Bowling Green weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Bowling Green, Kentucky: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at BOWLING GREEN WARREN COUNTY AP, 2 km from Bowling Green; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 50.1 in1273 mm
- Snow a year
- 9 in22 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 5
- First fall freeze
- Oct 29
- Heating degree days
- 3,797
- Cooling degree days
- 1,676
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 10°−12° (heating, 99%) and 97°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Bowling Green in January
Highs average 46°8° and lows 28°−2°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1943)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 860
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bowling Green in February
Highs average 51°11° and lows 31°0°, with 4.1 in103 mm of precipitation and 2.9 in7.4 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1962)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 671
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Bowling Green in March
Highs average 60°16° and lows 38°3°, with 4.5 in115 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1929)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 497
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Bowling Green in April
Highs average 71°22° and lows 47°8°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1925)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 220
- Cooling degree days
- 40
Bowling Green in May
Highs average 79°26° and lows 57°14°, with 5 in128 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1911)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 59
- Cooling degree days
- 150
Bowling Green in June
Highs average 87°30° and lows 66°19°, with 4.5 in115 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 110°43° (2012)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1903)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 336
Bowling Green in July
Highs average 90°32° and lows 70°21°, with 4.3 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 113°45° (1930)
- Record low
- 46°8° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 456
Bowling Green in August
Highs average 89°32° and lows 68°20°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1930)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1946)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 419
Bowling Green in September
Highs average 83°28° and lows 60°16°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1925)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1949)
- Heating degree days
- 24
- Cooling degree days
- 217
Bowling Green in OctoberThis month
Highs average 72°22° and lows 48°9°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2019)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 201
- Cooling degree days
- 46
Bowling Green in November
Highs average 59°15° and lows 38°3°, with 3.7 in95 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1909)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 502
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Bowling Green in December
Highs average 49°10° and lows 32°0°, with 4.4 in110 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1982)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 760
- Cooling degree days
- 0