How extreme does Bowen's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Bowen has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Bowen Post Office station. Updated through May 2026 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Bowen has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

103°F Dec 30, 1984

The three most extreme on record

1 103°F Dec 30, 1984

2 103°F Jan 1, 1985

3 101°F Nov 15, 1971

❄️ Coldest night

42°F Jun 18, 1976

The three most extreme on record

1 42°F Jun 18, 1976

2 43°F Jul 2, 1984

3 44°F Jun 20, 1976

🌧️ Most rain in one day

9.17 in Mar 2, 1979

The three most extreme on record

1 9.17 in Mar 2, 1979

2 8.73 in Jan 10, 1972

3 8.16 in Jan 30, 1979

In plain terms

Across the record, Bowen has reached as high as 103°F and as low as 42°F. A single day has delivered over 9 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 23 years of daily observations at Bowen Airport, a weather station, about 3 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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