{"id":2495,"date":"2020-12-05T03:37:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T16:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=2495"},"modified":"2020-12-05T03:37:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T16:37:46","slug":"mud-showers-heat-waves-duststorms-nov-14-1944-110-deg-f-43-3-celsius-it-was-still-only-spring-then-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=2495","title":{"rendered":"MUD SHOWERS, HEAT WAVES DUSTSTORMS. Nov 14 1944. 110 Deg F = 43.3 Celsius. It was still only spring then too."},"content":{"rendered":"

MUD SHOWERS, HEAT WAVES DUSTSTORMS (1944, November 14). Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1915 – 1954)<\/i>, p. 2. Retrieved December 5, 2020, from https:\/\/trove.nla.gov.au\/newspaper\/article\/194285832?searchTerm=heat%20waves&searchLimits=#<\/a><\/p>\n

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SYDNEY, Mon. \u2014 Sydney had a taste of real “outback weather” to-day\u2014 a yellow dust haze<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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spread over the city about 10.30 a.m\u201e and the temperature soared to 95.2 at 3.45 p.m.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Heavy rain fell for a few minutes at 11 a.m., developing in some suburbs into “mud showers.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A heat wave extended to practically the whole of the State, and inland conditions were made more unpleasant by fierce duststorms that covered about three-quarters of the State.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Temperatures soared to the century mark in many centres, and reached the highest of this sum<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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mer.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Bourke recorded 110 degrees, and other recordings over 100 were at Coonamble 107, Toboo-<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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burra and Nyngan 106, Moree and Ivanhoe 105, Trangie and Dubbo 104 degrees.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Blinding duststorms swept these towns on Sunday, and to-day they were still blowing.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Coastal areas, too, have come into the grip of the heat wave, and temperatures of 100 and 102<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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were recorded at Grafton and Casino.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Divisional Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, said to-day that a high pressure system from South Australia, accompanied by cooler and squally winds, is approaching, and when it strikes the hot conditions scattered thunderstorms and showers are likely to occur.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It was not expected that the cool change would reach the coastal areas until to-morrow.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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