EXCESSIVE HEAT. 31 Dec 1898. At Adelaide yesterday the thermometer registered 108 in the shade. = 42.2 Celsius.

EXCESSIVE HEAT. (1898, December 31). Macleay Argus (Kempsey, NSW : 1885 – 1907; 1909 – 1910; 1912 – 1913; 1915 – 1916; 1918 – 1954), p. 9. Retrieved December 31, 2021, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/233891274?searchTerm=extreme%20heat%20in%20melbourne#

Sydney, Friday.
Extreme heat is being experienced in the other colonies. At Adelaide yesterday the thermometer registered 108 in the shade, and at Melbourne 104.