weather – Page 7 – Real Climate Records

Apr 15

HEAT WAVE IN PERTH. 19 April 1945. “To-day the maxi mum temperature was 95.0 degrees, 35 Celsius. 19.8, 6.7C above the April normal and a record for so late in the season.” No March or April heat waves found since 1950.

HEAT WAVE IN PERTH (1945, April 19). Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate (NSW : 1876 – 1954), p. 2. Retrieved […]

Apr 12

FREAK HEAT WAVE. RECORD NIGHT TEMPERATURE. 09 April 1938. Not for many years had there been such remarkable weather in Perth as the excessive heat of Thursday night. No March or April heat waves found since 1950.

VICTORIAN HEAT WAVE (1933, April 12). Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 – 1954), p. 6. Retrieved April 12, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/41215074?searchTerm=april%20heat%20wave&searchLimits=# Minimum […]

Mar 28

110.5 DEGREES Adelaide Heat Wave ADELAIDE, March 9 1934 = 43.6 Celsius. The temperature at noon was 108.8 degrees— the highest on record for March.

110.5 DEGREES (1934, March 9). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 – 1947), p. 2 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS). Retrieved […]

Mar 18

WEATHER NOTES FOR MARCH. A SEVERE HEAT WAVE. 06 April 1928. The highest readings were 108 degrees at Nullarbor and Cook on the 1st. and Port Augusta registered over the century each day, with an average for the six days of 105 degrees. At Adelaide it was the warmest spell in March, since 1914. 108 deg F = 42.2 Celsius

WEATHER NOTES FOR MARCH. (1928, April 6). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1931), p. 15. Retrieved March 18, […]

Mar 17

WORST MARCH HEAT WAVE. 14 March 1934. Today was the sixth day of the heat wave, and still another century was added to the record of Melbourne’s worst March heat wave, and one of the most prolonged spells of heat ever experienced here.

WORST MARCH HEAT WAVE (1934, March 14). The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 – 1954), p. 13. Retrieved March 17, […]

Mar 07

WEATHER NOTES FOR FEBRUARY, 1826. Tarcoola and Port Augusta registered 114 degrees. = 45.5 Celsius

WEATHER NOTES FOR FEBRUARY, 1926. (1926, March 12). The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia (SA : 1919 – […]

Feb 07

HEAT WAVES. January, 1858, when for eight days the temperature ranged from 107.1 deg. to 116.3 deg. = 46.8 Celsius.

TOPICS OF THE DAY. (1907, February 28). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1931), p. 6. Retrieved February 7, […]

Feb 06

BENDIGO. 03 Feb 1855. The thermometer during both days indicated 115 degrees in the shade. 46 Celsius

BENDIGO. (1855, February 3). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), p. 6. Retrieved February 6, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4803926?# […]

Feb 03

Northern Hemisphere Warming Twice as Fast as South. Part 30 In The Rest Of The World Is Warming Up Twice As Fast As The Rest Of The World.

https://www.enn.com/articles/5660-northern-hemisphere-warming-twice-as-fast-as-south The northern hemisphere has been warming twice as fast as the southern hemisphere in recent years, the U.N’s weather […]

Jan 05

VICTORIAN RECORD BROKEN. MILDURA, 123 DEGREES. 06 Jan 1906. 123deg F = 50.5 Celsius

THE HOT WEATHER. (1906, January 6). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), p. 15. Retrieved January 5, 2023, […]