Real Climate Records – Page 30 – Historic Heat and Weather Events in Australia as Parts of the Climate

Aug 26

Coming Weather. 17 Jan 1917. Extreme heat will spread from January 11, from the north and west and affect South Coast areas a few days la0ter, but the “king” heat-wave of this summer, and when the highest temperatures seem likely to he recorded will in all probability traverse the eastern states during the third week of February, and culminate in violent storms and torrential rains

Coming Weather. (1917, January 17). Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser (NSW : 1904 – 1932), p. 6. Retrieved […]

Aug 24

BUSHFIRES. 17 Sept 1940. Bushfires have started earlier than usual this season, and considerable damage has already been done in the Blue Mountains area.

BUSHFIRES. (1940, September 17). Macleay Argus (Kempsey, NSW : 1885 – 1907; 1909 – 1910; 1912 – 1913; 1915 – 1916; […]

Aug 23

1910 Receding Glaciers. 1963 Glaciers Grow. The Jacobshaven glacier in Greenland has retreated four miles since 1850, and the East glacier in Spitzbergen is more than a mile away from its original terminal moraine.

RECEDING GLACIERS. (1910, September 28). The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal (NSW : 1888 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved August 23, […]

Aug 22

Bushfires. 22 Nov 1940. It is almost impossible for a writer of Australian fiction to complete a novel of life in the bush without introducing such a catastrophe

Bushfires. (1940, November 22). South Western Advertiser (Perth, WA : 1910 – 1954), p. 2. Retrieved August 22, 2024, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/149836416?searchTerm=bushfires&searchLimits=# […]

Aug 21

BUSHFIRES Kalgoorlie 26 Dec 1954 “Thousands of acres of virgin bush were burned out by bush fires this week following the heatwave last weekend.”

BUSHFIRES (1954, December 26). Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 – 1954), p. 16. Retrieved August 21, 2024, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/59699503?searchTerm=bushfires&searchLimits=# Sat. […]

Aug 20

HEAT WAVES 21 Jan 1932. It is possible that Perth will swelter beneath another heat wave by the week end.

HEAT WAVES (1932, January 21). The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 – 1950), p. 1 (HOME (FINAL) EDITION). Retrieved August […]

Aug 19

DEATH VALLEY—THE HOTTEST KNOWN REGION. The temperature of 134° F. recorded on July 10, 1913 is believed by meteorologists to be the highest natural air temperature ever recorded with a tested standard thermometer exposed in the shade under approved conditions.

https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/mwre/50/1/1520-0493_1922_50_10_dvhkr_2_0_co_2.xml SYNOPSIS Ten years of record obtained at the United States Weather Bureau’s substation at Greenland Ranch, in Death Valley. […]

Aug 17

Heat Wave On Fringe Of Antarctica. 12 Jan 1956. According to the staff aerologist, the weather lately had been abnormally warm because a wedge of warm air from New Zealand had crashed through the usually impenetrable wall of westerlies guarding the Antarctic

Heat Wave On Fringe Of Antarctica (1956, January 12). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995), p. 2. Retrieved August […]

Aug 16

Fake Nobel Prize – Fake Hockey Stick. Tony Heller

Michael Mann told the courts that he was a Nobel Prize recipient, even though he never received anything from the […]

Aug 15

HEAT BLAMED FOR CRIMES 24 Jul 1956. Police yesterday blamed a heatwave and violent summer storms as being “largely responsible” for a crime-wave

HEAT Blamed FOR CRIMES (1956, July 24). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995), p. 6. Retrieved August 15, 2024, […]