Triple J (101.9 FM). In addition, there are commercial radio stations, including 5RM (801 AM); Wild Country Radio (1557 AM); Magic FM (93.1 FM); TAB Racing Network (95.5 FM) and Riverland Life (100.7 FM). Sporting teams Renmark Olympic (football) Renmark Rovers (australian rules) Renmark Royals (cricket) Notable people Thomas Angove, a winemaker from Renmark, invented the process for packaging cask (box) wine, patented by his company on 20 April 1965. Gordon Bilney – politician Rob Bredl – documentary film maker Rick Burr – former Chief of Army John Cock (RAF officer) – flying ace of the Second World War Syd Heylen – performer Rex Hobcroft – musician Ruby Hunter, Aboriginal singer-songwriter and partner of Archie Roach, was born in 1955 on Goat Island. John Percival Jennings – horticulturist Cecil Madigan – explorer and geologist Mark Mickan – AFL footballer Patricia Mickan – basketballer Anne Ruston – politician Nicole Seekamp – basketballer Dean Semler – cinematographer Ross Story – politician Jack Wade – AFL footballer Climate Renmark experiences a cool arid climate, bordering on a cool semi-arid climate with hot, dry summers (though which are subject to cold fronts on account of the western longitude); warm to mild springs and autumns; and cool, sometimes cloudy winters. Renmark is surrounded by mallee scrub, and is situated in a grassland location, north of Goyder's Line. Due to its geographical location, it summers are a few degrees hotter than Adelaide's temperatures, although it has many more touches of frost in winter, and it also lacks Adelaide's sizeable winter precipitation. The average rainfall of Renmark is , falling evenly throughout the year; as thunderstorms in summer; cold fronts and Northwest cloudbands in winter, and a combination of the three in spring and autumn. Record temperatures have ranged from on 20 December 2019 to in June 1998. See also 1956 Murray River flood River Murray Crossings References External links Town map (2011), showing Renmark, Paringa and Paringa Paddock, with Goat Island The Age travel guide – Renmark (2004) Towns in South Australia Populated places on the Murray River Riverland