{"id":3666,"date":"2021-12-01T04:05:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T17:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=3666"},"modified":"2021-12-01T04:05:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T17:05:47","slug":"record-heat-for-end-of-spring-01-dec-1941-spring-ended-yesterday-with-the-hottest-november-day-ever-experienced-in-sydney-maximum-temperature-was-103-2-degrees-at-11-40-a-m-39-5-celsius-fire-brig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=3666","title":{"rendered":"Record Heat For End Of Spring. 01 Dec 1941. Spring ended yesterday with the hottest November day ever experienced in Sydney. Maximum temperature was 103.2 degrees at 11.40 a.m. 39.5 Celsius. Fire brigades were, called to more than 60 bushfires in 45 suburbs."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Record Heat For End Of Spring (1941, December 1). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 – 1954)<\/i>, p. 7. Retrieved December 1, 2021, from https:\/\/trove.nla.gov.au\/newspaper\/article\/248711947?searchTerm=Record%20Heat#<\/a><\/div>\n
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Spring ended yesterday with the hottest November day ever experienced in Sydney.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Maximum temperature was 103.2 degrees at 11.40 a.m. Twenty minutes later, however the temperature had dropped to 87.4.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Two women died as a result of the heat. The body of one, aged about 55, found in a vacant allotment off Woodburn Street, Redfern, has not yet been identified.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The other, Terese Staunton, 60, died at Bondi. Police believe that she lived in Forbes Street, East Sydney, and are trying to get in touch with her relatives.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Fire brigades were, called to more than 60 bushfires in 45 suburbs.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A hot west wind in the city reached 40 miles an hour.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Many people on beaches received ambulance treatment for sunburn.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Hourly temperature readings were: \u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Temp.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Humidity<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Deg.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 p.c.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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9 a.m.\u00a0\u00a0 .. .. ..\u00a0 96.0 .. ..\u00a0\u00a0 26<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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10 a.m. .. .. ..\u00a0 98.5 .. ..\u00a0 24<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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11 a.m. .. .. ..\u00a0\u00a0 100 .. ..\u00a0\u00a0 22<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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12 noon .. .. .. 87.4 .. ..\u00a0 48<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1 p.m. .. .. .. \u00a0 \u00a0 81.6 .. ..\u00a0 58<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2 p.m. .. .. .. \u00a0 \u00a0 77.8 .. ..\u00a0 67<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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3 p.m. .. .. ..\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 74.8\u00a0 .. ..\u00a0 74<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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4 p.m. .. .. ..\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 75.2\u00a0 .. ..\u00a0 74<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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.5 p.m. .. .. .. \u00a0 71.0 .. ..\u00a0\u00a0 82<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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6 p.m. .. .. .. \u00a0\u00a0 69.7\u00a0\u00a0 .. .. 87<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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7 pm.\u00a0\u00a0 .. .. ..\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 68.2\u00a0 .. .. 93<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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8 p.m. … .. ..\u00a0\u00a0 67.7\u00a0\u00a0 .. .. 85<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Five minutes after the maximum was recorded, the wind changed, to a strong southerly, causing a sudden drop in the reading. Light rain fell between 1.40 and 2.40 pm, and there was a thunder-shower shortly after 3 p.m.<\/div>\n
Other intermittent showers continued into the night.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Eight country centres had temperatures over 100 degrees: Bourke 110, Broken Hill 106, Deniliquin 105, Albury 103, Forbes 102, Dubbo 101, Walgett 101, Wentworth 101.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Cool weather and showers are fore- cast for the city today, with cloudy, unsettled weather over the State.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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