Cowra Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
33.5 31.8 28.4 23.8 18.7 15.0 14.3 15.9 19.9 24.3 27.6 30.7 23.6
Mean Min (°C)
17.2 16.2 13.6 8.8 4.8 3.7 2.3 2.5 4.1 7.4 11.5 14.2 8.8
Mean Rain (mm)
48.9 55.7 61.5 38.7 34.4 52.1 45.6 41.2 46.2 47.5 73.1 59.8 587.6
Median Rain (mm)
24.2 53.1 20.0 13.2 12.4 47.8 39.4 21.8 34.1 28.5 57.5 34.7 432.0
Mean Rain Days
7.8 6.8 7.7 5.4 7.7 14.0 15.1 12.3 8.8 7.9 9.3 7.7 108.7

Cowra Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
44.8 45.7 39.5 35.1 27.4 23.1 22.2 24.5 32.6 35.7 42.9 45.3 45.7
Low Max (°C)
20.6 16.9 15.4 11.3 7.5 7.1 6.0 7.5 10.5 12.2 13.4 17.4 6.0
High Min (°C)
27.9 29.5 21.9 18.7 17.2 12.4 12.8 14.0 16.2 18.7 23.6 24.0 29.5
Low Min (°C)
2.3 6.5 2.5 -2.4 -4.6 -4.2 -5.8 -4.8 -4.5 -3.1 -0.3 3.4 -5.8
High Rain (mm)
44.8 58.2 64.6 50.8 42.4 50.4 40.0 39.6 36.2 36.8 80.2 63.8 80.2

Cowra Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
37.9 34.4 30.9 28.4 20.8 16.9 15.9 18.2 22.4 28.1 31.3 34.5 25.2
Low Mn. Max (°C)
30.2 27.6 25.2 21.4 16.3 12.9 12.7 13.8 16.9 20.9 22.9 26.7 21.8
High Mn. Min (°C)
21.7 18.8 15.8 11.3 7.8 6.1 4.8 5.4 6.9 9.8 14.1 16.4 9.7
Low Mn. Min (°C)
15.0 14.1 10.7 5.1 1.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 2.4 4.6 9.2 10.6 7.7
High Rain (mm)
151.6 196.4 178.7 115.0 74.6 130.0 111.0 105.2 163.2 155.8 184.8 177.6 976.0
Low Rain (mm)
5.8 3.6 3.2 0.0 0.6 5.2 5.2 4.2 1.4 0.0 15.2 5.0 261.8

Cowra Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Cowra annual climate

Cowra Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
2.1 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.7 4.1
≥ 35°C
12.4 5.3 1.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.1 5.9 27.6
≥ 30°C
24.0 18.5 11.5 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 3.9 8.7 17.5 85.1
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 7.9 10.2 15.0 15.6 10.8 3.3 0.2 0.0 64.9
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 3.2 5.2 9.4 8.2 3.7 0.6 0.1 0.0 30.9

Cowra 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
38.3 35.6 33.3 28.1 22.6 18.7 16.5 19.5 24.6 29.4 33.3 35.4 32.5
Low Max
29.2 27.0 23.4 19.9 16.2 11.3 11.1 12.2 15.2 19.2 21.5 26.9 14.6
High Min
20.5 20.1 17.9 12.4 9.2 7.8 6.9 6.8 9.3 12.5 16.2 18.5 16.5
Low Min
12.9 12.2 7.8 4.0 -0.1 -1.3 -1.5 -1.1 0.3 2.2 6.9 9.5 1.1

Cowra Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
20 19 19 19 18 19 19 20 20 19 19 19 19.0
Earliest Entry
2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
20 19 19 19 18 19 19 20 20 19 19 19 19.0
Earliest Entry
2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
20 19 19 19 18 19 19 20 20 19 19 19 19.0
Earliest Entry
2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

COWRA AIRPORT AWS
CW Slopes & Plains, New South Wales/ACT
33.8382°S 148.6540°E 301m AMSL
Commenced 2004

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