Zip 72464 (St. Francis, AR) Climate

72464 St. Francis, AR experiences a humid subtropical climate with hot and humid summers and mild winters. The city is located in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, which makes it especially prone to high humidity levels throughout the year. Average summer temperatures reach into the mid-80s with occasional heat waves bringing temperatures even higher. Winters remain relatively mild with temperatures usually hovering around freezing or just above from December through February. Precipitation in 72464 St. Francis is plentiful throughout the year, with spring and summer months being especially wet due to thunderstorms and heavy rain showers.

St. Francis (zip 72464), Arkansas gets 45 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

St. Francis (zip 72464) averages 4 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 215 sunny days per year in St. Francis (zip 72464). The US average is 205 sunny days.

St. Francis (zip 72464) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 92 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 90 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 25
Rain: averages 45 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 4 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 72464 zip code is 7.1 (10=best), which means it is about average compared to other places in Arkansas.

6.3 Summer - 6.1 Winter

May, September and October are the most pleasant months in the 72464 zip code, while July and January are the least comfortable months.

Climate	St. Francis, Arkansas	United States
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Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for the 72464 zip code with an average high temperature of 90.3°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Arkansas. In the 72464 zip code, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 72464 zip code are May, September and October.

In the 72464 zip code, there are 48.6 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Arkansas.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 72464 zip code with an average of 25.3°. This is colder than most places in Arkansas.

In the 72464 zip code, there are 80.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Arkansas.

In the 72464 zip code, there are 0.8 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Arkansas.

The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in the 72464 zip code during the summer months. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. July, August and June are the three most humid months in the 72464 zip code.

May is the wettest month in the 72464 zip code with 4.6 inches of rain, and the driest month is August with 2.4 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 29% of yearly precipitation and 20% occurs in Autumn, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 44.9 inches in the 72464 zip code means that it is one of the driest places in Arkansas.

May is the rainiest month in the 72464 zip code with 9.8 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 5.7 rainy days. There are 91.6 rainy days annually in the 72464 zip code, which is less rainy than most places in Arkansas. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 21% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 4.4 inches in the 72464 zip code means that it is snowier than most places in Arkansas. January is the snowiest month in the 72464 zip code with 2.1 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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