Editing Flinders Ranges (section)

== Climate ==

The region has a [[semi-arid]] climate with hot dry summers and cool winters. Summer temperatures usually exceed  {{convert|38|C|F}}, while winters have highs around {{convert|13|-|16|C|F}}, depending on the elevation. Although [[rainfall]] is erratic, most of the precipitation falls in winter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.flindersranges.com/region/weather.htm|title=Tourism|date=22 October 2019}}</ref> There are also some [[monsoonal]] showers and storms that move in from the north during the summer. The area gets around {{convert|250|mm|in|abbr=on}} of rain annually, with the highest at [[Wilpena Pound]], at {{convert|350|mm|in|abbr=on}}. [[Frost]] is common on winter mornings and temperatures have dropped as low as {{convert|-8|C|F}}. [[Snow in Australia|Snow]] has even been recorded in the [[Wilpena Pound]] and at [[Blinman]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bom.gov.au/lam/climate/levelthree/c20thc/temp4.html|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20090317054300/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/96122/20090317-1643/www.bom.gov.au/lam/climate/levelthree/c20thc/temp4.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-03-17|title=BOM – Australian Climate Extremes|first=National Climate|last=Centre|website=webarchive.nla.gov.au}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> As of 2013, the last significant snowfall was in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://history.flindersranges.com.au/living-with-the-land/climate |title=Flinders Ranges Climate |access-date=26 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190221/http://history.flindersranges.com.au/living-with-the-land/climate |archive-date=29 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>