summer – Page 7 – Real Climate Records

Sep 19

OCTOBER HEAT 28 Oct 1922. 102.9 deg F = 39.3 Celsius. Never before in the meteorological history of the State and that goes back for centuries has there been so hot a day in the mouth of October, as was experienced on Saturday.

OCTOBER HEAT. (1922, October 28). Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 – 1931), p. 24. Retrieved September 19, 2022, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165679412?searchTerm=october%20heat&searchLimits=# […]

Aug 15

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

1956 ‘FIRST MEN AT THE SOUTH POLE’, The Beverley Times (WA : 1905 – 1977), 1 March, p. 8. (Supplement […]

Jul 14

HEAT WAVES KILL 110. 21 Jul. 1927. America’s Deadly Summer. There has been no abatement of the heat wave which has been, already responsible for 110 death in the Eastern States of America.

HEAT WAVES KILL 110. (1927, July 21). North West Champion (Moree, NSW : 1915 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved July […]

Jun 14

Previous Heat Waves. 16 Dec 1919. 120, 122, 123 Deg F = 48.8889, 50, and 50.556 Degrees Celsius

PREVIOUS HEAT WAVES. (1919, December 16). Toowoomba Chronicle (Qld. : 1917 – 1922), p. 5. Retrieved June 14, 2022, from […]

May 11

THE TEMPERATURE. 28 Jan 1896. “On one day of twenty-four hours in 1892, when the thermometers ranged between 99 and 102 degrees, there were 223 deaths recorded, and in three days at that time 600 people died in New York alone.” Obviously bad temperature readings are the cause of these deaths.

THE TEMPERATURE. (1896, January 28). The Maitland Daily Mercury (NSW : 1894 – 1939), p. 2. Retrieved May 11, 2022, […]

Apr 04

Victoria Has Record April Heat Wave. 02 April 1941. A record April heat was reached to-day

Victoria Has Record April Heat Wave (1941, April 2). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 – 1947), p. 4 (SECOND […]

Mar 19

ANOTHER HEAT WAVE. March 6 1929. All old residents state that this is the most protracted summer on record. 106 Deg F = 41 Celsius.

MOSSMAN NOTES. (1929, March 9). Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 – 1954), p. 14. Retrieved March 19, 2022, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/40662974?searchTerm=march%20heat%20wave&searchLimits=# […]

Mar 12

OUR CLIMATE IS CHANGING. 24 May 1951. If you think the weather’s not what it used to be 60 years ago, you now have the support of scientists.

OUR CLIMATE IS CHANGING (1951, May 24). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), p. 3. Retrieved March 12, […]

Mar 02

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. […]

Feb 28

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 28, 2022, […]