bourke – Page 4 – Real Climate Records

Jan 11

HEAT WAVE. SYDNEY SWELTERS. 10 Jan 1929. The maximum being 111 degrees at Bourke. = 43.8 Celsius

HEAT WAVE. (1929, January 10). The Maitland Daily Mercury (NSW : 1894 – 1939), p. 2. Retrieved January 11, 2023, […]

Jan 09

Heat Waves Fri 9Jan 1903. For about a month the temperature averaged 114 degrees of shade heat, while for six days in succession the glass never showed less than 118 degrees. 118deg.F = 47.7 Degrees Celsius

HEAT WAVES. (1903, January 9). The Australian Star (Sydney, NSW : 1887 – 1909), p. 6. Retrieved January 9, 2023, […]

Jan 07

BOURKE’S EXTREME HEAT. SYDNEY, January 7. Bourke reports a thermometer reading of 120. 48.8 Celsuis.

BOURKE’S EXTREME HEAT. (1914, January 10). Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 – 1931), p. 36. Retrieved January 7, 2023, from […]

Jan 04

HIDING THE RECORD HEAT OF THE PAST : MALFEASANCE at the Bureau of Meteorology

Nov 15

SYDNEY RECORD HEAT. 14 Nov 1936. record high temperatures for November, the heat being accentuated by scorching winds laden with smoke from bushfires. 109 degrees at Bourke, 42.7 Celsius

“SYDNEY” The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 – 1946) 14 November 1936: 8. Web. 15 Nov 2022 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/141781797?searchTerm=Record%20Heat# FOLLOWING an […]

Aug 28

WHOLE NATION SWELTERS. 29 Jan 1932. Heat Waves Stubborn Things No sufferer from recent and present heat conditions need think he has the discomfort entirely to himself, for the State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares,told “The Land” on Thursday that the whole of Australia was in the same boat.

WHOLE NATION SWELTERS (1932, January 29). The Land (Sydney, NSW : 1911 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved August 28, 2022, […]

Aug 27

HEAT WAVES IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT 29 Jan 1896. The object is to assist such of the residents of Bourke and other districts as do not posses sufficient means to avail themselves of a change of climate in cases where such a change is considered necessary by the medical officer.

HEAT WAVES IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT. (1896, January 29). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 7. […]

Jul 25

Heat Waves Fri 9Jan 1903. For about a month the temperature averaged 114 degrees of shade heat, while for six days in succession the glass never showed less than 118 degrees. = 47.7 Celsius

HEAT WAVES. (1903, January 9). The Australian Star (Sydney, NSW : 1887 – 1909), p. 6. Retrieved July 25, 2022, […]

Jun 18

Heat Waves 10 Dec 1913. 10 Dec 1913. “The highest reading on the official records at the Weather Bureau is 127deg., which occurred at Bourke on January 17, 1877. and again 125 deg. in January, 1909.” Heat Waves. (127, 125F, = 52.77 and 51.66 Celsius

Heat Waves. (1913, December 10). Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder (NSW : 1899 – 1952), p. 2. Retrieved […]

Feb 26

HEAT CAUSES 14 DEATHS 124 Degrees At White Cliffs SYDNEY. Thursday. 12 Jan 1939. 124 deg F = 45.5 Celsius

1939 ‘HEAT CAUSES 14 DEATHS’, News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 – 1954), 12 January, p. 7. , viewed 26 Feb […]