Likelihood of drought years in south-western Australia : how often can droughts such as that of 1969 be expected in Western Australia's farming areas?

Authors

Eugene Adsil FitzpatrickFollow

Keywords

Drought, Western Australia

Disciplines

Climate | Environmental Monitoring | Meteorology | Water Resource Management

First Page Number

144

Last Page Number

155 + 164

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

Because of the serious consequences of drought to individual farmers and to Western Australia's economy, it is worth making an early appraisal of the 1969 rainfall conditions that led to the State's most recent drought in an attempt to estimate how often such seasons might be expected in the agricultural areas.

Recommended Citation

Fitzpatrick, Eugene Adsil (1970) "Likelihood of drought years in south-western Australia : how often can droughts such as that of 1969 be expected in Western Australia's farming areas?," Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 11: No. 7, Article 4.
Available at: https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol11/iss7/4