The first frosts of the year often occur in April and rain is more likely. Daytime temperatures over most of the settled areas are often below 25° C and between 25° - 30° in the interior.
Now the Autumn Equinox is past, the shortening of the days is noticeable.
The olive harvest begins, continuing throughout autumn and winter.

Average temperatures - Max. 22.3°C. Min.12.2°C.
Highest on record: Max. 36.7°C. Min.26.3°C.
Lowest on Record: Max.11.9°C. Min. 4.3°C.

Average rainfall - 47mm.
Highest on record - 154.9mm.
Lowest on Record - 0mm.
Highest Daily Total - 80mm.

Average evaporation - 120mm.

WHAT TO PLANT:
Vegetables - Seeds & Seedlings: Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery; Endive, Lettuce, Peas, Silverbeet, Spinach.

Seeds - Broad Beans, White Onions, Turnip.

Herbs can be grown from seed now, either in the open garden or in pots.

Flowers - Seeds & Seedlings: Ageratum, Alyssum. Aquilegia, Arctotis, English Daisy, Calendula, Carnation, Cineraria, Cornflower, Delphinium, Dianthus, Everlasting Daisy, Hollyhock, Linaria, Mesembryanthemum, French Marigold, Nemesia, Pansy, Polyanthus, Iceland Poppy, Primula, Snapdragon, Stock, Sweet Pea, Viola, Wallflower.

Bulbs - Anemone, Bluebells, Daffodils, Dutch Iris, Freesias, Hyacinths, Jonquils, Lachenalias, Muscari, Ranunculas, Sparaxis, Tritonias.

For a good show of flowers, complete spring bulb planting this month, except Tulips, they do best planted in May.

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