Bowral Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
25.3 24.3 22.3 19.2 15.4 12.3 11.6 13.3 16.3 19.1 21.4 23.9 18.7
Mean Min (°C)
13.3 13.5 11.7 8.3 5.4 3.5 2.1 3.0 5.3 7.7 9.8 11.6 7.9
Mean Rain (mm)
79.6 98.5 94.8 75.8 67.6 81.8 45.7 56.6 55.8 71.6 89.5 78.5 895.8
Median Rain (mm)
75.4 63.7 73.6 45.2 44.0 52.9 33.8 31.6 47.8 59.0 72.5 68.0 832.2
Mean Rain Days
13.3 13.6 14.3 12.5 13.1 13.3 11.8 10.8 10.7 12.1 13.5 12.4 145.5

Bowral Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
40.0 39.1 35.7 31.5 25.5 20.1 20.3 23.8 29.1 32.4 38.3 37.2 40.0
Low Max (°C)
12.6 13.0 12.0 9.4 5.6 5.0 4.0 5.5 6.3 8.5 9.1 10.6 4.0
High Min (°C)
22.8 23.5 22.4 21.4 14.3 11.9 11.4 13.6 17.0 19.4 23.3 22.9 23.5
Low Min (°C)
2.1 1.8 -0.7 -2.2 -6.3 -8.2 -11.2 -6.1 -5.7 -2.6 -2.2 -1.4 -11.2
High Rain (mm)
85.4 112.4 162.0 124.0 71.4 132.8 116.0 128.8 126.2 79.4 131.3 68.8 162.0

Bowral Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
28.2 28.2 25.8 22.6 17.3 14.4 13.6 17.1 19.6 22.5 26.6 28.5 20.1
Low Mn. Max (°C)
20.7 20.7 19.4 16.7 13.4 10.5 9.9 10.5 13.4 15.4 18.1 19.2 17.2
High Mn. Min (°C)
15.5 15.6 13.4 11.5 8.3 7.1 4.2 6.1 8.2 9.8 12.9 13.5 9.3
Low Mn. Min (°C)
10.5 10.8 8.2 3.9 0.8 0.1 -1.8 0.7 1.3 4.5 7.2 7.6 5.7
High Rain (mm)
222.0 311.2 463.8 431.0 230.4 342.2 154.0 351.0 218.0 226.4 267.4 272.2 1516.2
Low Rain (mm)
7.0 2.9 6.5 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.5 1.8 6.2 3.8 2.2 1.0 476.6

Bowral Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Bowral annual climate

Bowral Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
≥ 35°C
1.1 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 2.4
≥ 30°C
6.5 3.9 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 2.0 3.9 17.2
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.2 1.9 5.7 10.0 14.3 11.3 5.7 1.9 0.5 0.1 49.3
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 2.4 4.7 7.6 6.0 2.2 0.7 0.1 0.0 23.4

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

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
31.7 30.0 27.3 23.6 19.0 15.3 14.3 16.8 21.0 24.4 27.3 29.8 26.0
Low Max
18.9 18.6 17.6 15.1 12.1 9.7 8.9 10.0 11.8 14.0 15.5 17.9 11.7
High Min
16.3 16.4 15.0 12.1 9.7 6.9 5.5 6.7 9.0 11.5 13.5 14.7 13.7
Low Min
9.8 10.3 8.0 4.3 1.2 -0.3 -1.6 -0.8 1.2 3.7 5.5 8.1 1.8

Bowral Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
46 48 45 47 47 48 46 47 48 48 48 47 47.0
Earliest Entry
1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1965 1965
Latest Entry
2015 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015
Years of Maxima
46 48 46 47 47 47 46 48 48 48 48 47 47.1
Earliest Entry
1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1965 1965
Latest Entry
2015 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015
Years of Rainfall
51 53 52 52 52 53 53 53 53 54 54 52 52.5
Earliest Entry
1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1961 1961 1961 1961
Latest Entry
2015 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015

Station Details

BOWRAL (PARRY DRIVE)
Illawarra, New South Wales/ACT
34.4869°S 150.4019°E 690m AMSL
Commenced 1961 / Closed 2015

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