Cold and Wet Weather Delayed Sowing and Farm Work
Date
18 July 1868
Summary / Overview
Reports describing the period around the cold extreme noted severe frost, continued cold and heavy rain. Wheat growth was held back, while ploughing and sowing were delayed in some districts.
Meteorological data recorded at the time
Documentary observation — Mount Pleasant: “sheets of ice” were reported, but no numerical thickness was given.
Historical descriptions / observations
South Australian Register, 24 Jul 1868 — Chinkford: the frosts had “kept the wheat back very much.”
Border Watch, 25 Jul 1868 — Mount Gambier: “Agricultural operations have been much delayed…”
Source
The South Australian Advertiser, 24 Jul 1868; South Australian Register, 24 Jul 1868; Border Watch, 25 Jul 1868.