Mar 05

Severe March Heat Wave. 05 March 1930. During the latter part of the week, the report continues, many stations recorded shade readings in excess of the century.

WEATHER FOR WEEK (1930, March 5). News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 – 1954), p. 15 (HOME EDITION). Retrieved March 5, 2024, […]

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Mar 04

Changes In Climate. 17 Jan 1922. AUSTRALIA 10,000 YEARS AGO. COOL AND RAINY. The site of the Hotel Kosciusko was once under glacier ice, the ice terminating only about 200 yards from the hotel down Diggers’ Creek.

Changes In Climate (1922, January 17). The Sydney Stock and Station Journal (NSW : 1896 – 1924), p. 4. Retrieved March […]

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Mar 02

Vines Affected By Heat Wave TANUNDA. March 1 1935. The heat wave has crumpled up hundreds of acres of vines.

Vines Affected By Heat Wave (1935, March 2). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 – 1954), p. 13. Retrieved March 2, […]

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Mar 01

MARCH 1 BEGINS HEAT WAVE. 07 Mar 1942. The first day of March, marked the beginning of a burst which quickly dried up any germ of an idea that summer was over. 109 deg F = 42.7 Celsius.

MARCH 1 BEGINS HEAT WAVE (1942, March 7). West Coast Sentinel (Streaky Bay, SA : 1912 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved […]

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Feb 28

Horses Drop in 117 Degrees of Heat ADELAIDE 20 Jan 1934. Birds were flying into the houses to escape the heat. 117 deg F = 47.2 Celsius.

Horses Drop in 117 Degrees of Heat (1934, January 20). The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 – 1954), p. 7. […]

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Feb 28

ANTARCTIC ICEBERGS. 14 Oct 1899. Revelation, massive icebergs calving off glasiers before global warming was invented. 200 ft. high with rocks on top. “Measurements in 1896 of a berg 600ft. high, which at first he mistook for an island.”

ANTARCTIC ICEBERGS. (1899, October 14). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 10. Retrieved February 28, 2024, from […]

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Feb 28

ANTARCTIC COLDER THAN USUAL. 12 April 1934. Whales Leave For Warmer Climate.

ANTARCTIC COLDER THAN USUAL. (1934, April 12). Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 – 1954), p. 8. Retrieved February 28, 2024, from […]

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Feb 27

ADELAIDE SHIVERS. RECORD COLD FEBRUARY DAY. ADELAIDE, February 27. 1939. “Never before has South Australia known a summer of such extremes.” January 117.7 deg F = 47.6 Celsius.

ADELAIDE SHIVERS. (1939, March 4). The Northern Herald (Cairns, Qld. : 1913 – 1939), p. 18. Retrieved February 27, 2024, from […]

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Feb 26

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

HEAT CAUSES 14 DEATHS (1939, January 12). News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 – 1954), p. 7. Retrieved February 26, 2024, from […]

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Feb 24

IS THE CLIMATE CHANGING? 23 Feb 1901. Our records of forty or fifty years, if gone through thoroughly, would show you that every variety of summer has been experienced—the long dry, hot summer, as well as the short cool summer, and the intermediates.

IS THE CLIMATE CHANGING? (1901, February 23). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 – 1946), p. 24. Retrieved February 24, 2024, […]

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