{"id":5468,"date":"2023-12-06T04:03:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T17:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=5468"},"modified":"2023-12-06T04:03:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T17:03:05","slug":"record-heat-hits-melb-dec-6th-1950-5-now-dead-in-the-country-temperatures-of-over-100-degrees-have-been-recorded-in-several-places-37-7-celsius-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=5468","title":{"rendered":"Record Heat Hits Melb. Dec. 6th 1950. 5 Now Dead. In the country, temperatures of over 100 degrees have been recorded in several places. 37.7 Celsius."},"content":{"rendered":"

(1950, December 6).\u00a0The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 – 1954)<\/i>, p. 19 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved December 6, 2023, from\u00a0https:\/\/trove.nla.gov.au\/newspaper\/article\/230878311?searchTerm=Record%20Heat%20december#<\/a><\/p>\n

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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. \u2014\u00a0Heat-wave\u00a0<\/span>conditions continue to scorch Melbourne, the noon temperature passing the 98 degree mark.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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So far five people have died.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Some relief is promised for late today, but it will be of short duration, according to the Weather Bureau.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Last night one man died in a cell at the North Melbourne watchhouse , and another was found dead in a Richmond street.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Minimum temperature was 75 deg. at 1.30 am, the highest\u00a0December<\/span>\u00a0minimum since 1041.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Seeking relief from the oppressive humidity people flocked to beaches, and at midnight thousands were still sleeping or lying on the nearer beaches.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The rush to the beaches caused the worst traffic jam at St. Kilda for some time.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The\u00a0heat<\/span>\u00a0has caused a heavy run on the water supply, and some suburban reservoirs are nearly dry. Water was completely cut off in some suburbs yesterday.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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After a\u00a0record<\/span>\u00a0consumption of 208.6 million gallons yesterday, the Board of Works has announced a \u201cstate of emergency\u201d in the supply of the metropolitan area.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sydney hot.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sydney had its hottest day for a month \u2014 82.2 at noon. Average temperature for\u00a0December<\/span>\u00a0is 76.9 degrees.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Shortly before 2 pm, how-ever, there- was a southerly change which brought about a drop in the temperature.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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In the country, temperatures of over 100 degrees have been\u00a0recorded<\/span>\u00a0in several places.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Urana, on the Victorian border, 400 miles from- Sydney and Wentworth, 720 miles SW have both had temperatures of over 100 degrees for three days.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Adelaide is also getting it. It was 100 at 11 am.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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(1950, December 6).\u00a0The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 – 1954), p. 19 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved December 6, 2023, from\u00a0https:\/\/trove.nla.gov.au\/newspaper\/article\/230878311?searchTerm=Record%20Heat%20december# […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[861,21,85,131,112,1718,1627],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5468"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5469,"href":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5468\/revisions\/5469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}