Bowling Green climate — normals and trends
Bowling Green (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 944 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 (23.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Bowling Green averages 114 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.
Bowling Green has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 127 to 101 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °C (on 25 June 1988) and the coldest -30.2 °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 GreenOhio
- coords
- 41.37°, -83.65°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.3°C
Average daily high
15.2°C
Average daily low
5.6°C
Annual rainfall
944mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
20.9km/h
Seasonal range
26.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
114 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
26 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
125 d/yr
Annual snowfall
68.6 cm
Average feels-like high
13.0 °C
Average feels-like low
2.7 °C
Average peak gust
39.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
25 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · p = < 0.001
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
40.0 °C
25 June 1988
Coldest day
-30.2 °C
19 January 1994
Wettest day
74 mm
28 June 1957
Windiest day
69.5 km/h
26 January 1978
Strongest gust
112.0 km/h
3 March 1953
Hottest feels-like
42.9 °C
14 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-38.1 °C
20 January 1985
Snowiest day
27.4 cm
1 December 1974
Sunniest day
14.9 h
15 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.1 °C | -1.4 °C | 41 mm | -26 mm |
| Feb | 1.9 °C | -0.1 °C | 52 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 13.5 °C | +5.4 °C | 69 mm | -16 mm |
| Apr | 16.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 111 mm | +11 mm |
| May | 19.5 °C | -1.7 °C | 145 mm | +43 mm |
| Jun | 27.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 123 mm | +28 mm |
| Jul | 29.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 143 mm | +63 mm |
| Aug | 26.3 °C | -1.0 °C | 31 mm | -46 mm |
| Sep | 26.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 25 mm | -40 mm |
| Oct | 19.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 68 mm | +2 mm |
| Nov | 9.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 52 mm | -23 mm |
| Dec | 3.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 62 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bowling Green?
Bowling Green has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 944 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 25 June 1988, reaching 40.0 °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 -30.2 °C.
Does it snow in Bowling Green?
Yes. Bowling Green gets on average 68.6 cm of snow per year and has around 114 frost days.
Has the climate of Bowling Green warmed?
Yes: Bowling Green warmed by +2.0 °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 28 June 1957, with 74 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 26 January 1978, with winds reaching 69.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bowling Green?
The warmest month in Bowling Green is July (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Bowling Green?
Bowling Green receives on average 944 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bowling Green?
Bowling Green gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 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 1 December 1974, with 27.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bowling Green?
Yes: Bowling Green has on average 25 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 42.9 °C on 14 July 1995, and the lowest was -38.1 °C on 20 January 1985.
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