{"id":4686,"date":"2023-01-05T03:37:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T16:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=4686"},"modified":"2023-01-05T03:37:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T16:37:23","slug":"heat-buckles-rails-04-jan-1940-the-hottest-places-in-the-state-to-day-were-mildura-and-ouyen-which-recorded-107-degrees-41-6-celsius-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=4686","title":{"rendered":"Heat Buckles Rails. 04 Jan 1940. The hottest places in the state to day were Mildura and Ouyen, which recorded 107 degrees. = 41.6 Celsius."},"content":{"rendered":"

Heat Buckles Rails (1940, January 4). Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 – 1954)<\/i>, p. 6 (LATE NEWS EDITION and DAILY). Retrieved January 5, 2023, from https:\/\/trove.nla.gov.au\/newspaper\/article\/92656466?searchTerm=extreme%20heat%20in%20melbourne#<\/a><\/p>\n

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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The temperature in Melbourne to-day reached a maximum of 103.6 degrees at 1.20 p.m., making it the hottest day of this summer, and then dropped 19 degrees in 40 minutes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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By 3 o\u2019clock, however, the temperature had again risen to 92.4 degrees.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The previous hottest day this summer was last Thursday when the temperature reached 101.4 degrees.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The hottest places in the state to day were Mildura and Ouyen, which recorded 107 degrees, and Swan Hill, Horsham, and Orbost, all of which registered 105 degrees.<\/div>\n
The Weather Bureau predicts a cool change in southern districts.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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One effect of to-day\u2019s heat was that three chains of railway tracks on the Mornington line buckled, and the special race train was held up, its 200 passengers being taken to the course<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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by omnibuses. The buckling occurred half a mile from Baxter railway station. Another section of the line between Malmsbury and Kyneton was also buckled by the extreme heat, and the traffic was diverted to the other line.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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