Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Saint Francisville, LA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is New Roads 5 NE, LA, 9 miles south of Saint Francisville at 45 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 75°F; January is the coolest, at 61°F and 42°F. January is the wettest at 6.5 inches of precipitation on average and November the driest at 3.9 inches; the year adds up to 58.6 inches over 73 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 46% of the year's precipitation (26.8 of 58.6 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 49 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (19); a normal September there has highs of 89°F and 4.1 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 90 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 19 nights a year. That 58.6 inches is more than at 25 of the 81 Louisiana stations used on this site (31%). Ethel, 16 miles east, has its own station (Clinton 5 SE, LA): 59.9 inches a year, 1.3 more than here, and a July average high of 90°F against 92°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 78 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Saint Francisville: 70 thunderstorm wind reports, 6 flash floods and 2 heavy rain events. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $207,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on January 2, 2017. Of the 239 Louisiana cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 27 have had fewer than Saint Francisville.

Flood insurance policyholders in Saint Francisville's ZIP code 70775 have filed 210 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $4.0 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Mid-summer severe storms in 2016: 17 claims (8% of all) and $1.3 million, then Flooding in 1983 with 12 and Mid-spring storms in 2011 with 10. 23% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 219 Louisiana cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 105 have fewer than Saint Francisville.