A WARM WINTER. 30 July 1921. The present winter is the warmest ever experienced in Adelaide.

A WARM-WINTER (1921, July 30). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1931), p. 13. Retrieved September 9, 2024, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/35251659?searchTerm=warm%20winter#

In spite of the cold snap on Friday, the present winter is the warmest ever experienced in Adelaide.
The Government Meteorologist (Mr. E. Bromley) remarked on Friday that May, June, and
July had established a record for mildness. The subsoil in the agricultural areas had a good soaking in March, and the farmers had done well with the fallowing and cultivation.
A dry spell caused the postponement of work generally in April, and by the middle of May the prospects were most unsatisfactory. A few days later good rains entirely altered things through-
out the State.
Seeding was completed by June, during which month the rain registrations were rather light. The gauging for July had been good, and most of the agricultural areas had received from
a quarter to half an inch since Thursday night. The Director of Agriculture (Professor A. J. Perkins) said the agriculturists were at the mercy of spring in such a season as the present, in which seeding had been so late.
A fairly late spring was necessary, so that the State could get good crops. Poor growth followed a late seeding unless the State had a favourable spring—about two inches of rain in August,
the same in September and even a couple more in October.