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The heatwave broke numerous records and affected all of south-eastern Australia, including Melbourne, where some outdoor games were cancelled during the 2009 Australian Open. The heatwave commenced in Adelaide on 26 January 2009 (Australia Day), with a temperature of 36.6 °C (98 °F).
Köppen climate types in South Australia Satellite image of eastern South Australia. Note the dry lakes (white patches) in the north. Southern areas of South Australia have a Mediterranean climate, while the rest of the state has a drier arid climate and semi-arid climate. [9] The state's mean temperature range is 29 °C in January and 15 °C ...
The heatwaves were so strong that it broke records, becoming the hottest summer ever recorded in Adelaide. [1] Although there were no deaths directly linked to the heatwave as of 2015, there were at least 136 heat-related hospital admissions recorded. [2] 14 January was the 4th hottest day recorded in Adelaide, at 45.1 °C (113.2 °F). [3]
During the heat wave, several records were broken; Tasmania recorded its highest-ever temperature; 42.2 °C (108 °F) in Scamander, and the long-standing Tasmanian record of 40.8 °C (105.4 °F) (recorded in Hobart on 4 January 1976) was broken five times within two days at Flinders Island, Fingal (twice), St Helens and Scamander, [7] while Hopetoun in Victoria recorded the state's highest ...
State Records of South Australia (SRSA) is the archives and records management authority for the Government of South Australia.It is responsible for storing, managing, protecting and providing access to the official records of the South Australian Government, as well as providing South Australian state and local government agencies with advice about records management, freedom of information ...
John Ridley invented a reaping machine in 1843 which changed farming methods throughout South Australia and the nation at large. By 1843, 93 km 2 (36 sq mi) of land was growing wheat (contrasted with 0.08 km 2, 0.031 sq mi in 1838). Toward the end of the century South Australia became known as the "granary of Australia".
This List of Adelaide obsolete suburb names gives suburb names which were officially discontinued before 1994, and their new names or the suburbs into which they were incorporated. Earlier name Named, or part of another suburb, as of 1993 [update]
The year 1950 opened quite quietly over Australia, with a relatively inactive monsoon and generally very cool conditions further south. A major cyclone [4] in the third week of January gave substantial rain to most of New South Wales and caused high winds that killed seven people, but it was not until February that the pattern of abnormal rainfall over NSW and Queensland became firmly established.