Bowling Green weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Bowling Green, Missouri: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Bowling Green 1 E, 3 km from Bowling Green; records cover 1963–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 40.6 in1031 mm
- Snow a year
- 16 in40 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 17
- First fall freeze
- Oct 16
- Heating degree days
- 5,387
- Cooling degree days
- 1,143
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −2°−19° (heating, 99%) and 96°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Bowling Green in January
Highs average 36°2° and lows 19°−7°, with 2.4 in62 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1990)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 1173
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bowling Green in February
Highs average 41°5° and lows 23°−5°, with 2.1 in52 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 79°26° (2024)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 928
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bowling Green in March
Highs average 52°11° and lows 32°0°, with 2.7 in69 mm of precipitation and 1.9 in4.8 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2026)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1978)
- Heating degree days
- 712
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Bowling Green in April
Highs average 65°18° and lows 43°6°, with 4.5 in113 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1992)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 355
- Cooling degree days
- 17
Bowling Green in May
Highs average 73°23° and lows 53°12°, with 4.7 in119 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1991)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 136
- Cooling degree days
- 82
Bowling Green in June
Highs average 82°28° and lows 62°17°, with 4.6 in116 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1988)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 17
- Cooling degree days
- 228
Bowling Green in July
Highs average 86°30° and lows 67°19°, with 4.3 in110 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1966)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 349
Bowling Green in August
Highs average 85°29° and lows 65°18°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1984)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 304
Bowling Green in September
Highs average 78°26° and lows 56°13°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1984)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 74
- Cooling degree days
- 133
Bowling Green in OctoberThis month
Highs average 67°19° and lows 45°7°, with 3 in75 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1963)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 312
- Cooling degree days
- 25
Bowling Green in November
Highs average 53°12° and lows 34°1°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2016)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 656
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Bowling Green in December
Highs average 40°5° and lows 24°−5°, with 2.1 in53 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1991)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1018
- Cooling degree days
- 0