HEAT WAVE

Grey River Argus, 8 March 1928, Page 5

HEAT WAVE

ON WEST COAST Yesterday’s Record Yesterday’s temperature in Ureymouth, as indeed, throughout the district, was more uky that of an Australian. summer than a West Coast summer. The previous day had been exceptionally warm, the thermometer reaching a level nearly equal to the previous highest this summeh. From 66 degrees al 9 a.in. on Tuesday the glass mounted in seven hours lo 8b degrees, but this was so to speak, put-in the shade yesterday, when Hit record at 9 a.m. was 70 degrees. By noon was eleven degrees warinen, and at 1 p.m. the thermometer stood at 83 degrees. This was the* highest of th e year up to that hour, the previous highest having been 81 degrees, but by 3 o ’clock no less than 86 degrees was reached, which was five degrees higher than the highest record of any previous day in the present summer. The effects of the extreme heat wer e felt by everybody, and liquids of all kinds, except such as were ica-cooled, tended tv V lukewarm. Many young people resort to bathing in order to neutralise the heat, there being a good many visitors to the surf and the; Municipal baljhs. A .smoke-laden atmosphere bore witness to numerous small scrub and bush fires in the outlaying country. In the evening the sun about 6.45 went down in a sapphire setting like a ball of burnished gold? P r< ’" senting a brilliant sight just over the horizon, and leaving the clouds and hills in a rosy glow. The heat, however, continued during the night, and went to emphasize the exceptional nature of the present summer, which will go on record as one of the most torrid for over a generation past.