{"id":4688,"date":"2023-01-05T03:39:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T16:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=4688"},"modified":"2023-01-05T03:39:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T16:39:28","slug":"victorian-record-broken-mildura-123-degrees-06-jan-1906-123deg-f-50-5-celsius-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=4688","title":{"rendered":"VICTORIAN RECORD BROKEN. MILDURA, 123 DEGREES. 06 Jan 1906. 123deg F = 50.5 Celsius"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE HOT WEATHER. (1906, January 6). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957)<\/i>, p. 15. Retrieved January 5, 2023, from https:\/\/trove.nla.gov.au\/newspaper\/article\/10016832?searchTerm=victorian%20record%20broken%20mildura%20123%20degrees&searchLimits=#<\/a><\/p>\n

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THE HOT WEATHER.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
VICTORIAN<\/span> RECORD<\/span> BROKEN. MILDURA,<\/span> 123<\/span> DEGREES.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yesterday was the continuation of a period of fierce heat, of which Mr. Baracchi will not yet prophesy the end.<\/div>\n
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People in Melbourne had to suffer a temperature which under the city verandahs exceeded<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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100deg., and in the shade at the Observatory reached 97.1deg. during portion of the after-<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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noon. Inland, all over the north and north- west, the temperatures ran over 100deg. and 110de., and in the north-west they reached their maximum, ranging from 110deg. upwards. In the prohibition settlement of<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mildura,<\/span> a new record<\/span> for Victoria\u2014123deg. \u2014was established. The sun temperatures were also very high. For over half an hour a sun temperature of 160.5deg. was maintained at the Observatory.<\/div>\n
Some of the highest country readings are given below. It will be seen that the North- western district had the worst of if\u2014Mildura, 123deg.; Swan Hill, 118deg.; Donald, 117deg.; Beulah, 116deg.; Pyramid Hill and Hopetoun, 115deg.; and Charlton, 114deg., being (at the time of writing) the highest records<\/span> received from any part of the state.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The blaze of heat has constituted a new \u201crecord,\u201d<\/span> though it has not taken away from any town the pride of being the hottest place in Victoria. \u201cMildura,<\/span> 123<\/span> deg., on January 5, 1906,\u201d is now the highest shade reading that an official Victorian<\/span> thermometer has ever registered. Previously the record<\/span> was \u201cMildura<\/span> 121\u00bd deg., on January 30, 1904.\u201d The record<\/span> of 123<\/span> deg., at Mildura<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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was notified to the Observatory \u201cThe Argus\u201d correspondent notified 122\u00bd deg. Officers at the Observatory rely on the records <\/span>reported to them. The thermometers are supplied from the Observatory, and are re- liable instruments, and the screens and other devices by means of which the \u201cshade\u201d is produced are the same as those in use at the Observatory itself.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The outlook for to-day is worse that the memory of yesterday.<\/div>\n
Yesterday was hot; to-day will probably be hotter. Yesterday was calm; for to-day Mr. Baracchi promises winds \u201clight and variable at first; northerly to-morrow and freshening.\u201d The northerly<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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winds will be hot ones. The forecast in South Australia \u2014 which yesterday had a shade reading of 113deg., as against 112 deg. the day before\u2014is that the weather will be \u201cvery hot, with northerly winds, followed by a gradual cool change, reaching Adelaide on Saturday evening.\u201d This welcome change will be brought about by a monsoonal trough now lying to the westward. Melbourne, however, need not hope to feel the change until some time after Adelaide, and<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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cannot be certain of receiving it even on Sunday.<\/div>\n
Till then Melbourne may gasp in the \u201cfreshening wind\u201d from the north. Readings received yesterday from country districts are:\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Avoca .. .. .. 106 Hopetoun .. .. .. 115<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Beechworth .. .. 97 Horsham .. .. .. 110<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Benalla .. .. .. 104 Korumburra .. .. .. 98<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Beulah .. .. .. 116 Kilmore .. .. .. 102<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Boort .. .. .. 112 Korongvale .. .. .. 114<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Bacchus Marsh .. 104 Kyneton .. .. 102<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ballarat .. .. 100.6 Lake Charm .. .. 112\u00bd<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Bendigo .. .. .. 109 Maldon .. .. .. 108<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Castlemaine .. .. 105 Minyip .. .. 110<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Carisbrook .. .. 112 Mitiamo .. .. 108<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Casterton .. .. .. 105 Maryborough .. .. 110<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Charlton .. .. .. 114 Murchison .. .. 106<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Chiltern .. .. .. 108 Navarre .. .. .. 108<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Clunes .. .. .. 108 Pyramid Hill .. .. 115<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Cobden .. .. .. 104 Raywood .. .. .. 108<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Colac .. .. .. 100 Rochester .. .. .. 106<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Creswick .. .. 102 Serviceton .. .. 111<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Donald .. .. .. 117 St. Arnaud .. .. 100<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Emerald .. .. 100 St. James .. .. .. 104<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Echuca .. .. .. 100 Swan Hill .. .. .. 118<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Glenrowan .. .. 103 Wangaratta .. .. 103<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Goornong .. .. 109 Wychepf\u2019r (Thurs.) 110<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Gordon .. .. .. 100 Wycheproof (Fri.) 113<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Hastings .. .. .. 98 Yarrawonga .. .. 108<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Heathcote .. .. 104 Yea .. .. .. 103<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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