11 Jan 1939 – BOURKE’S RECORD BROKEN. – Trove
03 Feb 1939 – BOURKE’S NEW HEAT RECORD – Trove
13 Jan 1939 – STATE’S BLANKET OF HEAT. – Trove
19 Aug 1940 – KOALAS FACE EXTINCTION – Trove
Inferno on Black Friday 1939: 71 deaths
11 Jan 1939 – HOTTEST DAY ON RECORD IN THREE CAPITALS Seven Deaths: Many People Collapse – Trove
p1 – 14 Jan 1939 – The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 – 1954) – Trove
13 Jan 1939 – HUNDREDS FLEE FROM SWEEPING BUSHFIRE PERIL – Trove
19 Jan 1939 – The Bushfire Peril. – Trove
The Leadbeater’s Possum was presumed to be extinct in the early part of the 20th century. It requires young Mountain Ash forest to feed. But the massive fires of January 13, 1939 cleared out the old growth forest and was replaced with the young forest which the possums need. By 1990, the possum’s numbers may have been at a record high, but decades of fire suppression put them at risk again.
22 Sep 1990, Page 166 – The Age at Newspapers.com
p19 – 11 Jan 1939 – The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 – 1954) – Trove
01 Feb 1939 – BUSHFIRE DAMAGE. – Trove
p1 – 28 Jan 1939 – The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 – 1954) – Trove
From September 1 to October 9, 1939 – Madison, Indiana afternoons averaged 95 degrees, had thirty-one days over 90 degrees, and eleven days over 100 degrees. On October 8, 1939 is was 100 degrees in Indiana.
September/October afternoon temperatures have dropped more than five degrees over the last century at Madison, Indiana.
The heatwave was coast to coast.
11 Oct 1939, Page 5 – The Indianapolis Star at Newspapers.com
13 Oct 1939, 16 – The Times at Newspapers.com
Arctic winter temperatures warmed 16 degrees from 1910 to 1939.
29 Sep 1939 – What is The World Coming To? – Trove
The glaciers of Greenland and Norway were facing catastrophic collapse.
17 Dec 1939, Page 15 – Harrisburg Sunday Courier
Shade temperatures at Tea Tree Well, Australia were over 130 degrees for days during the summer of 1939.
12 Feb 1940 – A Hot Spot – Trove
