Winter has usually arrived and conditions are cool to cold and hopefully, quite wet. Contrary to popular belief, this is too early to start pruning in the home garden, although commercial groweres often start pruning in June.
The highest rainfall areas of the State this month are the Lower South-East, and along the Ranges as far North as Clare where normal rainfalls are between 75-125mm. Over the remainder of the settled areas, the average rainfall decreases with increasing distance from the coast, but normally almost all of this region can expect more than 40mm. In the interiors, the rainfall average is between 12-25mm in the Southern parts, but over most of the pastoral zones the average is less than 12mm with significant variations from year to year.
Whales arrive to give birth and to mate in the shallows off the South Australian Coastline.

Average temperatures - Max. 16.1°C. Min.8.1°C.
Highest on record: Max. 25.6°C. Min.17.3°C.
Lowest on Record: Max.8.3°C. Min. -0.4°C.

Average rainfall - 79mm.
Highest on record - 217.9mm.
Lowest on Record - 6mm.
Highest Daily Total - 54mm.

Average evaporation - 56mm. ......................This is the first month when average rains can be expected to exceed evaporation.

WHAT TO PLANT:
Vegetables - Seeds & Seedlings: Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Endive, Onions, Peas, Radish. Seeds only; Broad Beans, Lettuce.
Flowers - Seeds & Seedlings: Delphinium, Dianthus, Gypsophila, Linaria, Lupins, Statice.
Bulbs - Agapanthus, Alstroemeria, Amaryllis, Babiana, Brunsvigia, Calla, Crinum, Cyclamen, Hemerocallis, Hippeastrum, Iris, Kniphofia, Lilium, Lycoris, Nerine, Tigridia, Valotta, Zephrantes.

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