All-time weather records — Bowling Green, KY

Record high
114.1°F
August 8, 1996
Record low
-65.0°F
August 12, 1950
Wettest day
6.15 in
December 7, 1924

Climate change signal in Bowling Green

7.4%

of Bowling Green's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (27 of 366 records since 2015).

0.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (3 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1890s
22
21
1900s
44
53
1910s
68
43
1920s
56
41
1930s
61
8
1940s
22
37
1950s
12
35
1960s
8
47
1970s
9
20
1980s
8
33
1990s
8
9
2000s
10
13
2010s
26
6
2020s
12
·

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1894, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 24, 1943 -20.9°F — Jan 23, 1963 4.75 in — Jan 29, 1956
February 82.0°F — Feb 13, 1962 -20.0°F — Feb 2, 1951 5.11 in — Feb 28, 2021
March 91.9°F — Mar 24, 1929 -6.0°F — Mar 5, 1960 5.93 in — Mar 12, 1975
April 96.1°F — Apr 24, 1925 19.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 5.31 in — Apr 16, 1998
May 100.0°F — May 29, 1911 6.1°F — May 20, 1915 4.92 in — May 2, 2010
June 109.9°F — Jun 29, 2012 39.0°F — Jun 13, 1903 5.69 in — Jun 23, 1969
July 113.0°F — Jul 28, 1930 46.0°F — Jul 23, 1947 5.05 in — Jul 6, 1920
August 114.1°F — Aug 8, 1996 -65.0°F — Aug 12, 1950 3.53 in — Aug 5, 1975
September 105.1°F — Sep 7, 1925 33.1°F — Sep 24, 1983 6.02 in — Sep 13, 1979
October 98.1°F — Oct 2, 2019 19.0°F — Oct 30, 1925 3.99 in — Oct 5, 1995
November 88.0°F — Nov 13, 1909 -7.1°F — Nov 25, 1950 5.15 in — Nov 24, 1900
December 78.1°F — Dec 3, 1982 -14.1°F — Dec 22, 1989 6.15 in — Dec 7, 1924

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Bowling Green.