bureau – Real Climate Records

Apr 05

CITY HEAT WAVE ENDS. 05 April 1941. “Cool weather, occasional drizzling rain, and squally winds yesterday brought an abrupt change from the unusually hot April conditions Sydney had experienced earlier in the week.”

CITY HEAT WAVE ENDS. (1941, April 5). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 13. Retrieved April […]

Mar 14

WORST MARCH HEAT WAVE. 14 March 1934. Today was the sixth day of the heat wave, and still another century was added to the record of Melbourne’s worst March heat wave, and one of the most prolonged spells of heat ever experienced here.

WORST MARCH HEAT WAVE (1934, March 14). The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 – 1954), p. 13. Retrieved March 14, 2025, […]

Dec 28

ANOTHER BLAZER OVER THE CENTURY 28 Dec 1909. Fifteen minutes before two o’clock at the Weather Bureau the record was 103.2. = 39.5 Celsius.

1909 ‘ANOTHER BLAZER’, The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 – 1954), 28 December, p. 8. , viewed 28 Dec 2024, […]

Sep 11

Unusually warm August day. 19 August 1954. At noon today the thermometer at the Weather Bureau showed 72 deg. 22.2 Celsius

Unusually warm August day (1954, August 19). News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 – 1954), p. 1. Retrieved September 11, 2024, […]

Jul 22

WORST HEAT IN HISTORY ROASTS SYDNEY 14 jan 1939. 116 deg.F = 46.6667C. “All records were swept aside in Sydney to-day by a scaring heat-wave from the west.”

WORST HEAT IN HISTORY ROASTS SYDNEY (1939, January 14). The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 – 1954), p. 1 (LAST RACE […]

Jun 12

Heat Waves 10 Dec 1913. 10 Dec 1913. “The highest reading on the official records at the Weather Bureau is 127deg., which occurred at Bourke on January 17, 1877. and again 125 deg. in January, 1909.” Heat Waves. (127, 125F, = 52.77 and 51.66 Celsius

Heat Waves. (1913, December 10). Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder (NSW : 1899 – 1952), p. 2. Retrieved June […]

Jun 01

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

LNP senator questions veracity of BOM’s temperature findings

Mar 14

WORST MARCH HEAT WAVE. 14 March 1934. Today was the sixth day of the heat wave, and still another century was added to the record of Melbourne’s worst March heat wave, and one of the most prolonged spells of heat ever experienced here.

WORST MARCH HEAT WAVE (1934, March 14). The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 – 1954), p. 13. Retrieved March 14, 2024, […]

Dec 28

ANOTHER BLAZER OVER THE CENTURY 28 Dec 1909. Fifteen minutes before two o’clock at the Weather Bureau the record was 103.2. = 39.5 Celsius.

ANOTHER BLAZER (1909, December 28). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 – 1954), p. 8. Retrieved December 28, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241944934# A […]

Sep 11

Unusually warm August day. 19 August 1954. At noon today the thermometer at the Weather Bureau showed 72 deg. 22.2 Celsius

Unusually warm August day (1954, August 19). News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 – 1954), p. 1. Retrieved September 11, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131252774?searchTerm=warm%20august# […]