HEAT AND RAIN. Sydney, Oct 19 1898. Nyngan108deg F = 42.2 Celsius
HEAT AND RAIN. (1898, October 22). Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 – 1954), p. 24. Retrieved October 29, 2019, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87705049?searchTerm=october%20heat&searchLimits=#
The weather conditions this season continued to be abnormal.
In Sydney the heat today reached a record tor the month of October, ranging up to 99.7 in the shade.
Between noon and 2 o’clock a hot north westerly wind caused the thermometer to have an upward movement, and when this gave way during the afternoon to a light southerly breeze there was a quick fall of about 20 deg.
Reports from the country generally tell of high temperatures, but welcome rains are also reported from several parts. Riverina stations report a break up of the drought, which, it is hoped, will be a complete one, while in the central district several places enjoyed showers.
Proof of the severity of the season is shown by the fact that the Urana Lake is dry for the first lime in the memory of white settlers.
The reports of rain were
as follows:— Albury, 30 points; Braidwood,
6: Corowa, 30; Coolainon, 10; Yass, 18.
Light showers also fell at Broken Hill,
Meniuilie, Tocumwal, Urana, Coonia,
Junee, Tumut, and Wagga.
The greatest heat reported was Nyngan, 108 deg.;
Walgett, 104;
Greta, 102;
Grafton, 101;
Singleton, 100; and Wangie, 100.