Bowie, Arizona facts for kids
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Bowie, Arizona
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Census designated place
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Location of Bowie in Cochise County, Arizona.
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 Bowie, Arizona
Location in Arizona
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| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Cochise |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.71 sq mi (4.42 km2) |
| • Land | 1.71 sq mi (4.42 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 3,763 ft (1,147 m) |
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 406 |
| • Density | 237.98/sq mi (91.89/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (MST) |
| ZIP codes |
85605
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| Area code(s) | 520 |
| FIPS code | 04-07380 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2582739 |
Bowie is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census the population of Bowie was 449.
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Location and nearby communities
The community lies on Interstate 10 in eastern Arizona close to the western New Mexico border. The community is in the west of the San Simon Valley, as well as the northeast foothills of the Dos Cabezas Mountains. On Interstate 10, Willcox, Arizona at the Willcox Playa lies west-southwest; San Simon, AZ and Road Forks-Lordsburg, New Mexico lie east.
Information
Bowie has the ZIP Code of 85605; in 2010, the population of the 85605 ZCTA was 449.
In popular culture
Bowie, Arizona was put on the map when it was revealed that it was action icon John Rambo's hometown. This was first unveiled in the second film, later elaborated on in the third film and in the fourth film, Bowie was seen on screen for the first time. Sylvester Stallone has stated that a fifth film is set to take place entirely in Bowie and the Mexican Border.
Bowie native Clyde William "Bill" Allen was the father of Tucson's famous 4-star Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, who managed Hurricane Katrina rescue efforts and the BP Gulf oil spill.
Climate
Bowie has a borderline semi-arid/desert climate (Köppen BSk/BWk/BSh/BWh) with very hot summers punctuated by monsoon rains, and mild, generally dry winters with cold nights. Typically there are 26.9 days topping 100 °F or 37.8 °C and 119 days over 90 °F or 32.2 °C, which only a few days with unusually heavy rain failing to top this mark during the summer. In the winter, there are typically 63.6 nights falling below freezing, with the all-time record low being 3 °F (−16.1 °C) on December 9, 1978 – though the dryness means only one day every three or four winters will fail to top freezing, and only 6.4 days per winter will not top 50 °F or 10 °C. The average snowfall is 2.6 inches or 0.07 metres, but the median is zero so that most winters do not have measurable falls, though 8.7 inches (0.22 m) fell in January 1978.
Since 1899 the wettest calendar year has been 1914 with 19.96 inches (507.0 mm) and the driest 1956 with 3.01 inches (76.5 mm), whilst the wettest month has been July 1919 with 6.38 inches (162.1 mm),and the wettest day October 30 of 1951 with 2.75 inches (69.9 mm).
| Climate data for Bowie, Arizona (1971-2000; extremes 1899-2001) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 83 (28) |
88 (31) |
98 (37) |
99 (37) |
110 (43) |
115 (46) |
116 (47) |
110 (43) |
110 (43) |
105 (41) |
96 (36) |
80 (27) |
116 (47) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 60.5 (15.8) |
65.8 (18.8) |
72.0 (22.2) |
79.9 (26.6) |
88.1 (31.2) |
97.4 (36.3) |
97.1 (36.2) |
94.2 (34.6) |
90.3 (32.4) |
80.1 (26.7) |
68.5 (20.3) |
60.2 (15.7) |
79.5 (26.4) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 31.9 (−0.1) |
35.1 (1.7) |
39.3 (4.1) |
44.8 (7.1) |
53.1 (11.7) |
62.2 (16.8) |
68.0 (20.0) |
66.1 (18.9) |
60.3 (15.7) |
49.1 (9.5) |
37.5 (3.1) |
31.7 (−0.2) |
48.3 (9.1) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 4 (−16) |
9 (−13) |
14 (−10) |
22 (−6) |
28 (−2) |
36 (2) |
49 (9) |
44 (7) |
30 (−1) |
24 (−4) |
15 (−9) |
3 (−16) |
3 (−16) |
| Average rainfall inches (mm) | 1.02 (26) |
0.84 (21) |
0.66 (17) |
0.27 (6.9) |
0.41 (10) |
0.49 (12) |
2.02 (51) |
2.22 (56) |
1.04 (26) |
1.35 (34) |
0.76 (19) |
1.26 (32) |
12.34 (310.9) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.01 inch) | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 58.8 |
| Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | |||||||||||||
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1910 | 546 | — | |
| 1920 | 885 | 62.1% | |
| 1930 | 609 | −31.2% | |
| 2010 | 449 | — | |
| 2020 | 406 | −9.6% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census | |||
Bowie first appeared on the 1910 U.S. Census as the "Bowie Precinct" of Cochise County. It appeared again in 1920 and 1930 as a precinct. It reported a majority White population in 1930. With the combination of all Arizona county precincts into 3 districts each in 1940, it did not formally appear again until 2010, when it was made a census-designated place (CDP).
See also
In Spanish: Bowie (Arizona) para niños
