{"id":6607,"date":"2025-02-27T04:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T17:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=6607"},"modified":"2025-02-27T04:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T17:33:07","slug":"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-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=6607","title":{"rendered":"ADELAIDE SHIVERS. RECORD COLD FEBRUARY DAY. ADELAIDE, February 27. 1939. \u201cNever before has South Australia known a summer of such extremes.\u201d January 117.7 deg F = 47.6 Celsius."},"content":{"rendered":"

ADELAIDE SHIVERS. (1939, March 4).\u00a0The Northern Herald (Cairns, Qld. : 1913 \u2013 1939)<\/i>, p. 18. Retrieved February 27, 2025, from https:\/\/trove.nla.gov.au\/newspaper\/article\/150898039?searchTerm=cold%20february&searchLimits=#<\/a><\/p>\n

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ADELAIDE SHIVERS.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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RECORD COLD FEBRUARY<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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DAY.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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ADELAIDE, February 27.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Today was the coldest February day Adelaide has ever known.<\/div>\n
The maximum temperature was only 60.5, a drop of 44 degrees within four days.<\/div>\n
It was 104.3 on Wednesday, and 64.9 yesterday.<\/div>\n
The previous coldest February day was on February 9, 1883, when it was 63.8.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Never before has South Australia known a summer of such extremes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Last month there were two all time heat records, 116.9 on January 10, and 117.7 on January 12.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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