All-time weather records — Memphis, TX

Record high
117.0°F
August 3, 1944
Record low
-11.0°F
January 18, 1930
Wettest day
8.80 in
June 7, 1960

Climate change signal in Memphis

18.3%

of Memphis's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (67 of 366 records since 2015).

7.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (26 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 #
1900s
4
5
1910s
17
79
1920s
29
37
1930s
51
46
1940s
24
29
1950s
42
31
1960s
20
24
1970s
17
16
1980s
16
29
1990s
29
19
2000s
25
13
2010s
41
20
2020s
51
18

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 1907, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1905-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 88.0°F — Jan 5, 1927 -11.0°F — Jan 18, 1930 1.70 in — Jan 22, 1968
February 93.0°F — Feb 12, 2017 -4.0°F — Feb 15, 2021 1.58 in — Feb 14, 2017
March 102.0°F — Mar 21, 2026 3.9°F — Mar 3, 1960 3.80 in — Mar 23, 2000
April 105.1°F — Apr 26, 2012 21.0°F — Apr 12, 1940 3.20 in — Apr 25, 1997
May 109.0°F — May 23, 2000 26.1°F — May 23, 1944 5.90 in — May 23, 2016
June 116.1°F — Jun 27, 1994 33.1°F — Jun 2, 2000 8.80 in — Jun 7, 1960
July 115.0°F — Jul 18, 1936 50.0°F — Jul 21, 1912 3.90 in — Jul 2, 2021
August 117.0°F — Aug 3, 1944 48.9°F — Aug 20, 1950 4.73 in — Aug 30, 1986
September 109.9°F — Sep 1, 1952 5.0°F — Sep 30, 1989 5.46 in — Sep 12, 2008
October 106.0°F — Oct 3, 2000 18.0°F — Oct 31, 2019 8.15 in — Oct 2, 1986
November 91.9°F — Nov 4, 1935 10.0°F — Nov 12, 2019 2.90 in — Nov 4, 1986
December 88.0°F — Dec 5, 1954 -6.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.80 in — Dec 22, 1932

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