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Bowling Green weather by month

What a typical year looks like in Bowling Green, Ohio: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at BOWLING GREEN WWTP, 3 km from Bowling Green; records cover 1893–2026.

Today’s Bowling Green forecast

The year at a glance

January: typical high 32.6°F, low 19.2°F, precipitation 2.26 in. February: typical high 35.7°F, low 21°F, precipitation 2.01 in. March: typical high 46°F, low 28.6°F, precipitation 2.21 in. April: typical high 59.5°F, low 38.5°F, precipitation 3.4 in. May: typical high 71.2°F, low 50.3°F, precipitation 3.99 in. June: typical high 80.7°F, low 60.8°F, precipitation 3.6 in. July: typical high 84.2°F, low 63.8°F, precipitation 3.53 in. August: typical high 82.1°F, low 61.8°F, precipitation 3.79 in. September: typical high 76.3°F, low 54.3°F, precipitation 2.91 in. October: typical high 63.5°F, low 43.6°F, precipitation 2.83 in. November: typical high 49.5°F, low 33.4°F, precipitation 2.37 in. December: typical high 37.8°F, low 25.1°F, precipitation 2.26 in.−30°−34°−10°−23°10°−12°30°−1°50°10°70°21°90°32°110°43°33°0°19°−7°Jan36°2°21°−6°Feb46°8°29°−2°Mar60°15°39°4°Apr71°22°50°10°May81°27°61°16°Jun84°29°64°18°Jul82°28°62°17°Aug76°25°54°12°Sep64°18°44°6°Oct50°10°33°1°Nov38°3°25°−4°DecPrecipitation
Bars: typical low to high (official normals, 1991–2020) Record high Record low
Precipitation a year
35.2 in893 mm
Snow a year
21 in54 cm
Last spring freeze
Apr 25
First fall freeze
Oct 22
Heating degree days
6,013
Cooling degree days
878

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 94°34° (cooling, 1%).

Month by month

Bowling Green in January

Highs average 33°0° and lows 19°−7°, with 2.3 in57 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical January.

Record high
72°22° (1906)
Record low
−21°−29° (1912)
Heating degree days
1212
Cooling degree days
0

Bowling Green in February

Highs average 36°2° and lows 21°−6°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical February.

Record high
74°23° (2017)
Record low
−22°−30° (1918)
Heating degree days
1026
Cooling degree days
0

Bowling Green in March

Highs average 46°8° and lows 29°−2°, with 2.2 in56 mm of precipitation and 2.6 in6.6 cm of snow in a typical March.

Record high
85°29° (2012)
Record low
−7°−22° (1943)
Heating degree days
860
Cooling degree days
1

Bowling Green in April

Highs average 60°15° and lows 39°4°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical April.

Record high
91°33° (1915)
Record low
8°−13° (1923)
Heating degree days
486
Cooling degree days
6

Bowling Green in May

Highs average 71°22° and lows 50°10°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical May.

Record high
97°36° (1895)
Record low
25°−4° (1923)
Heating degree days
191
Cooling degree days
59

Bowling Green in June

Highs average 81°27° and lows 61°16°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical June.

Record high
104°40° (1988)
Record low
32°0° (1894)
Heating degree days
24
Cooling degree days
197

Bowling Green in July

Highs average 84°29° and lows 64°18°, with 3.5 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical July.

Record high
110°43° (1936)
Record low
41°5° (1895)
Heating degree days
2
Cooling degree days
281

Bowling Green in August

Highs average 82°28° and lows 62°17°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical August.

Record high
105°41° (1936)
Record low
35°2° (1915)
Heating degree days
8
Cooling degree days
223

Bowling Green in September

Highs average 76°25° and lows 54°12°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation in a typical September.

Record high
101°38° (1933)
Record low
25°−4° (1893)
Heating degree days
88
Cooling degree days
97

Bowling Green in OctoberThis month

Highs average 64°18° and lows 44°6°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation in a typical October.

Record high
91°33° (1939)
Record low
13°−11° (1895)
Heating degree days
369
Cooling degree days
14

Bowling Green in November

Highs average 50°10° and lows 33°1°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical November.

Record high
82°28° (1933)
Record low
0°−18° (1929)
Heating degree days
707
Cooling degree days
0

Bowling Green in December

Highs average 38°3° and lows 25°−4°, with 2.3 in57 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical December.

Record high
70°21° (1982)
Record low
−20°−29° (1917)
Heating degree days
1040
Cooling degree days
0