Minlaton, South Australia

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Minlaton
South Australia
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War memorial on Main St.
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Minlaton
Coordinates 34°46′21″S137°35′39″E / 34.772545°S 137.594126°E / -34.772545; 137.594126 Coordinates: 34°46′21″S137°35′39″E / 34.772545°S 137.594126°E / -34.772545; 137.594126 [1]
Population800 (2016 census) [2]
Established1876 (town)
1999 (locality) [1] [3]
Postcode(s) 5575
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s) Yorke Peninsula Council
Region Yorke and Mid North [1]
County Fergusson [1]
State electorate(s) Narungga [4]
Federal division(s) Grey [5]
Localities around Minlaton:
Bluff Beach Koolywurtie Curramulka
Parsons Beach Minlaton Curramulka
Ramsay
Spencer Gulf Brentwood
Yorketown 		Yorketown
FootnotesAdjoining localities [1]

Minlaton is a town in central Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. At the 2016 census, Minlaton had a population of 800. [2] It is known as the "Barley capital of the world", due to the rich Barley production in the region.

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Minlaton was the hometown of Harry Butler, a World War I flying ace. His Bristol M1C monoplane has been restored and is preserved in pride of place in a building the centre of the town. When he flew an air mail run from Adelaide across Gulf St Vincent to Minlaton in 1919, it was the first over-water flight in the Southern Hemisphere.

Minlaton is in the District Council of Yorke Peninsula, the federal Division of Grey [6] and the state electoral district of Narungga. [4]


Climate

Minlaton, like most of the Yorke Peninsula, has a dry mediterranean climate bordering on semi-arid. Annual rainfall is around 360 millimetres or 14 inches, most of which falls in the winter months.[ citation needed ]

Climate data for Minlaton Aero
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °C (°F)45.6
(114.1)		44.1
(111.4)		41.0
(105.8)		37.4
(99.3)		30.9
(87.6)		25.9
(78.6)		23.0
(73.4)		29.3
(84.7)		33.0
(91.4)		38.7
(101.7)		44.3
(111.7)		45.9
(114.6)		45.6
(114.1)
Average high °C (°F)29.6
(85.3)		28.6
(83.5)		26.7
(80.1)		23.4
(74.1)		19.5
(67.1)		16.3
(61.3)		15.3
(59.5)		16.4
(61.5)		19.1
(66.4)		22.6
(72.7)		26.0
(78.8)		27.6
(81.7)		22.6
(72.7)
Average low °C (°F)15.4
(59.7)		15.3
(59.5)		14.1
(57.4)		11.9
(53.4)		10.0
(50.0)		7.8
(46.0)		7.0
(44.6)		6.8
(44.2)		7.9
(46.2)		9.3
(48.7)		12.0
(53.6)		13.5
(56.3)		10.9
(51.6)
Record low °C (°F)6.4
(43.5)		8.0
(46.4)		6.0
(42.8)		5.0
(41.0)		3.0
(37.4)		0.0
(32.0)		−0.3
(31.5)		0.5
(32.9)		0.2
(32.4)		0.8
(33.4)		2.1
(35.8)		3.7
(38.7)		−0.3
(31.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)14.5
(0.57)		18.1
(0.71)		16.1
(0.63)		24.5
(0.96)		39.5
(1.56)		52.5
(2.07)		50.0
(1.97)		46.1
(1.81)		35.4
(1.39)		22.8
(0.90)		21.8
(0.86)		19.6
(0.77)		360.3
(14.19)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm)4.63.45.28.613.117.618.518.614.68.36.96.9126.3
Average afternoon relative humidity (%)36394047496770635847393950
Source: [7]

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  2. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Minlaton (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 February 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ Kentish, Peter McLaren (27 May 1999), "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991, Notice to Assign Boundaries and Names to Places (in the District Council of Yorke Peninsula)" (PDF), The South Australian Government Gazette: 2696, retrieved 14 December 2022– via AustLII
  4. 1 2 Narungga (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Localities". Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  7. ↑ "MINLATON AERO (nearest Weather Station)". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
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