All-time weather records — Bowling Green, VA

Record high
104.0°F
August 21, 1983
Record low
-11.0°F
February 5, 1996
Wettest day
12.00 in
December 20, 2009

Climate change signal in Bowling Green

14.8%

of Bowling Green's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (54 of 366 records since 2015).

5.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (20 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 #
1950s
9
5
1960s
44
115
1970s
60
86
1980s
60
73
1990s
69
52
2000s
47
10
2010s
49
17
2020s
28
8

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 1959, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1959-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 31, 2002 -8.0°F — Jan 19, 1994 3.10 in — Jan 8, 2010
February 81.0°F — Feb 21, 2018 -11.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 8.00 in — Feb 1, 2010
March 90.0°F — Mar 31, 1998 6.1°F — Mar 4, 2014 10.10 in — Mar 2, 2009
April 93.9°F — Apr 26, 2009 19.9°F — Apr 1, 1965 3.30 in — Apr 21, 2008
May 96.1°F — May 21, 1996 27.0°F — May 11, 1966 3.14 in — May 11, 2008
June 99.0°F — Jun 22, 2024 36.0°F — Jun 8, 1977 7.45 in — Jun 22, 1972
July 102.9°F — Jul 17, 1988 43.0°F — Jul 1, 1988 4.20 in — Jul 23, 2018
August 104.0°F — Aug 21, 1983 43.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 5.38 in — Aug 20, 1969
September 100.0°F — Sep 3, 1980 30.9°F — Sep 24, 1963 5.80 in — Sep 2, 2006
October 93.9°F — Oct 2, 2019 21.0°F — Oct 24, 1969 4.20 in — Oct 12, 2018
November 86.0°F — Nov 2, 1974 10.9°F — Nov 24, 1989 4.77 in — Nov 12, 2020
December 80.1°F — Dec 8, 1998 -2.9°F — Dec 13, 1962 12.00 in — Dec 20, 2009

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