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Jun 11

TERRIFIC HEAT. 10 Feb 1900 120deg F =48.8889C South Australia

TERRIFIC HEAT. (1900, February 10). Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 – 1954), p. 13. Retrieved June 11, 2024, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87796200# TERRIFIC […]

Jun 10

The Heat in the Country Sat. 25 Jan 1908. “Yesterday 119 deg. was registered and the same temperature was recorded today.” 119 deg F =48.3 Celsius

THE HEAT IN THE COUNTRY. (1908, January 25). Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 – 1954), p. 41. Retrieved June 10, 2024, […]

Jun 08

Outsiders weather and ice age watch: South Africa breaks numerous all-time weather lows

Preliminary data from the South African weather service has found a total of 14 new all-time monthly low temperature records […]

Jun 07

Heat Waves Tues 7th Feb 1939. 07 Feb 1939. “The highest individual day was 115 on the 23rd. The concluding month of 1896 and the first two months of 1897 were hot. December, 1896, included two days of 114 and one of 110, and for five days on end, 30th January, 1897. to 3rd February, 1897, inclusive, the figures were: 104, 111, 116, 111 and 101. These figures included the hottest individual day (116, 46.6 Celsius on 1st February, 1897) so far as we have been able to ascertain, until last month, and they show an average for the five days of 108.6 daily.”

HEAT WAVES. (1939, February 7). The Riverine Grazier (Hay, NSW : 1873 – 1954), p. 2. Retrieved June 7, 2020, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/139812598?searchTerm=1900%20heat%20hot&searchLimits=# […]

Jun 06

Hot Summers and Cool Winters 04 Sep 1866. “In 1709 occurred “the cold winter,” when all the rivers and lakes of Europe were frozen, and even the seas to the distance of several miles from the shore. The frost penetrated three feet into the ground ; birds and wild beasts were strewed dead in the fields ; and men perished by thousands in their houses. The Adriatic was quite frozen over; and even the coast about Genoa. The winter of 1716 was nearly as severe, and a fair was held on the Thames.”

HOT SUMMERS AND COLD WINTERS. (1866, September 4). The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 – 1889), p. 3. Retrieved […]

Jun 05

The Port Pirie Recorder. The Heat 03 Jan 1900. “The thermometer at Mr. Meylan’s (who keeps the official record) reached 117 degs. in the shade, which is the highest point touched here since the records have been taken.” 117 deg F = 47 Celsius. This is 6 degrees above the BOM new heat record.

The port Pirie Recorder. (1900, January 3). Port Pirie Recorder and North Western Mail (SA : 1898 – 1918), p. 2. […]

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 4, […]

Jun 04

Outsiders weather and Outsiders weather and ice age watch: Norway shivers through its snowiest winter in 50 years

Despite the “hysteria” surrounding global warming, the Norwegian government has confirmed the Nordic country has endured its snowiest winter since […]

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