2022 – Page 22 – Real Climate Records

Jun 04

IS WORLD WARMING UP? 01 Oct 1932. Going through records for 60 years. Mr. Mares found that Sydney has become very slightly warmer. For the 30 years, 1901-1930, the average temperature for the 12 months was half a degree higher than for the years from 1871 to 1900.

IS WORLD WARMING UP? (1932, October 1). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved June […]

Jun 03

Bureau of Meteorology keeps two sets of books. Destroyed historic data in 2003.

LNP senator questions veracity of BOM’s temperature findings

May 30

WORLD HEATING UP GREAT ICECAPS DISSOLVING AT POLES. 26 Aug 1933. The ice has left the British Isles, most of Scandinavia, and most of Iceland, “But it lingers round Greenland and still covers the Poles. In time, it may all melt, and there will be no ice even at the Poles.

WORLD HEATING Up (1933, August 26). The Evening News (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1924 – 1941), p. 8. Retrieved May 30, […]

May 25

A Warmer World. 21 Jul 1932. SOME great world change is taking place on the Antarctic Continent. Its glaciers are shrinking. Commander L.A. Bernacchi, who visited the South Polar land 30 years ago, says that the Great Ice Barrier which fronts the continent with a wall of ice for 250 miles has receded at least 30 miles since it was first seen and surveyed.

A Warmer World. (1932, July 21). The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 – 1939), p. 42. Retrieved May 25, 2022, […]

May 24

Hawkesbury Heat. 18 Jan 1896. Yesterday (Sunday) the shade temperature at this Observatory reached 116.8 degrees, or the same as that attained on the 6th instant. To-day, however, the maximum recorded was 118.8 degs, the highest experienced here since 1862. 118 deg F = 48.2 Celsius

Hawkesbury Heat. (1896, January 18). Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 – 1965), p. 6. Retrieved May 24, 2022, […]

May 20

THE WEATHER. 03 Feb 1855 -During the last few days the weather has been as hot and as distressing as ever I remember in the colony. The thermometer during both days indicated 115 degrees in the shade. 46 deg Celsius.

BENDIGO. (1855, February 3). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), p. 6. Retrieved May 20, 2022, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4803926?# […]

May 19

EXTREME HEAT. 25 Jan 1896. So unexampled a spell of extreme temperature has caused much sickness and many deaths. In the Bourke district 35 deaths have occurred which are directly ascribable to heat. Persons drop down in the street and die without regaining consciousness.

EXTREME HEAT. (1896, January 25). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 – 1946), p. 33. Retrieved May 19, 2022, from […]

May 17

WORLD GROWING WARMER. 30 Sept 1922. Even during the comparatively short space of time that the Antarctic has been visited by man the ice has retired some 40 miles.

WORLD GROWING WARMER. (1922, September 30). Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate (NSW : 1876 – 1954), p. 14. Retrieved […]

May 16

NORTH POLE MELTING. MANY GLACIERS VANISHED. 07 April 1923. Is the North Pole going to melt entirely? Are the Arctic regions warming up, with the prospect of a great climatic change in that part of the world?

NORTH POLE MELTING. (1923, April 7). Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 – 1954), p. 9. Retrieved May 16, 2022, […]

May 13

MELTING ICE CAP DANGER. 31 May 1947. If the Antarctic ice regions and the major Greenland ice cap should reduce at the same rate as they are at present melting, oceanic surfaces would rise in catastrophic proportions, and people living in the lowlands along the shores would be inundated.

MELTING ICE CAP DANGER (1947, May 31). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 – 1954), p. 1. Retrieved May 13, […]