Memphis Climate Records and Averages

The city of Memphis, Tennessee has a moderate climate with four distinct, separate seasons. Summer weather in Memphis is sunny and fairly humid with the average high temperature of 90.3 F. The hottest months of the year are July and August when daytime temperatures average over 90 F.

Winter in Memphis can be cold, the coldest months of the year are December, January and February when daytime temperatures may drop to around freezing. Snow can occur during this season, although the annual snowfall for Memphis is less than 15 cm / 6 inches.

Precipitation of 52.33 inches per year is fairly well distributed. Sunshine averages slightly over 70 percent of the possible amount during the growing season. Relative humidity averages about 70 percent for the year.

Memphis is not in the normal paths of storms coming from the Gulf or from western Canada, but is affected by both which creates comparatively frequent changes in weather.

	Monthly Averages			Daily Extremes				Monthly Extremes				Max. Temp.		Min. Temp.
Temperatures in F	Max.	Min.	Avg	High	Date of daily extreme high	Low	Date of daily extreme low	Highest Avg	Year	Lowest Avg	Year	# Days >= 90 F	# Days <= 32 F	# Days <= 32 F	# Days<= 0 F
January	49.0	31.7	40.4	79	31/2002	-4	12/1962	50.3	1950	26.7	1940	0.0	3.1	17.3	0.2
February	53.7	35.1	44.4	81	13/1962	-11	02/1951	53.8	1976	34.0	1958	0.0	1.1	11.8	0.0
March	62.5	42.8	52.6	86	29/2007	12	03/1943	62.5	2007	40.2	1960	0.0	0.2	5.0	0.0
April	72.9	52.6	62.7	94	21/1987	28	08/2007	70.2	1981	56.8	1983	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
May	81.0	61.3	71.2	99	30/1977	38	07/1944	76.8	1962	65.6	1976	3.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
June	88.7	69.4	79.0	104	28/1952	48	01/1966	85.5	1953	74.2	1955	14.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
July	91.5	72.8	82.2	108	13/1980	52	23/1947	88.8	1980	77.7	1967	21.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
August	90.7	71.5	81.1	106	15/2007	48	31/1946	88.4	2007	75.9	1967	19.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
September	84.6	64.3	74.4	103	05/1954	36	29/1942	80.5	1998	68.4	1974	8.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
October	74.7	52.5	63.6	95	01/1953	25	29/1952	70.0	1947	54.8	1952	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.0
November	61.9	42.1	52.0	85	13/1955	9	25/1950	57.7	1978	45.5	1976	0.0	0.1	5.3	0.0
December	52.2	34.6	43.4	81	02/1982	-13	24/1963	53.7	1984	31.4	1963	0.0	1.3	13.8	0.1

Annual	72.0	52.6	62.3	108	1980/07/13	-13	1963/12/24	65.4	2007	59.3	1940	67.5	5.6	53.8	0.2

Winter	51.6	33.8	42.7	81	1962/02/13	-13	1963/12/24	48.0	1950	37.2	1978	0.0	5.4	43.0	0.2
Spring	72.1	52.2	62.2	99	1977/05/30	12	1943/03/03	67.3	1977	57.8	1960	3.2	0.2	5.3	0.0
Summer	90.3	71.3	80.8	108	1980/07/13	48	1946/08/31	85.6	1980	77.3	1967	55.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fall	73.7	53.0	63.3	103	1954/09/05	9	1950/11/25	67.7	1998	58.7	1952	9.0	0.1	5.5	0.0

												Total Snowfall
	Avg.	High	Year	Low	Year	1 Day Max.		>= 0.01 in.	>= 0.10 in.	>= 0.50 in.	>= 1.00 in.	Mean	High	Year
	in.	in.	-	in.	-	in.	dd/yyyy or yyyymmdd	# Days	# Days	# Days	# Days	in.	in.	-
January	4.45	15.94	1950	0.57	1986	4.40	08/1946	10	7	3	1	1.9	12.4	1985
February	4.49	11.14	1948	0.64	1943	4.10	14/1989	10	7	3	1	1.5	14.9	1994
March	5.33	12.08	1975	1.50	1966	4.92	12/1975	11	8	4	2	0.7	17.3	1968
April	5.46	17.13	1991	1.39	1992	4.86	12/1949	10	7	4	2	-	-	-
May	4.96	11.58	1953	0.83	1977	4.08	31/1974	10	7	3	2	-	-	-
June	3.66	10.17	1996	0.04	1953	4.40	22/1947	9	6	3	1	-	-	-
July	4.06	9.96	1998	0.43	1954	4.56	12/2010	9	6	3	1	-	-	-
August	3.34	9.65	1978	0.41	1943	4.32	26/1947	7	5	2	1	-	-	-
September	3.21	12.34	2002	0.14	2010	3.82	19/2002	7	5	2	1	-	-	-
October	3.21	10.56	2009	0.00	1963	3.53	05/1949	7	5	2	1	-	-	-
November	4.82	11.60	2001	0.51	1949	5.88	28/2001	9	6	3	2	0.1	1.5	1976
December	5.33	13.81	1982	1.05	1955	5.42	03/1978	10	7	3	2	0.5	14.3	1963

Annual	52.33	76.85	1957	34.81	2007	5.88	2001/11/28	108	74	36	17	4.6	23.8	1968

Winter	14.27	33.59	1950	5.54	1963	5.42	1978/12/03	29	20	10	4	3.9	20.7	1985
Spring	15.75	28.19	1997	6.73	2007	4.92	1975/03/12	30	21	11	5	0.7	17.3	1968
Summer	11.06	22.13	1996	5.40	1991	4.56	2010/07/12	25	17	8	3	-	-	-
Fall	11.25	24.62	1996	3.11	1954	5.88	2001/11/28	23	16	7	4	0.1	1.5	1976

Winter = Dec, Jan, and Feb		Spring = Mar, Apr, and May
Summer = Jun, Jul, and Aug.		Fall = Sep, Oct, and Nov