Early Heat Wave In Australia
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright)
MELBOURNE. October 21.
Early summer heat waves sent temperatures sky-high in many parts of eastern and southern Australia yesterday. Queensland and New South Wales had a continuation of their most trying spring weather for years, and Victoria and South Australia shared their discomfort as mcrcuries topped the lOOdcg, mark in several places in the four States.
At Oodnadatta and Marree in South Australia, it was Uldeg. and Urandanglc in Queensland and Adelaide had 109dcg. The hottest place in Victoria was Mildura with lOldeg. while Melbourne, with 88deg, had its hottest October day since 1944.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19571022.2.150
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28414, 22 October 1957, Page 15
Word Count
102Early Heat Wave In Australia Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28414, 22 October 1957, Page 15
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in