Minlaton, South Australia

Minlaton is a town in central Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. It is known as the "Barley capital of the world", due to the rich Barley production in the region.

Minlaton South Australia
War memorial on Main St.
Minlaton
Coordinates	34°46′21″S 137°35′39″E[1]
Population	759 (UCL 2021)[2]
Established	1876 (town) 1999 (locality)[1][3]
Postcode(s)	5575
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	198 km (123 mi) W of Adelaide 46 km (29 mi) S of Maitland 96 km (60 mi) S of Kadina
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
Footnotes	Adjoining localities[1]

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
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
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)
Mean daily maximum °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)
Mean daily minimum °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)	4.6	3.4	5.2	8.6	13.1	17.6	18.5	18.6	14.6	8.3	6.9	6.9	126.3
Average afternoon relative humidity (%)	36	39	40	47	49	67	70	63	58	47	39	39	50
Source: [7]

Gallery

• 
  Harry Butler's Red Devil is on display in Minlaton
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  Harry Butler memorial
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  Main street
• 
  St Benedict's Anglican church, built in 1886

See also

• List of cities and towns in South Australia