All-time weather records — Memphis, TN

Record high
108.0°F
July 13, 1980
Record low
-13.0°F
December 24, 1963
Wettest day
5.88 in
November 28, 2001

Climate change signal in Memphis

14.8%

of Memphis's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (54 of 366 records since 2015).

5.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (19 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1940s
5
17
1950s
74
90
1960s
30
110
1970s
34
31
1980s
70
46
1990s
19
22
2000s
53
21
2010s
49
18
2020s
32
11

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 1, 2022 -4.0°F — Jan 12, 1962 3.89 in — Jan 10, 1974
February 81.0°F — Feb 13, 1962 -11.0°F — Feb 2, 1951 4.10 in — Feb 14, 1989
March 86.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 15.1°F — Mar 5, 1960 4.92 in — Mar 12, 1975
April 93.9°F — Apr 21, 1987 28.0°F — Apr 8, 2007 5.47 in — Apr 5, 2025
May 99.0°F — May 30, 1977 36.0°F — May 4, 2013 4.18 in — May 21, 2013
June 104.0°F — Jun 28, 1952 48.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 5.87 in — Jun 29, 2014
July 108.0°F — Jul 13, 1980 57.0°F — Jul 7, 1972 4.56 in — Jul 12, 2010
August 107.1°F — Aug 30, 2000 53.1°F — Aug 29, 1986 4.04 in — Aug 31, 2017
September 102.9°F — Sep 5, 1954 36.0°F — Sep 30, 1949 4.45 in — Sep 11, 2014
October 98.1°F — Oct 3, 2019 25.0°F — Oct 29, 1952 3.53 in — Oct 5, 1949
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 2000 9.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 5.88 in — Nov 28, 2001
December 81.0°F — Dec 2, 1982 -13.0°F — Dec 24, 1963 5.42 in — Dec 3, 1978

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Memphis.