May 04

MELBOURNE’S WEATHER IS CHANGING! Mar 18 1953 The average maximum temperatures during the last 35 years were between two and four degrees lower than the average for the previous 35 years. The change varied in different areas. Bendigo has cooled off 3.6 degrees over the period.

MELBOURNE’S WEATHER IS CHANGING! (1953, March 18). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), p. 2. Retrieved May 4, […]

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Apr 21

Heat Wave in Sydney. 22 April 1922. The shade temperature was 91 degrees 32.7, Celsius at 12.30. which is the highest reading for April since 1859.

Heat Wave in Sydney. (1922, April 22). Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1881 – 1922), p. 8. Retrieved April 21, […]

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Apr 19

HEAT WAVE IN PERTH. 19 April 1945. “To-day the maxi mum temperature was 95.0 degrees, 35 Celsius. 19.8, 6.7C above the April normal and a record for so late in the season.” No March or April heat waves found since 1950.

HEAT WAVE IN PERTH (1945, April 19). Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate (NSW : 1876 – 1954), p. 2. […]

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Apr 15

FREAK HEAT WAVE. RECORD NIGHT TEMPERATURE. 09 April 1938. Not for many years had there been such remarkable weather in Perth as the excessive heat of Thursday night. No March or April heat waves found since 1950.

FREAK HEAT WAVE. (1938, April 9). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 – 1954), p. 19. Retrieved April 15, […]

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Mar 25

110.5 DEGREES Adelaide Heat Wave ADELAIDE, March 9 1934 = 43.6 Celsius. The temperature at noon was 108.8 degrees— the highest on record for March.

110.5 DEGREES (1934, March 9). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 – 1947), p. 2 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS). […]

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Mar 18

WEATHER NOTES FOR MARCH. A SEVERE HEAT WAVE. 06 April 1928. “The highest readings were 108 degrees at Nullarbor and Cook on the 1st. and Port Augusta registered over the century each day, with an average for the six days of 105 degrees. At Adelaide it was the warmest spell in March, since 1914.”

WEATHER NOTES FOR MARCH. (1928, April 6). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1931), p. 15. Retrieved March 18, […]

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Mar 17

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 17, […]

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Feb 26

HEAT WAVES. January, 1858, when for eight days the temperature ranged from 107.1 deg. to 116.3 deg. = 46.8 Celsius.

TOPICS OF THE DAY. (1907, February 28). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1931), p. 6. Retrieved February 26, […]

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Feb 16

BENDIGO. 03 Feb 1855. The thermometer during both days indicated 115 degrees in the shade. 46 Celsius

1855 ‘BENDIGO.’, The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), 3 February, p. 6. , viewed 16 Feb 2021, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4803926?# […]

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Jan 27

Northern Hemisphere Warming Twice as Fast as South. Part 30 in everywhere is warming twice as fast as everywhere else.

https://www.enn.com/articles/5660-northern-hemisphere-warming-twice-as-fast-as-south The northern hemisphere has been warming twice as fast as the southern hemisphere in recent years, the U.N’s weather […]

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