Hot-summer humid continental
Bowling Green, Ohio
Wood County, Ohio · Population 30k · 699 ft elevation
Living in Bowling Green
Bowling Green has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 35″ a year, and it gets light snow (21″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 29 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Bowling Green at a glance
- Population
- 30k
- Elevation
- 699 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 35″26th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 21″59th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,545 hrs18th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $217k39th percentile
- Median rent
- $874/mo21th percentile
- Median household income
- $47k11th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.17%60th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 2.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.2%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.651th percentile
- Average commute
- 18 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 77%90th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 23 per 100k6th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 549 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6620th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 55th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 1%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 230 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33°F | 19°F | 2.3″ | 6.3″ | 112 hrs |
| Feb | 36°F | 21°F | 2.0″ | 6.1″ | 136 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 29°F | 2.2″ | 2.6″ | 179 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 38°F | 3.4″ | 0.5″ | 220 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 50°F | 4.0″ | — | 266 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 61°F | 3.6″ | — | 305 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 64°F | 3.5″ | — | 332 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 62°F | 3.8″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 54°F | 2.9″ | — | 254 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 44°F | 2.8″ | — | 190 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 33°F | 2.4″ | 0.5″ | 146 hrs |
| Dec | 38°F | 25°F | 2.3″ | 5.3″ | 102 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