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January temperatures at Bourke, NSW have been plummeting since the start of records in the 1870s. January, 1896 averaged a mind blowing 43C.
Temperatures in January 1896 were incomprehensibly hot. For six weeks, every afternoon was above 114F, and it never got below 100F. Peak temperature was 128F
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/46050184
Compare these 1896 temperatures from the nearby Gundabooka, vs. the fake BOM “record heatwave” of 2014 – which wasn’t even close to the heat of 1896.
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