Real Climate Records

WEATHER FOR WEEK

“Except along the coast, where it was cool at times, the period under review has been marked by a spell of warm to hot and sultry weather throughout,” states Mr. E. Bromley (Government

Meteorologist) in his weather notes for the week ended at 8.30 o’clock this morning.

“During the latter part of the week,” the report continues, “many stations recorded shade readings in excess of the century.

At Adelaide the maximum temperatures averaged 99.9 deg.-nearly 18 deg. above the normal for this time of the year. The last four days, from Saturday, March 1, to Tuesday, registered more than 100 deg.-an average of 104.5. This constitutes the most severe March heat wave for 58 years.

“Apart from a few isolated showers and thunder, fine weather prevailed throughout the week. In Central and North Australia, however, further light to heavy monsoonal rain occurred during the greater portion of the seven days.

At Tennant’s Creek the falls were unprecedented. At this station during the first five days 2,027 points were reported, 1,299 having fallen in the 48 hours ended at 8.30 o’clock on Monday morning.

“The prolonged heat was due to the persistence of high pressure over eastern Australia and New Zealand. the centre of the widespread anticyclone lying over the Tasman Sea.

“Toward the middle and at the close of the week the eastern ‘high’ was reinforced by anticyclones from the west, but owing to the absence of any definite intervening ‘low’ the advance of the western systems brought no relief from the trying conditions, except along parts of the coast.”