Taking a Look Back at October

Now that October 2014 is in the books, let’s take a loot at the monthly data for the Bowling Green Airport.

The average monthly temperature was 59.5° F, which is 0.7º F above normal. One interesting note is that Bowling Green’s monthly average high temperature  was 71.0ºF (0.2° F cooler than normal), while the monthly average low temperature was 48.0ºF (1.7° F warmer than normal).

The highest observed temperature at the Bowling Green Airport in October was 89ºF on October 2. The lowest observed temperature of 35ºF occurred on October 5 & 23.

The Bowling Green Airport measured 5.38″ of rainfall during October, which is 2.00″ above normal. Nearly half of this rainfall occurred on October 13 & 14 when Bowling Green saw 2.5″ of rainfall.

October proved to be a foggy month across the area, and fog was reported in Bowling Green 25 days in October. Dense fog (visibility <0.25 mile) was reported ten times last month.

What’s next for Bowling Green? The average high temperature in November is 59.4º F with an average low temperature of 37.5º F. The monthly average rainfall total is 4.21″ and we usually do not see our first measurable snowfall until December.