St. Francis weather by month
What a typical year looks like in St. Francis, Arkansas: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Malden Municipal Airport, 21 km from St. Francis; records cover 1960–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 48.5 in1232 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Mar 30
- First fall freeze
- Nov 2
- Heating degree days
- 3,761
- Cooling degree days
- 1,940
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 11°−12° (heating, 99%) and 99°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
St. Francis in January
Highs average 46°8° and lows 27°−3°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1967)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 888
- Cooling degree days
- 0
St. Francis in February
Highs average 51°10° and lows 30°−1°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1962)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 688
- Cooling degree days
- 0
St. Francis in March
Highs average 61°16° and lows 38°3°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2026)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 490
- Cooling degree days
- 6
St. Francis in April
Highs average 71°22° and lows 48°9°, with 5.4 in136 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2006)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 199
- Cooling degree days
- 43
St. Francis in May
Highs average 81°27° and lows 59°15°, with 5.2 in132 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1969)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 40
- Cooling degree days
- 186
St. Francis in June
Highs average 90°32° and lows 68°20°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 108°42° (2012)
- Record low
- 45°7° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 412
St. Francis in July
Highs average 92°33° and lows 71°22°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1980)
- Record low
- 52°11° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 516
St. Francis in August
Highs average 91°33° and lows 69°20°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1964)
- Record low
- 47°8° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 462
St. Francis in September
Highs average 85°29° and lows 61°16°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2026)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 18
- Cooling degree days
- 251
St. Francis in OctoberThis month
Highs average 74°23° and lows 49°9°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2019)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1981)
- Heating degree days
- 171
- Cooling degree days
- 59
St. Francis in November
Highs average 60°16° and lows 38°3°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1968)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 482
- Cooling degree days
- 5
St. Francis in December
Highs average 49°9° and lows 31°−1°, with 4.5 in115 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1982)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 784
- Cooling degree days
- 0