{"id":410,"date":"2019-09-30T17:26:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T07:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=410"},"modified":"2019-09-30T17:26:09","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T07:26:09","slug":"the-heat-of-the-season-19-jan-1878-127deg-f-52-7778-celsius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=410","title":{"rendered":"THE HEAT OF THE SEASON. 19 Jan 1878. 127deg F = 52.7778 Celsius"},"content":{"rendered":"
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https:\/\/trove.nla.gov.au\/newspaper\/article\/62080010?searchTerm=the%20heat%20of%20the%20season&searchLimits=<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A comparison between the<\/span> meteorological table, kindly furnished us weekly by Mr. W. H. Thomas, J.P., C.P.S., and the<\/span> following telegrams, will show that Grafton is cool compared with many other places<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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in the<\/span> colony.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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MERRIWA, Friday.\u2014The<\/span> heat<\/span> is registered under shingled verandah at 122\u00b0, the<\/span> hottest day recorded<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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here for years.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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GULGONG, Thursday.\u2014The<\/span> weather is frightfully hot. The<\/span> thermometer yesterday registered 104\u00b0 in<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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the<\/span> shade. To-day it is at 110\u00b0 in the<\/span> public buildings.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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GUNNEDAH, Thursday.\u2014The<\/span> Namoi has ceased running. The<\/span> drought continues, and great distress<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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prevails.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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WALGETT, Thursday.\u2014The<\/span> thermometer registered 150\u00b0 in the<\/span> sun to-day. Vegetation is completely<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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dried up.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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MURRUNDI, Thursday.\u2014The<\/span> weather is exceedingly hot, and the<\/span> thermometer to-day was 100\u00b0 in the<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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shade.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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GRENFELL, Friday.\u2014The<\/span> weather is fearfully hot and dusty. The<\/span> thermometer to-day registered 110\u00b0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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in the<\/span> shade, and 140\u00b0 in the<\/span> sun. A man named Thirlwall died from the<\/span> effects of<\/span> a sunstroke.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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COOTAMUNDRA, Friday.\u2014The<\/span> heat<\/span> during the<\/span> last three days has been intense. To-day it has ranged<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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from 104\u00b0 to 112\u00b0 in the<\/span> shade. Rain is badly wanted and good water is very scarce.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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BATHURST, Friday.\u2014The<\/span> thermometer registered 112\u00b0 in the<\/span> shade at the<\/span> telegraph station to-day.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The<\/span> heat<\/span> was most oppressive, and rain is badly wanted.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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QUEANBEYAN, Friday.\u2014The<\/span> heat<\/span> for the<\/span> last three days has been very oppressive, On Wednesday it was 102\u00b0, on Thursday 108\u00b0, and to-day 109\u00b0 in the <\/span>shade. There is no sign of<\/span> a change.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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WALGETT, Saturday.\u2014To-day was one of<\/span> the<\/span> hottest days on record here. The<\/span> thermometer was 162\u00b0 in<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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the<\/span> sun and 127\u00b0 in the<\/span> shade. At 6 p.m. it registered 120\u00b0 in the<\/span> shade.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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BOURKE, Saturday.\u2014The<\/span> heat<\/span> to-day was intense ; the<\/span> thermometer was 121\u00b0 in the<\/span> shade. The<\/span> weather<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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was calm, with no sign of<\/span> rain.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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ORANGE, Saturday.\u2014This forenoon, the<\/span> weather was intolerably hot. The<\/span> thermometer registered 96\u00b0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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in the<\/span> shade. In the<\/span> afternoon a thunderstorm took place, during which a house was struck by lightning,<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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and totally burned. The<\/span> inmates were absent at the <\/span>time. The<\/span> adjoining premises were saved with diffi-<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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culty.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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COWRA, Tuesday.\u2014The<\/span> weather during the<\/span> past week has been intensely hot and dry. The<\/span> thermo-<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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meter has ranged from 105\u00b0 to 115\u00b0 in the<\/span> shade, and up to 152\u00b0 in the<\/span> sun. The<\/span> Lachlan River has now<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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almost stopped running. Rain is urgently wanted.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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COONAMBLE, Tuesday.\u2014The<\/span> average heat<\/span> during the<\/span> last four or five days under the<\/span> Commercial Bank<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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verandah was 126\u00b0. There is no grass and no water, and no stock moving. Some of<\/span> the<\/span> stations are dried<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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out. This is the<\/span> severest drought ever known here.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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PARKES, Monday.\u2014The<\/span> thermometer yesterday was from 112\u00b0 to 114\u00b0 in the<\/span> shade. To-day a thunder-<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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storm has occurred, but there is no rain. The<\/span> heat <\/span>now is 108\u00b0 in the<\/span> shade. The<\/span> escort this week is 321 oz.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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DUBBO, Monday.\u2014The<\/span> weather here is frightful. The<\/span> thermometer for four days has been 110\u00b0 in the<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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shade. The<\/span> magpies and other birds are so much affected by the<\/span> heat<\/span> that they are dropping off the <\/span>trees ; others are leaving the<\/span> bush and taking shelter in the<\/span> houses of<\/span> the<\/span> settlers. At Bourke, yesterday, the<\/span> heat<\/span> was 122\u00b0 in the<\/span> shade; the<\/span> fowls are dropping dead in large numbers. There is no sign of<\/span> rain, and no cattle are travelling.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A correspondent, writing from the<\/span> Liverpool Plains district to the<\/span> Evening News says:\u2014”We shall all be<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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ruined if rain does not fall within a month. It is pitiful to hear the<\/span> tales of<\/span> distress in every direction here, and from people too that two years ago could spend hundreds of<\/span> pounds to as many shillings now.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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No later than last week poor J\u2014 W\u2014 was here a ruined man ; and not only had sheep, horses, and cattle all perished, but he with his wife and little children have been nearly starving, and for nearly four months they had been subsisting on kangaroo and wallaby. There they are, once well-to-do and very comfortable ; now just the<\/span> reverse, and not a horse to take them away from their miserable place.<\/div>\n
Another well to-do selector, living near him, is similarly circumstanced. He has also suffered great privations poor fellow. Out of<\/span> 4670 sheep he was compelled to travel for sustenance, only 200 returned alive.<\/div>\n
J\u2014 W\u2014 tells me he has to walk twelve miles every day to cut down a few oaks, to keep life in two cows for<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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the<\/span> sake of<\/span> the<\/span> milk for the<\/span> little children, and he has to draw water from a well 140 feet deep. No one can<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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possibly imagine the<\/span> state of<\/span> Liverpool Plains. All business is at a stand-still, and the<\/span> necessaries of<\/span> life<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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are very dear.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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WARWICK, January 12.\u2014The<\/span> weather during the <\/span>past week has been hot and dry, and everything looks<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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withered and parched again. Creeks and watercourses are dry for long distances, and the<\/span> Condamine has<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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never been so low\u2014so dried up we may say\u2014for many years. Old residents tell us that even in the<\/span> severe<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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drought of<\/span> 1858-9 the<\/span> river was not so bad.\u2014Examiner.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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