What is the hottest month in St. Francis?

July is the warmest month in St. Francis, with an average high of 91.7°F.

What is the coldest month in St. Francis?

January is the coldest month in St. Francis, with an average low of 15.3°F.

What month does St. Francis get the most rain?

August is typically the wettest month in St. Francis, with about 2.92 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is St. Francis in?

St. Francis is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 7a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in St. Francis changed recently?

10.4% of St. Francis's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

St. Francis, KS

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SAINT FRANCIS, KS US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

St. Francis has an annual average temperature of 51.9°F with about 17.6 inches of precipitation per year and 19.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 91.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 15.3°F). August is typically the wettest month (2.92 in) and January the driest (0.38 in). Snow typically falls from September through April.

Annual swing

47.7°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

5,583

HDD/yr

Cooling need

882

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

38 of 366 (10.4%) of St. Francis's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1900s		4
1910s		47
1920s		22
1930s		51
1940s		43
1950s		30
1960s		19
1970s		27
1980s		23
1990s		26
2000s		25
2010s		24
2020s		25

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month	Avg High	Avg Low	Avg Temp	Precipitation	Snow	Rainy days
January	43.4°F	15.3°F	29.4°F	0.38 in	4.6 in	3
February	46.1°F	17.6°F	31.8°F	0.44 in	4.5 in	3
March	56.5°F	26.3°F	41.4°F	0.72 in	2.9 in	4
April	64.5°F	34.8°F	49.6°F	1.63 in	1.7 in	6
May	74.1°F	45.9°F	60.0°F	2.43 in	—	8
June	86.2°F	57.1°F	71.6°F	2.42 in	—	8
July	91.7°F	62.6°F	77.1°F	2.89 in	—	8
August	89.3°F	60.3°F	74.8°F	2.92 in	—	7
September	81.5°F	50.3°F	65.9°F	1.49 in	0.3 in	4
October	67.9°F	35.9°F	51.9°F	1.29 in	0.9 in	4
November	54.5°F	24.4°F	39.4°F	0.50 in	2.0 in	3
December	44.5°F	16.2°F	30.4°F	0.45 in	2.9 in	2