Bowling Green, KY
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BOWLING GREEN WARREN CO AP, KY US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Bowling Green has an annual average temperature of 59.1°F with about 50.1 inches of precipitation per year and 8.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 89.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 28.3°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.03 in) and October the driest (3.63 in). Snow typically falls from December through March.
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All-time records →27 of 366 (7.4%) of Bowling Green's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1890s | 22 | |
| 1900s | 44 | |
| 1910s | 68 | |
| 1920s | 56 | |
| 1930s | 61 | |
| 1940s | 22 | |
| 1950s | 12 | |
| 1960s | 8 | |
| 1970s | 9 | |
| 1980s | 8 | |
| 1990s | 8 | |
| 2000s | 10 | |
| 2010s | 26 | |
| 2020s | 12 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46.2°F | 28.3°F | 37.2°F | 3.64 in | 3.2 in | 11 |
| February | 51.0°F | 31.1°F | 41.1°F | 4.07 in | 2.9 in | 11 |
| March | 60.1°F | 38.3°F | 49.2°F | 4.54 in | 1.4 in | 12 |
| April | 70.7°F | 47.3°F | 59.0°F | 4.81 in | 0.1 in | 12 |
| May | 78.7°F | 57.2°F | 68.0°F | 5.03 in | — | 12 |
| June | 86.6°F | 65.6°F | 76.1°F | 4.51 in | — | 11 |
| July | 89.7°F | 69.7°F | 79.7°F | 4.26 in | — | 11 |
| August | 89.3°F | 67.7°F | 78.5°F | 3.89 in | — | 9 |
| September | 83.0°F | 59.9°F | 71.4°F | 3.64 in | — | 8 |
| October | 72.0°F | 48.0°F | 60.0°F | 3.63 in | — | 9 |
| November | 59.2°F | 37.6°F | 48.4°F | 3.73 in | 0.1 in | 10 |
| December | 49.4°F | 31.6°F | 40.5°F | 4.35 in | 0.8 in | 12 |
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