OCTOBER HEAT. 28 Oct 1922 102.9 deg F = 39.3888 Celsius

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165679412?searchTerm=october%20heat&searchLimits=# Ornithologists and Nature-lovers have been prophesying during the past month or two that the present would be an early […]

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FIRST MEN AT THE SOUTH POLE. 01 Mar. 1956 Areas free of snow and ice. Volcanoes.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202775200?searchTerm=heat%20wave&searchLimits=dateFrom=1956-01-01|||dateTo=1956-12-31# By Peter; Hastings, reviewing The Silent Continent. Just 44 years ago four men stood on a plateau about 11,000 […]

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