{"id":2461,"date":"2020-11-28T03:11:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T16:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=2461"},"modified":"2020-11-28T03:11:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T16:11:58","slug":"record-heat-for-november-7-nov-1946-up-to-108-inland-the-100-degrees-was-passed-at-maitland-shortly-after-9-a-m-108deg-f-42-2-celsius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=2461","title":{"rendered":"RECORD HEAT FOR NOVEMBER 7 Nov 1946 “Up to 108 Inland The 100 degrees was passed at Maitland shortly after 9 a.m.” 108deg F = 42.2 Celsius"},"content":{"rendered":"

RECORD HEAT FOR NOVEMBER (1946, November 7). Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate (NSW : 1876 – 1954)<\/i>, p. 2. Retrieved November 28, 2020, from https:\/\/trove.nla.gov.au\/newspaper\/article\/133173141#<\/a><\/p>\n

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NEWCASTLE sweltered yesterday under heatwave conditions which sent temperatures to the highest November readings on record and the highest since January 5 when Mr. Cyril Griffiths<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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recorded 107 degrees.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The heat reached its peak at 1.10 p.m. when Mr. Griffiths registered 105.6 degrees.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The temperature then at Nobbys was 103.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The humidity at this time also reached a record level. Mr. Griffiths recorded 11 per cent. and Nobbys 17 per cent. Both were the lowest ever recorded at either place.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Welcome Relief<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A light north-easterly at 1.15 p.m. caused a drop of 15.0 degrees in temperatures in 15 minutes and was a relief from the strong westerly gusts which reached a velocity of 35 miles an hour.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The final relief came at 6.43 p.m. when a 60-mile-an-hour southerly reached Nobbys.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The temperature at Bar Beach, recorded by Mr. Griffiths, at 6 o’clock was 70 degrees, with 60 per cent. of humidity. At 7 o’clock the temperature had fallen to 68, but the humidity had risen to 85.<\/div>\n
Temperatures then continued to fall until at 10o’clock Mr. Griffiths registered 64. Mr. Griffiths said the cold front of air pressure caused the southerly “buster”‘ at Newastle.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“This type of weather system always causes heavy wind gusts, which reach gale force without much warning, and bring a roll of flying scud cloud at a height of about only 800ft.,” he said. “A big drop in the temperature always occurs.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mr. Griffith’s forecast for Newcastle, Coalfields and Upper Hunter is.–Fine inland; mainly fine and cool er along the coast, with a chance of some scattered coastal showers developing. Southerly to south-easterly winds.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The State Weather Bureau forecast for Newcastle. Hunter. Hastings and Manning is-Few showers and isolated thunderstorms; otherwise fine and cooler, with fresh south to south<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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west winds: bushfire danger high but decreasing; slight seas.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Beaches Crowded<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Hundreds fled to the beaches and baths. They found little relief unless in the water for the sand and sun were intensely hot. At 6 o’clock hundreds of people thronged Neweastle\u00a0 beach; but at 7 o’clock the sand was deserted.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Secondary scloolchildren were fortunate in that yesterday afternoon was their sport afternoon and they went swimming.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Shop assistants suffered in buildings that were like furnaces. Their only consolation was that the day was too hot for many people to go shopping.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Up to 108 Inland<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The 100 degrees was passed at Maitland shortly after 9 a.m. The maximum reading at West Maitland Post-office was 106, with 107.5 degrees at Campbell’s Hill. The reading at 5 p.m. was 103.<\/div>\n
There was no relief until the southerly change at 7.30 p.m.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The maximum temperature at<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Cessnock Post-office was 104.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Private thermometers at Kurri<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Kurri gave readings up to 108.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The maximum at Dungog was 108.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The maximum at Gosford was 104<\/div>\n
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at 11.30 a.m.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Temperatures in the capitals yester<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Maximum. Minimum.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sydney …….. 104.5 62.8<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Canberra …… 94 79<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Melbourne . . . .62 56<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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3risbane …… 80 66<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Adelaide . . . .. 66 51<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Hobart ….. 56 44<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Perth ……… 73 –<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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