade, which is the highest point touched here since the records have been taken.” 117 deg F = 47 Celsius. This is 6 degrees above the BOM new heat record.

The port Pirie Recorder. (1900, January 3). Port Pirie Recorder and North Western Mail (SA : 1898 – 1918), p. […]

Jun 03

IS WORLD WARMING UP? 01 Oct 1932. “Going through records for 60 years. Mr. Mares found that Sydney has become very slightly warmer. For the 30 years, 1901-1930, the average temperature for the 12 months was half a degree higher than for the years from 1871 to 1900.”

IS WORLD WARMING UP? (1932, October 1). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved June […]

May 29

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

http://Hawkesbury Heat. (1896, January 18). Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 – 1961), p. 6. Retrieved May 29, 2020, […]

May 28

RECORD HEAT. 18 Jan 1896. “These, however, are not extreme readings, as the thermometer has several times risen above 110deg. during the last 20 years. 110 deg F = 43.3 Celsius. This is 2 degrees above the BOM new heat record.

http://RECORD HEAT. (1896, January 18). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 – 1946), p. 32. Retrieved May 28, 2020, from […]

May 26

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.”

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/139720730? So unexampled a spell of extreme temperature has caused much sickness and many deaths. In the Bourke district 35 […]

May 16

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.” Obviously bad temperature readings are the cause of these deaths.

Mercury (NSW : 1894 – 1939), p. 2. Retrieved May 16, 2020, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/123923125?# Although there has been a break […]

May 02

Yesterdays post was a May heatwave 102 years ago. Today it’s snowing in the mountains. Just don’t get caught there having fun, or Dan will need some revenue from you.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=victoria+snow But you are not to go there because Dan thinks he doesn’t need to go skiing. I challenge you […]

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, 2020, […]