NEWS FROM THE PAST

THE WEATHER THE HEAT WAVE COOLER CONDITIONS COMING

As anticipated by “The Chronicle” the heat wave continued yesterday.

It is some consolation to know that in Melbourne and Adelaide the thermometer has been from 10 to 12 degrees higher!

TOOWOOMBA TEMPERATURES

Mr JJ Leadbetter (Botanic Gardens) recorded the following temperatures:Maximum...96.0

Screen minimum...68.0

Grass minimum...63.7 GATTON: 109 DEGREES

Passengers by the Western mail train last evening stated that it was 109 degrees at Gatton yesterday when the train was passing through that centre.

THE WARREGO: 110 TO 112 DEGREES Charleville, Tuesday

Real “old man” summer throughout the west. Frightfully hot. Reading: 106 in the shade yesterday. Gowrie and other stations report 110 and 112 yesterday. It was a cruel day, with the heat, and for the races.

Toowoomba Chronicle, December 29, 1920