Weather by month
Memphis
Tennessee
Four real seasons on the Mississippi, with a heavy Delta summer at one end and ice storms rather than snowstorms at the other.
The best time to come
May is the month Memphis shows off, with the whole city relocating to the riverfront for a solid month of music and barbecue. October is the quieter pick — dry, gold, and cool enough to walk Beale without melting — and April gets you dogwoods and lower prices if you can take the storms.
The year at a glance
| Month | Highs / lows | Temperature range | Wet days | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° / 33° | 6 | 0.9 in | |
| February | 56° / 37° | 7 | 1.0 in | |
| March | 64° / 44° | 8 | 0.5 in | |
| April ● | 73° / 53° | 7 | — | |
| May ● | 82° / 62° | 7 | — | |
| June | 89° / 70° | 6 | — | |
| July | 92° / 74° | 6 | — | |
| August | 92° / 73° | 5 | — | |
| September | 86° / 66° | 4 | — | |
| October ● | 75° / 54° | 5 | — | |
| November | 63° / 43° | 6 | — | |
| December | 53° / 36° | 7 | — |
Memphis facts
- Sits at about 250 ft above sea level.
- 54.9 in of rain and melted snow in a typical year, with April the wettest month.
- 2.7 in of snow in a typical winter.
- July runs hottest (92° afternoons); January nights are the coldest (33°).