Bowling Green, MO

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BOWLING GREEN 1 E, MO US.

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Bowling Green has an annual average temperature of 53.3°F with about 40.6 inches of precipitation per year and 15.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 85.9°F), and the coldest is January (average low 18.5°F). May is typically the wettest month (4.67 in) and February the driest (2.06 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
49°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,127
Cooling need
900

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

57 of 366 (15.6%) 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.

1930s
0
1940s
0
1950s
0
1960s
48
1970s
49
1980s
74
1990s
76
2000s
28
2010s
61
2020s
30

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 35.8°F 18.5°F 27.2°F 2.44 in 4.6 in 6
February 41.2°F 22.5°F 31.8°F 2.06 in 5.0 in 7
March 52.0°F 32.3°F 42.1°F 2.73 in 1.9 in 9
April 64.5°F 43.0°F 53.7°F 4.46 in 0.2 in 10
May 73.2°F 53.3°F 63.2°F 4.67 in 12
June 81.8°F 62.3°F 72.1°F 4.55 in 9
July 85.9°F 66.5°F 76.2°F 4.32 in 8
August 84.8°F 64.6°F 74.7°F 3.57 in 7
September 77.9°F 56.0°F 67.0°F 3.89 in 7
October 66.6°F 44.9°F 55.8°F 2.95 in 8
November 52.7°F 33.7°F 43.2°F 2.90 in 0.8 in 7
December 40.4°F 23.9°F 32.1°F 2.07 in 3.1 in 7

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