weather – Page 9 – Real Climate Records

Sep 20

THE HEAT WAVE. 31 Dec 1904. 122 deg F. in Goodoga = 50 Celsius. A strongly marked heat wave is now passing over the continent, and very high temperatures were recorded yesterday all through the interior.

THE HEAT WAVE. (1904, December 31). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1931), p. 9. Retrieved September 20, 2022, […]

Sep 10

Unusually warm August day. 19 August 1954. At noon today the thermometer at the Weather Bureau showed 72 deg. 22.2 Celsius

Unusually warm August day (1954, August 19). News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 – 1954), p. 1. Retrieved September 10, 2022, […]

Sep 05

Are We Entering a New Ice Age? 13 March 1947. History records periods of cold and heat, drought and rain, and the influence of weather and climate on the course of human history is greater than many of us are inclined to admit.

Are We Entering a New Ice Age? (1947, March 13). Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved […]

Aug 16

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 16, […]

Jul 26

No Hope For Today Mon 20 Jan 1908. The highest registration was at Horsham where the mercury touched 119 degrees. = 48.3Celsius

“NO HOPE FOR TO-DAY.” (1908, January 20). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), p. 5. Retrieved July 26, […]

Jul 06

WORST HEAT IN HISTORY ROASTS SYDNEY 14jan 1939. 116deg.F = 46.6C. All records were swept aside in Sydney to-day by a scaring heat-wave from the west.

(Sydney, NSW : 1910 – 1954), p. 1 (LAST RACE ALL DETAILS). Retrieved July 6, 2022, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/229480276/24651945# All records […]

Jul 05

HEAT WAVES 14 Jan 1939. 114 deg F = 45.5 Celsius. With a reading of 114.1 degrees at 12.50 p.m. to-day’s temperature passed the all-time record of 112.5 established on Tuesday. Country temperatures at 9 a.m. were nearly all in the vicinity of 100 degrees.

HEAT WAVES (1939, January 14). The Longreach Leader (Qld. : 1923 – 1954), p. 16 (Edition 2). Retrieved July 5, […]

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 […]

Jun 13

Melbourne Storm. WORST EVER RECORDED in Living Memory. 20 Jan 1941.

Melbourne Storm. (1941, January 20). Bowen Independent (Qld. : 1911 – 1954), p. 3. Retrieved June 13, 2022, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/201974909# […]

May 24

Hawkesbury Heat. 18 Jan 1896. Yesterday (Sunday) the shade temperature at this Observatory reached 116.8 degrees, or the same as that attained on the 6th instant. To-day, however, the maximum recorded was 118.8 degs, the highest experienced here since 1862. 118 deg F = 48.2 Celsius

Hawkesbury Heat. (1896, January 18). Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 – 1965), p. 6. Retrieved May 24, 2022, […]