Bowling Green climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bowling Green?

Bowling Green has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 1,208 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bowling Green?

The hottest day measured in Bowling Green between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2012, reaching 42.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bowling Green?

The coldest day measured in Bowling Green between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -29.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bowling Green?

Yes. Bowling Green gets on average 24.9 cm of snow per year and has around 68 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Bowling Green warmed?

Yes: Bowling Green warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bowling Green?

The wettest day measured in Bowling Green between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 2017, with 136 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bowling Green?

The windiest day measured in Bowling Green between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2008, with winds reaching 45.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bowling Green?

The warmest month in Bowling Green is July (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bowling Green?

Bowling Green receives on average 1,208 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bowling Green?

Bowling Green gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bowling Green (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 1,208 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Bowling Green averages 68 frost days, 68 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.

Bowling Green has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 76 to 60 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.0 °C (on 29 June 2012) and the coldest -29.4 °C (on 19 January 1994).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

Bowling GreenKentucky

coords: 36.99°, -86.44°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

14.5°C

Average daily high

19.7°C

Average daily low

9.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,208mm

Sunshine / day

8.9h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

14.6km/h

Seasonal range

23.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

68 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

68 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

125 d/yr

Annual snowfall

24.9 cm

Average feels-like high

19.2 °C

Average feels-like low

8.2 °C

Average peak gust

34.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

68 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

42.0 °C

29 June 2012

Coldest day

-29.4 °C

19 January 1994

Wettest day

136 mm

1 September 2017

Windiest day

45.0 km/h

14 September 2008

Strongest gust

112.0 km/h

18 March 1986

Hottest feels-like

45.2 °C

2 July 1980

Coldest feels-like

-34.3 °C

2 February 1951

Snowiest day

30.8 cm

22 March 1968

Sunniest day

14.1 h

11 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.5 °C19 August 2025	-14.8 °C22 January 2025	15.5 °C	1,455 mm	76	70
2024	37.5 °C29 August 2024	-19.5 °C17 January 2024	16.0 °C	1,335 mm	75	46
2023	38.7 °C25 August 2023	-6.3 °C4 February 2023	16.3 °C	1,061 mm	74	39
2022	37.2 °C6 July 2022	-20.3 °C23 December 2022	15.2 °C	1,339 mm	74	71
2021	35.0 °C25 July 2021	-15.3 °C16 February 2021	15.4 °C	1,517 mm	64	65
2020	33.4 °C18 July 2020	-9.5 °C25 December 2020	15.3 °C	1,536 mm	54	42
2019	38.0 °C20 August 2019	-12.6 °C31 January 2019	15.9 °C	1,594 mm	105	54
2018	36.4 °C4 July 2018	-19.0 °C16 January 2018	15.4 °C	1,663 mm	93	67
2017	37.3 °C22 July 2017	-14.1 °C8 January 2017	16.0 °C	1,395 mm	70	48
2016	36.5 °C16 June 2016	-15.9 °C24 January 2016	16.0 °C	1,187 mm	93	57
2015	37.0 °C3 August 2015	-19.1 °C17 February 2015	15.6 °C	1,333 mm	80	64
2014	35.5 °C1 July 2014	-17.1 °C7 January 2014	14.2 °C	1,106 mm	80	79
2013	36.0 °C17 July 2013	-9.7 °C1 February 2013	14.3 °C	1,203 mm	54	80
2012	42.0 °C29 June 2012	-8.1 °C12 February 2012	16.6 °C	1,001 mm	87	46
2011	38.1 °C3 September 2011	-13.1 °C10 February 2011	15.5 °C	1,474 mm	91	55
2010	38.3 °C13 August 2010	-12.5 °C14 December 2010	15.1 °C	1,053 mm	110	79
2009	36.0 °C27 June 2009	-16.7 °C16 January 2009	14.6 °C	1,267 mm	51	63
2008	37.3 °C21 July 2008	-14.7 °C22 December 2008	14.7 °C	1,176 mm	78	74
2007	40.0 °C16 August 2007	-11.9 °C5 February 2007	16.1 °C	910 mm	100	64
2006	36.4 °C2 July 2006	-12.5 °C19 February 2006	15.3 °C	1,231 mm	64	54
2005	37.3 °C11 August 2005	-11.8 °C17 January 2005	15.3 °C	1,054 mm	83	60
2004	34.5 °C13 July 2004	-14.3 °C31 January 2004	14.9 °C	1,425 mm	38	65
2003	34.5 °C22 August 2003	-16.8 °C24 January 2003	14.3 °C	1,319 mm	45	71
2002	36.2 °C4 August 2002	-12.1 °C6 December 2002	15.1 °C	1,295 mm	74	68
2001	35.2 °C10 July 2001	-12.7 °C3 January 2001	15.1 °C	1,140 mm	65	58
2000	36.4 °C17 August 2000	-13.8 °C22 December 2000	14.6 °C	1,076 mm	63	78
1999	38.6 °C30 July 1999	-11.7 °C5 January 1999	15.7 °C	954 mm	76	51
1998	36.2 °C6 September 1998	-11.8 °C25 December 1998	15.8 °C	1,209 mm	84	37
1997	36.4 °C27 July 1997	-18.3 °C11 January 1997	13.8 °C	1,317 mm	45	62
1996	34.9 °C1 July 1996	-18.3 °C4 February 1996	13.8 °C	1,502 mm	50	83
1995	36.7 °C13 July 1995	-14.2 °C12 February 1995	14.6 °C	1,261 mm	67	77
1994	35.8 °C21 June 1994	-29.4 °C19 January 1994	14.8 °C	1,438 mm	65	55
1993	36.8 °C28 July 1993	-13.2 °C18 February 1993	14.1 °C	1,141 mm	73	73
1992	34.4 °C13 July 1992	-14.2 °C16 January 1992	14.0 °C	1,164 mm	30	61
1991	36.4 °C2 August 1991	-13.2 °C16 February 1991	15.2 °C	1,262 mm	68	63
1990	37.7 °C9 July 1990	-13.6 °C24 December 1990	15.4 °C	1,365 mm	69	45
1989	34.7 °C26 July 1989	-23.7 °C22 December 1989	13.9 °C	1,415 mm	64	82
1988	38.6 °C8 July 1988	-15.9 °C6 February 1988	14.2 °C	1,113 mm	79	75
1987	35.9 °C22 August 1987	-13.2 °C27 January 1987	14.8 °C	1,069 mm	77	64
1986	37.4 °C25 July 1986	-21.0 °C13 February 1986	14.8 °C	1,249 mm	71	62
1985	34.9 °C20 July 1985	-24.9 °C20 January 1985	14.0 °C	1,202 mm	50	75
1984	34.8 °C12 June 1984	-21.7 °C21 January 1984	14.1 °C	1,405 mm	65	70
1983	39.3 °C22 July 1983	-20.6 °C25 December 1983	14.1 °C	1,221 mm	84	72
1982	34.6 °C4 August 1982	-22.8 °C17 January 1982	14.2 °C	1,294 mm	40	70
1981	34.6 °C13 July 1981	-16.1 °C12 February 1981	13.8 °C	1,169 mm	44	75
1980	40.8 °C15 July 1980	-20.6 °C3 March 1980	14.2 °C	906 mm	87	74
1979	34.5 °C20 August 1979	-20.3 °C10 February 1979	13.3 °C	1,656 mm	30	79
1978	37.2 °C27 June 1978	-20.9 °C30 January 1978	13.4 °C	1,263 mm	72	82
1977	36.2 °C8 July 1977	-20.6 °C17 January 1977	14.2 °C	1,348 mm	64	67
1976	35.1 °C24 July 1976	-17.3 °C9 January 1976	13.4 °C	1,089 mm	41	77
1975	34.7 °C29 July 1975	-11.3 °C19 December 1975	14.7 °C	1,355 mm	67	61
1974	34.9 °C19 July 1974	-8.9 °C26 February 1974	14.5 °C	1,244 mm	42	58
1973	33.9 °C3 September 1973	-14.7 °C12 January 1973	14.8 °C	1,372 mm	52	60
1972	34.2 °C4 June 1972	-20.1 °C16 January 1972	14.0 °C	1,324 mm	53	65
1971	36.2 °C26 June 1971	-21.1 °C14 February 1971	14.5 °C	983 mm	58	68
1970	36.2 °C1 August 1970	-24.3 °C10 January 1970	13.9 °C	1,151 mm	63	75
1969	36.5 °C5 July 1969	-14.2 °C5 January 1969	13.6 °C	986 mm	64	86
1968	37.0 °C1 July 1968	-18.1 °C8 January 1968	13.7 °C	903 mm	66	88
1967	34.4 °C16 June 1967	-16.8 °C25 February 1967	13.9 °C	1,127 mm	37	78
1966	38.4 °C13 July 1966	-23.2 °C30 January 1966	13.5 °C	1,148 mm	66	78
1965	36.8 °C24 July 1965	-21.1 °C17 January 1965	14.5 °C	1,056 mm	69	69
1964	37.3 °C3 August 1964	-16.2 °C14 January 1964	14.5 °C	1,076 mm	86	72
1963	35.9 °C9 June 1963	-22.1 °C24 January 1963	13.8 °C	841 mm	55	79
1962	37.6 °C20 August 1962	-20.1 °C10 January 1962	14.2 °C	1,074 mm	77	75
1961	34.2 °C1 July 1961	-22.5 °C28 January 1961	13.9 °C	1,253 mm	57	64
1960	35.8 °C6 September 1960	-18.6 °C5 March 1960	13.4 °C	1,005 mm	74	95
1959	36.0 °C30 June 1959	-17.6 °C5 January 1959	14.7 °C	1,203 mm	83	75
1958	35.2 °C13 June 1958	-18.2 °C17 February 1958	13.2 °C	1,154 mm	61	82
1957	35.6 °C16 June 1957	-13.9 °C17 January 1957	14.8 °C	1,394 mm	66	61
1956	37.2 °C27 July 1956	-9.3 °C9 January 1956	14.9 °C	1,053 mm	85	58
1955	35.3 °C9 September 1955	-14.1 °C29 January 1955	14.7 °C	1,207 mm	84	81
1954	40.1 °C5 September 1954	-16.6 °C13 January 1954	15.3 °C	886 mm	95	60
1953	38.7 °C1 September 1953	-13.8 °C18 December 1953	15.5 °C	812 mm	99	54
1952	41.5 °C27 July 1952	-12.6 °C30 January 1952	15.2 °C	855 mm	101	53
1951	36.3 °C2 June 1951	-29.3 °C2 February 1951	13.9 °C	1,473 mm	71	70
1950	34.6 °C26 June 1950	-17.4 °C25 November 1950	13.7 °C	1,780 mm	22	89
1949	34.4 °C27 July 1949	-11.9 °C2 February 1949	15.0 °C	1,342 mm	65	56
1948	36.1 °C4 July 1948	-19.3 °C25 January 1948	14.3 °C	1,408 mm	68	67
1947	38.6 °C3 August 1947	-12.4 °C8 February 1947	13.7 °C	984 mm	68	91
1946	35.2 °C9 August 1946	-8.1 °C27 January 1946	15.1 °C	1,194 mm	43	48
1945	37.2 °C24 July 1945	-16.3 °C1 February 1945	14.2 °C	1,212 mm	55	69
1944	37.9 °C27 June 1944	-9.7 °C13 February 1944	14.2 °C	1,084 mm	72	73
1943	38.6 °C26 August 1943	-14.9 °C8 March 1943	13.7 °C	787 mm	75	77
1942	37.0 °C1 August 1942	-20.4 °C8 January 1942	13.6 °C	1,095 mm	54	86
1941	34.8 °C9 September 1941	-11.3 °C18 March 1941	14.0 °C	838 mm	72	87
1940	35.2 °C29 July 1940	-23.6 °C26 January 1940	12.6 °C	1,081 mm	46	85

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

20.8 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

76 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

70 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1455 mm

+247 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	5.0 °C	-1.4 °C	99 mm	-4 mm
Feb	11.0 °C	+2.0 °C	183 mm	+76 mm
Mar	18.9 °C	+4.6 °C	143 mm	+19 mm
Apr	22.3 °C	+2.1 °C	187 mm	+72 mm
May	23.5 °C	-1.4 °C	192 mm	+77 mm
Jun	29.7 °C	+0.1 °C	154 mm	+61 mm
Jul	32.1 °C	+1.0 °C	101 mm	+1 mm
Aug	30.9 °C	+0.3 °C	21 mm	-62 mm
Sep	29.0 °C	+1.8 °C	95 mm	+9 mm
Oct	22.2 °C	+1.0 °C	128 mm	+52 mm
Nov	15.3 °C	+1.4 °C	83 mm	-18 mm
Dec	9.2 °C	+0.7 °C	71 mm	-36 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.5 °C

19 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-14.8 °C

22 Jan 2025

Wettest day

57.8 mm

15 Feb 2025

Windiest day

34.6 km/h

2 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

100.1 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.0 °C

25 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-19.6 °C

20 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

6.3 cm

10 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.1 h

11 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bowling Green?

Bowling Green has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 1,208 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bowling Green?

The hottest day measured in Bowling Green between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2012, reaching 42.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bowling Green?

The coldest day measured in Bowling Green between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -29.4 °C.

Does it snow in Bowling Green?

Yes. Bowling Green gets on average 24.9 cm of snow per year and has around 68 frost days.

Has the climate of Bowling Green warmed?

Yes: Bowling Green warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bowling Green?

The wettest day measured in Bowling Green between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 2017, with 136 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bowling Green?

The windiest day measured in Bowling Green between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2008, with winds reaching 45.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bowling Green?

The warmest month in Bowling Green is July (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Bowling Green?

Bowling Green receives on average 1,208 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bowling Green?

Bowling Green gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bowling Green?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bowling Green between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1968, with 30.8 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Bowling Green?

Yes: Bowling Green has on average 68 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bowling Green?

In Bowling Green, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.2 °C on 2 July 1980, and the lowest was -34.3 °C on 2 February 1951.

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