Bowling Green Metro Area, KY Climate

The Bowling Green, KY Metro Area enjoys wide temperature ranges throughout the year. Summer months can be quite hot and humid with temperatures reaching into the 90s while winter months are cold ranging from the 20s to 40s. The area receives a good amount of precipitation all year round resulting in moderate rainfall amounts during spring and fall and heavier snowfall amounts during winter. Springtime tends to bring periods of showers followed by comfortable temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Fall is usually chilly with lows in the 30s and highs in the 60s.

Bowling Green Metro Area, Kentucky gets 51 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Bowling Green Metro Area averages 6 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 210 sunny days per year in Bowling Green Metro Area. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Bowling Green Metro Area gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 112 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 89 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 26
Rain: averages 51 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 6 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the Bowling Green metro area is 7.3 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Kentucky.

7.3 Summer - 6 Winter

September, May and October are the most pleasant months in the Bowling Green metro area, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Bowling Green, Kentucky	United States
	Unlock	38.1 in.
	6.0 in.	Unlock
	Unlock	106.2 days
	210 days	Unlock
	88.9°	85.8°
	Unlock	21.7°
	7.3	Unlock
	Unlock	4.3
	603 ft.	Unlock

Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for the Bowling Green metro area with an average high temperature of 88.9°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Kentucky. In the Bowling Green metro area, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the Bowling Green metro area are May, September and October.

In the Bowling Green metro area, there are 39.3 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Kentucky.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the Bowling Green metro area with an average of 25.6°. This is warmer than most places in Kentucky.

In the Bowling Green metro area, there are 87.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Kentucky.

In the Bowling Green metro area, there are 1.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in Kentucky.

The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in the Bowling Green metro area during the summer months. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. July, August and June are the three most humid months in the Bowling Green metro area.

May is the wettest month in the Bowling Green metro area with 5.7 inches of rain, and the driest month is August with 3.5 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 28% of yearly precipitation and 23% occurs in Winter, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 51.0 inches in the Bowling Green metro area means that it is wetter than most places in Kentucky.

May is the rainiest month in the Bowling Green metro area with 11.0 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 7.2 rainy days. There are 112.0 rainy days annually in the Bowling Green metro area, which is less rainy than most places in Kentucky. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 29% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 6.0 inches in the Bowling Green metro area means that it is less snowy than most places in Kentucky. February is the snowiest month in the Bowling Green metro area with 2.2 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.

Reviews for Bowling Green

See all ()

Write a Review

Start Your Review of Bowling Green

Jobs

The premier source for comprehensive city data for over 30 years.