Hot-summer humid continental
Bowling Green, Missouri
Pike County, Missouri · Population 4.1k · 899 ft elevation
Living in Bowling Green
Bowling Green has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 41″ a year, and it gets light snow (16″ a season).
Skies are sunny (62% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 54 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 41, with about 4 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Bowling Green at a glance
- Population
- 4.1k
- Elevation
- 899 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 44°F41th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 41″40th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 16″53th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,802 hrs50th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $116k10th percentile
- Median rent
- $773/mo10th percentile
- Median household income
- $52k18th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.73%30th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 87%27th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.158th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 97 per 100k30th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 438 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 407th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 2323th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 2%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 361 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 19°F | 2.4″ | 4.6″ | 155 hrs |
| Feb | 41°F | 23°F | 2.1″ | 5.0″ | 161 hrs |
| Mar | 52°F | 32°F | 2.7″ | 1.9″ | 198 hrs |
| Apr | 65°F | 43°F | 4.5″ | 0.2″ | 234 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 53°F | 4.7″ | — | 272 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 62°F | 4.5″ | — | 315 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 67°F | 4.3″ | — | 340 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 65°F | 3.6″ | — | 306 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 56°F | 3.9″ | — | 278 hrs |
| Oct | 67°F | 45°F | 3.0″ | — | 218 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 34°F | 2.9″ | 0.8″ | 179 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 24°F | 2.1″ | 3.1″ | 148 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology