weather – Page 17 – Real Climate Records

Apr 15

FREAK HEAT WAVE. RECORD NIGHT TEMPERATURE. 09 April 1938. “Not for many years had there been such remarkable weather in Perth as the excessive heat of Thursday night.” No March or April heat waves found since 1950.

FREAK HEAT WAVE. (1938, April 9). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 – 1954), p. 19. Retrieved April 14, […]

Apr 14

CITY HEAT WAVE ENDS. 05 April 1941. “Cool weather, occasional drizzling rain, and squally winds yesterday brought an abrupt change from the unusually hot April conditions Sydney had experienced earlier in the week.”

CITY HEAT WAVE ENDS. (1941, April 5). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 13. Retrieved April […]

Apr 10

HEAT WAVE IN PERTH. 19 April 1945. “To-day the maxi mum temperature was 95.0 degrees, 19.8 above the April normal and a record for so late in the season.” No March or April heat waves found since 1950.

HEAT WAVE IN PERTH (1945, April 19). Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate (NSW : 1876 – 1954), p. 2. […]

Apr 08

Heat Wave in Sydney. 22 April 1922. “The shade temperature was 91 degrees at 12.30. which is the highest reading for April since 1859.”

Heat Wave in Sydney. (1922, April 22). Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1881 – 1922), p. 8. Retrieved April 8, […]

Mar 29

HEAT WAVE IN SYDNEY. 16 Mar 1915. “This month has so far proved the hottest March experienced in Sydney. To-day was a decided scorcher. The thermometer went to 100.7 degrees in the city, while in the western suburbs higher readings still were recorded. Parramatta had 104 degrees.” That’s 40 degrees Celsius in March. Imagine how “unprecedented” that would be if it happened now.

HEAT WAVE IN SYDNEY (1915, March 16). Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 – 1916), p. 10. Retrieved March 29, […]

Mar 26

HEAT WAVE CIRCLES SYDNEY. 09 Mar 1915. “This month has so far proved the hottest March experienced in Sydney.Much dust was carried by the blistering westerly and north- westerly wind. The forecast for to-morrow is more hot weather.”

HEAT WAVE CIRCLES SYDNEY. (1915, March 9). Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 – 1929), p. 3. Retrieved March 26, 2020, […]

Mar 19

PERTH’S SUMMER Record Heal Wave CITY’S DRIEST MARCH 1950

PERTH’S SUMMER (1950, March 25). Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved March 19, 2020, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/95688503?searchTerm=march%20heat%20wave&searchLimits=# […]

Mar 18

110.5 DEGREES Adelaide Heat Wave ADELAIDE, March 9. 1934

110.5 DEGREES (1934, March 9). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 – 1947), p. 2 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS). […]

Mar 16

WEATHER NOTES FOR MARCH. A SEVERE HEAT WAVE. 06 April 1928. “The highest readings were 108 degrees at Nullarbor and Cook on the 1st. and Port Augusta registered over the century each day, with an average for the six days of 105 degrees. At Adelaide it was the warmest spell in March, since 1914.”

WEATHER NOTES FOR MARCH. (1928, April 6). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1931), p. 15. Retrieved March 16, […]

Mar 14

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 14, […]