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. 2. […]
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