Bowie, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Bowie's normal year runs from 30°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 35.3 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.7 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.1°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 34°C, 897 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBowie
- Station IDUSC00410984
- Location33.55°N 97.85°W
- Elevation1,080 ft (329 m)
- Population6,054
On October 23, the normal high in Bowie is 74°F and the normal low 50°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 18%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Bowie.
- Jan 54° 30°
- Feb 58° 34°
- Mar 67° 42°
- Apr 74° 50°
- May 81° 59°
- Jun 89° 68°
- Jul 93° 72°
- Aug 94° 71°
- Sep 86° 64°
- Oct 76° 52°
- Nov 65° 41°
- Dec 55° 32°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Bowie each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 30°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.22 in), the least in January (1.64 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F | 30°F | 42.0°F | 1.64 | 5 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 58°F | 34°F | 46.1°F | 2.29 | 5 | <1 | 13 | 11 h |
| March | 67°F | 42°F | 54.2°F | 3.00 | 5 | <1 | 6 | 12 h |
| April | 74°F | 50°F | 62.0°F | 3.04 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 81°F | 59°F | 70.2°F | 5.22 | 8 | 4 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 89°F | 68°F | 78.3°F | 4.00 | 6 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 93°F | 72°F | 82.6°F | 2.63 | 4 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 94°F | 71°F | 82.6°F | 2.47 | 5 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 86°F | 64°F | 75.0°F | 3.23 | 5 | 12 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 76°F | 52°F | 64.3°F | 3.62 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 65°F | 41°F | 52.7°F | 2.10 | 4 | <1 | 7 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 55°F | 32°F | 43.8°F | 2.08 | 4 | <1 | 18 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 51°F | 62.8°F | 35.32 | 62 | 83 | 64 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | −1°C | 5.6°C | 42 mm |
| February | 15°C | 1°C | 7.8°C | 58 mm |
| March | 19°C | 5°C | 12.3°C | 76 mm |
| April | 24°C | 10°C | 16.7°C | 77 mm |
| May | 27°C | 15°C | 21.2°C | 133 mm |
| June | 32°C | 20°C | 25.7°C | 102 mm |
| July | 34°C | 22°C | 28.1°C | 67 mm |
| August | 34°C | 22°C | 28.1°C | 63 mm |
| September | 30°C | 18°C | 23.9°C | 82 mm |
| October | 25°C | 11°C | 17.9°C | 92 mm |
| November | 18°C | 5°C | 11.5°C | 53 mm |
| December | 13°C | 0°C | 6.6°C | 53 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00410984; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Bowie?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May and October. Of those, March has the fewest days with rain (5).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00410984.
When is the last frost in Bowie?
In Bowie, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 27 in half of years and after April 14 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 9 in half of years and before October 28 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- March 271 year in 10 after April 14; 9 in 10 after March 4
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 91 year in 10 before October 28; 9 in 10 before November 27
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 228 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 251 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 13 in half of springs and before November 19 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bowie in zone 8a in ZIP code 76230, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Bowie's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (24 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Texas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00410984; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Bowie?
In a normal year in Bowie, 83 days a year reach 90°F (13 of them 100°F or more), 64 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 62 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 83a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 13a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 64a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 4high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 62a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1897) is 115°F, on June 28, 1980; the lowest is −11°F, on December 23, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 65.83 in; the snowiest season is 1965–66, with 16.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00410984; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00410984. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Bowie?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Bowie, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 2.9 |
| February | 72% | 3.5 |
| March | 74% | 4.6 |
| April | 77% | 5.6 |
| May | 77% | 6.0 |
| June | 85% | 6.9 |
| July | 88% | 6.9 |
| August | 87% | 6.3 |
| September | 84% | 5.2 |
| October | 81% | 4.1 |
| November | 79% | 3.1 |
| December | 75% | 2.6 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Bowie need?
A normal year in Bowie brings 2,946 heating degree days, 45% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,186 cooling degree days, 2.4 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,602 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 712 | 1 |
| February | 532 | 3 |
| March | 353 | 18 |
| April | 150 | 60 |
| May | 31 | 193 |
| June | 0 | 401 |
| July | 0 | 547 |
| August | 0 | 547 |
| September | 10 | 309 |
| October | 120 | 98 |
| November | 381 | 10 |
| December | 658 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 2,946 | 2,186 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00410984. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Bowie been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 64.3°F, 1.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 62.8°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 63.1°F | +0.3°F | 31.34 |
| 2022 | 63.7°F | +0.9°F | 31.38 |
| 2023 | 65.5°F | +2.7°F | 31.72 |
| 2024 | 65.8°F | +3.0°F | 41.10 |
| 2025 | 64.3°F | +1.5°F | 41.29 |
Over 57 complete years from 1956 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.0°F per century (+0.22°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00410984; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Bowie's climate compare?
Bowie is warmer than 54 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 188. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 62.8°F is warmer than 82%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Bowie is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Bowie share this climate record?
Bellevue has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Bellevue, TX298 people · 11 mi NW
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Bowie's climate
What is the coldest month in Bowie?
January, with a normal high of 54°F and a normal low of 30°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Bowie?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.7 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Bowie?
May, with 5.22 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.64 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Bowie in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Bowie in zone 8a in ZIP code 76230, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Bowie's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Bowie?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 27; in one year in ten it comes after April 14. Waiting until April 14 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Alvord, TX14 miles from this station, 63.5°F a year
- Bonita (7 mi NW), TX20 miles from this station, 63.7°F a year
- Bridgeport, TX24 miles from this station, 64.0°F a year
- Decatur, TX25 miles from this station, 65.0°F a year
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