Bowling Green Weather in January
Average highs run from 36°F on January 1 to 37°F on January 31, and lows from 20°F to 19°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.44 in over about 6 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 36°F
- Average low
- 19°F
- Precipitation
- 2.44 in
- Snowfall
- 4.6 in
- Record high
- 75°FJan 24, 1950
- Record low
- -21°FJan 20, 1985
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 27 min to 10 h 11 min
- Cloud cover
- 66%
- Humidity
- 83%
- Dew point
- 22°F
- Wind
- 11.2 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 36°F | 20°F | 63°F 2005 | -14°F 2018 | 20% | 5% |
| Jan 2 | 36°F | 20°F | 63°F 1964 | -14°F 2018 | 20% | 5% |
| Jan 3 | 36°F | 20°F | 68°F 2004 | -11°F 1979 | 20% | 5% |
| Jan 4 | 36°F | 20°F | 67°F 2023 | -10°F 1947 | 20% | 5% |
| Jan 5 | 36°F | 19°F | 67°F 1997 | -13°F 1940 | 20% | 5% |
| Jan 6 | 36°F | 19°F | 59°F 2012 | -14°F 2014 | 20% | 6% |
| Jan 7 | 35°F | 19°F | 72°F 1965 | -14°F 2014 | 20% | 6% |
| Jan 8 | 35°F | 19°F | 69°F 2008 | -13°F 2014 | 20% | 6% |
| Jan 9 | 35°F | 19°F | 63°F 1939 | -10°F 1962 | 20% | 6% |
| Jan 10 | 35°F | 19°F | 60°F 2020 | -20°F 1982 | 20% | 6% |
| Jan 11 | 35°F | 18°F | 61°F 2017 | -19°F 1982 | 20% | 6% |
| Jan 12 | 35°F | 18°F | 63°F 1936 | -14°F 1974 | 20% | 6% |
| Jan 13 | 35°F | 18°F | 63°F 2005 | -14°F 1974 | 19% | 6% |
| Jan 14 | 35°F | 18°F | 68°F 1952 | -15°F 2024 | 19% | 6% |
| Jan 15 | 35°F | 18°F | 65°F 1949 | -15°F 1972 | 19% | 6% |
| Jan 16 | 35°F | 18°F | 60°F 1973 | -17°F 1977 | 19% | 6% |
| Jan 17 | 35°F | 18°F | 70°F 1990 | -18°F 1977 | 19% | 6% |
| Jan 18 | 35°F | 18°F | 66°F 1951 | -17°F 1940 | 19% | 6% |
| Jan 19 | 36°F | 18°F | 69°F 1951 | -17°F 1940 | 19% | 6% |
| Jan 20 | 36°F | 18°F | 65°F 2006 | -21°F 1985 | 19% | 6% |
| Jan 21 | 36°F | 18°F | 71°F 1957 | -16°F 1970 | 20% | 7% |
| Jan 22 | 36°F | 18°F | 71°F 1967 | -14°F 1936 | 20% | 7% |
| Jan 23 | 36°F | 18°F | 69°F 1967 | -17°F 1936 | 20% | 7% |
| Jan 24 | 36°F | 18°F | 75°F 1950 | -8°F 1935 | 20% | 7% |
| Jan 25 | 36°F | 18°F | 73°F 1950 | -14°F 1940 | 20% | 7% |
| Jan 26 | 36°F | 18°F | 64°F 1981 | -12°F 1936 | 20% | 7% |
| Jan 27 | 37°F | 18°F | 66°F 1968 | -17°F 1936 | 20% | 7% |
| Jan 28 | 37°F | 18°F | 64°F 1970 | -13°F 1977 | 20% | 7% |
| Jan 29 | 37°F | 19°F | 68°F 2013 | -14°F 1966 | 20% | 7% |
| Jan 30 | 37°F | 19°F | 63°F 1988 | -14°F 2019 | 20% | 7% |
| Jan 31 | 37°F | 19°F | 67°F 2012 | -14°F 2019 | 20% | 7% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:25 AM, sunset 4:52 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:13 AM, sunset 5:24 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00230856 (Bowling Green 1 E), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00233601, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.