weather – Page 14 – Real Climate Records

Mar 17

WORST MARCH HEAT WAVE. 14 March 1934. “Today was the sixth day of the heat wave, and still another century was added to the record of Melbourne’s worst March heat wave, and one of the most prolonged spells of heat ever experienced here.”

WORST MARCH HEAT WAVE (1934, March 14). The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 – 1954), p. 13. Retrieved March 17, […]

Feb 26

HEAT WAVES. January, 1858, when for eight days the temperature ranged from 107.1 deg. to 116.3 deg. = 46.8 Celsius.

TOPICS OF THE DAY. (1907, February 28). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1931), p. 6. Retrieved February 26, […]

Feb 16

BENDIGO. 03 Feb 1855. The thermometer during both days indicated 115 degrees in the shade. 46 Celsius

1855 ‘BENDIGO.’, The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), 3 February, p. 6. , viewed 16 Feb 2021, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4803926?# […]

Jan 27

Northern Hemisphere Warming Twice as Fast as South. Part 30 in everywhere is warming twice as fast as everywhere else.

https://www.enn.com/articles/5660-northern-hemisphere-warming-twice-as-fast-as-south The northern hemisphere has been warming twice as fast as the southern hemisphere in recent years, the U.N’s weather […]

Jan 16

WINTER IN SUMMER MELBOURNE’S COLD SNAP 21 Jan 1931. 57 deg F = 13.88 Celsius.

WINTER IN SUMMER (1931, January 21). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1931), p. 9. Retrieved January 16, 2021, […]

Jan 11

VICTORIAN RECORD BROKEN. MILDURA, 123 DEGREES. 06 Jan 1906. 123deg F = 50.5 Celsius

THE HOT WEATHER. (1906, January 6). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), p. 15. Retrieved January 11, 2021, […]

Dec 30

DEATH FROM THE HEAT. 29 Dec 1896. ‘NOTWITHSTANDING the amount of sickness caused by the hot weather, there have fortunately been very few deaths directly due to the high temperature.’

DEATH FROM THE HEAT. (1896, December 29). Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved December […]

Dec 21

South Pole Warming Up. 31 July 1906. Since the first visit to the ice cap of the south pole was made, some fifty years ago, there has been a steady recession of the belt of some thirty miles,

South Pole Warming Up. (1906, July 31). Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 – 1915), p. 6. Retrieved […]

Dec 11

WORLD GROWING WARMER 23 Sept 1922. European glaciers are everywhere receding. The ice fringes of both Poles are retreating. Even during the comparatively short space of time that the Antarctic has been visited by man the ice has retired some 40 miles. So let us cheer up.

WORLD GROWING WARMER. (1922, September 23). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), p. 9. Retrieved December 11, 2020, […]

Dec 05

MUD SHOWERS, HEAT WAVES DUSTSTORMS. Nov 14 1944. 110 Deg F = 43.3 Celsius. It was still only spring then too.

MUD SHOWERS, HEAT WAVES DUSTSTORMS (1944, November 14). Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1915 – 1954), p. 2. Retrieved December […]