All-time weather records — Bowling Green, MO

Record high
106.0°F
August 30, 1984
Record low
-26.0°F
February 9, 1979
Wettest day
9.45 in
April 10, 1996

Climate change signal in Bowling Green

15.6%

of Bowling Green's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (57 of 366 records since 2015).

3.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (14 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 #
1930s
·
·
1940s
·
·
1950s
·
·
1960s
48
28
1970s
49
109
1980s
74
143
1990s
76
50
2000s
28
14
2010s
61
17
2020s
30
5

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 1963, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1931-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 17, 1990 -25.1°F — Jan 5, 1999 5.50 in — Jan 10, 1993
February 79.0°F — Feb 28, 2024 -26.0°F — Feb 9, 1979 2.25 in — Feb 10, 1959
March 89.1°F — Mar 22, 2026 -16.1°F — Mar 5, 1978 2.59 in — Mar 18, 2021
April 91.9°F — Apr 11, 1992 12.0°F — Apr 10, 1989 9.45 in — Apr 10, 1996
May 96.1°F — May 2, 1992 26.1°F — May 7, 1989 4.35 in — May 31, 1974
June 104.0°F — Jun 25, 1988 37.0°F — Jun 3, 1969 3.99 in — Jun 15, 2017
July 105.1°F — Jul 7, 2012 42.1°F — Jul 7, 1983 4.35 in — Jul 22, 1935
August 106.0°F — Aug 30, 1984 37.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 4.18 in — Aug 26, 1975
September 102.0°F — Sep 2, 1984 24.1°F — Sep 20, 1999 4.75 in — Sep 19, 2010
October 93.9°F — Oct 11, 1963 16.0°F — Oct 19, 1972 5.10 in — Oct 5, 1941
November 82.9°F — Nov 3, 2016 -8.0°F — Nov 8, 1991 5.66 in — Nov 15, 1964
December 78.1°F — Dec 9, 1991 -20.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 3.19 in — Dec 3, 1982

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