Typical January weather
Memphis
Tennessee · January
51° days
33° nights
about 6 rainy days · 10 hours of daylight
What to pack
- Warm coat
What January feels like
Elvis's birthday brings a crowd to Graceland on the eighth, and it is a strange and wonderful thing to witness in the cold. What actually shuts this city down is not snow but ice: a glaze on the overpasses empties the schools and the roads for a day or two.
Expect about 6 days with real rain — enough to notice, not enough to plan around. The air runs dry — whatever the thermometer says, it wears easy. about 15 nights dip below freezing.
The numbers
| Typical high | 51° |
|---|---|
| Typical low | 33° |
| Days with real rain | 6 |
| Total rain | 4.1 in |
| Snowfall | 0.9 in |
| Humidity | dry air |
| Sunrise / sunset (mid-month) | 7:07 am / 5:11 pm |