{"id":6136,"date":"2024-09-27T04:15:54","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T18:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=6136"},"modified":"2024-09-27T04:15:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T18:15:54","slug":"the-heat-of-the-season-19-jan-1878-127deg-f-52-7-celsius-cowra-tuesday-the-weather-during-the-past-week-has-been-intensely-hot-and-dry-the-thermometer-has-ranged-from-105-to-115-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=6136","title":{"rendered":"THE HEAT OF THE SEASON. 19 Jan 1878. 127deg F = 52.7 Celsius. COWRA, Tuesday.\u2014The weather during the past week has been intensely hot and dry. The thermometer has ranged from 105\u00b0 to 115\u00b0 in the shade, and up to 152\u00b0 in the sun. The Lachlan River has now almost stopped running. Rain is urgently wanted."},"content":{"rendered":"

THE HEAT OF THE SEASON. (1878, January 19).\u00a0Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser (Grafton, NSW : 1859 \u2013 1889)<\/i>, p. 5. Retrieved September 27, 2024, from https:\/\/trove.nla.gov.au\/newspaper\/article\/62080010?searchTerm=the%20heat%20of%20the%20season&searchLimits=#<\/a><\/p>\n

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A comparison between\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0meteorological table, kindly furnished us weekly by Mr. W. H. Thomas, J.P., C.P.S., and\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0following telegrams, will show that Grafton is cool compared with many other places in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0colony.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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MERRIWA,\u00a0Friday.\u2014The<\/span>\u00a0heat<\/span>\u00a0is registered under shingled verandah at 122\u00b0,\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0hottest day recorded here for years.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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GULGONG,\u00a0Thursday.\u2014The<\/span>\u00a0weather is frightfully hot.\u00a0The<\/span>\u00a0thermometer yesterday registered 104\u00b0 in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0shade. To-day it is at 110\u00b0 in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0public buildings.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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GUNNEDAH,\u00a0Thursday.\u2014The<\/span>\u00a0Namoi has ceased running.\u00a0The<\/span>\u00a0drought continues, and great distress prevails.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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WALGETT,\u00a0Thursday.\u2014The<\/span>\u00a0thermometer registered 150\u00b0 in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0sun to-day. Vegetation is completely dried up.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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MURRUNDI,\u00a0Thursday.\u2014The<\/span>\u00a0weather is exceedingly hot, and\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0thermometer to-day was 100\u00b0 in\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>shade.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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GRENFELL,\u00a0Friday.\u2014The<\/span>\u00a0weather is fearfully hot and dusty.\u00a0The<\/span>\u00a0thermometer to-day registered 110\u00b0 in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0shade, and 140\u00b0 in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0sun. A man named Thirlwall died from\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0effects\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0a sunstroke.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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COOTAMUNDRA,\u00a0Friday.\u2014The<\/span>\u00a0heat<\/span>\u00a0during\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0last three days has been intense. To-day it has ranged from 104\u00b0 to 112\u00b0 in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0shade. Rain is badly wanted and good water is very scarce.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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BATHURST,\u00a0Friday.\u2014The<\/span>\u00a0thermometer registered 112\u00b0 in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0shade at\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0telegraph station to-day.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The<\/span>\u00a0heat<\/span>\u00a0was most oppressive, and rain is badly wanted.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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QUEANBEYAN,\u00a0Friday.\u2014The<\/span>\u00a0heat<\/span>\u00a0for\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0last three days has been very oppressive, On Wednesday it was 102\u00b0, on Thursday 108\u00b0, and to-day 109\u00b0 in\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>shade. There is no sign\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0a change.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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WALGETT, Saturday.\u2014To-day was one\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0hottest days on record here.\u00a0The<\/span>\u00a0thermometer was 162\u00b0 in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0sun and 127\u00b0 in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0shade. At 6 p.m. it registered 120\u00b0 in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0shade.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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BOURKE,\u00a0Saturday.\u2014The<\/span>\u00a0heat<\/span>\u00a0to-day was intense ;\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0thermometer was 121\u00b0 in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0shade.\u00a0The<\/span>\u00a0weather was calm, with no sign\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0rain.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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ORANGE, Saturday.\u2014This forenoon,\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0weather was intolerably hot.\u00a0The<\/span>\u00a0thermometer registered 96\u00b0 in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0shade. In\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0afternoon a thunderstorm took place, during which a house was struck by lightning, and totally burned.\u00a0The<\/span>\u00a0inmates were absent at\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>time.\u00a0The<\/span>\u00a0adjoining premises were saved with difficulty.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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COWRA,\u00a0Tuesday.\u2014The<\/span>\u00a0weather during\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0past week has been intensely hot and dry.\u00a0The<\/span>\u00a0thermometer has ranged from 105\u00b0 to 115\u00b0 in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0shade, and up to 152\u00b0 in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0sun.\u00a0The<\/span>\u00a0Lachlan River has now almost stopped running. Rain is urgently wanted.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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COONAMBLE,\u00a0Tuesday.\u2014The<\/span>\u00a0average\u00a0heat<\/span>\u00a0during\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0last four or five days under\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0Commercial Bank verandah was 126\u00b0. There is no grass and no water, and no stock moving. Some\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0stations are dried out. This is\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0severest drought ever known here.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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PARKES,\u00a0Monday.\u2014The<\/span>\u00a0thermometer yesterday was from 112\u00b0 to 114\u00b0 in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0shade. To-day a thunder storm has occurred, but there is no rain.\u00a0The<\/span>\u00a0heat\u00a0<\/span>now is 108\u00b0 in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0shade.\u00a0The<\/span>\u00a0escort this week is 321 oz.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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DUBBO,\u00a0Monday.\u2014The<\/span>\u00a0weather here is frightful.\u00a0The<\/span>\u00a0thermometer for four days has been 110\u00b0 in\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>shade.\u00a0The<\/span>\u00a0magpies and other birds are so much affected by\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0heat<\/span>\u00a0that they are dropping off\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>trees ; others are leaving\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0bush and taking shelter in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0houses\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0settlers.<\/div>\n
At Bourke, yesterday,\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0heat<\/span>\u00a0was 122\u00b0 in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0shade;\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0fowls are dropping dead in large numbers. There is no sign\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0rain, and no cattle are travelling.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A correspondent, writing from\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0Liverpool Plains district to\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0Evening News says:\u2014\u201dWe shall all be ruined if rain does not fall within a month. It is pitiful to hear\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0tales\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0distress in every direction here, and from people too that two years ago could spend hundreds\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0pounds to as many shillings now.<\/div>\n<\/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\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0reverse, 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\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a04670 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\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0sake\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0milk for\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0little children, and he has to draw water from a well 140 feet deep.<\/div>\n
No one can possibly imagine\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0state\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0Liverpool Plains. All business is at a stand-still, and\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0necessaries\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0life are very dear.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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WARWICK, January\u00a012.\u2014The<\/span>\u00a0weather during\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>past week has been hot and dry, and everything looks withered and parched again. Creeks and watercourses are dry for long distances, and\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0Condamine has never been so low\u2014so dried up we may say\u2014for many years.<\/div>\n
Old residents tell us that even in\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0severe drought\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a01858-9\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0river was not so bad.<\/div>\n
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