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Weather extremes

How extreme does Saint-Louis's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Saint-Louis has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Saint Louis Ousmane Masseck Ndiaye station 5 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Saint-Louis has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
118°F Apr 14, 2017

That is about 30°F hotter than a normal April afternoon in Saint-Louis (typical high near 89°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 118°F Apr 14, 2017
2 116°F Apr 2, 2008
3 115°F May 27, 2025
❄️ Coldest night
45°F Apr 6, 1999

About 21°F colder than a normal April night in Saint-Louis (typical low near 66°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 45°F Apr 6, 1999
2 50°F Jan 15, 1996
3 50°F Jan 3, 2001
🌧️ Most rain in one day
13.46 in Aug 12, 2005

More rain in a single day than Saint-Louis usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 3.9 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 13.46 in Aug 12, 2005
2 6.34 in Dec 7, 2002
3 5.75 in Sep 1, 1992

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 118°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Saint-Louis's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — April's 118°F is about 30°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Saint-Louis's warmest days reach the mid-90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 60s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 118°F and as low as 45°F. A single day has delivered over 13 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Saint Louis Ousmane Masseck Ndiaye, a weather station, about 5 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →