Memphis, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Memphis's normal year runs from 25°F January nights to 96°F July afternoons, with 22.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.1°C, January lows of −4°C, July highs of 36°C, 566 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMemphis
- Station IDUSC00415821
- Location34.73°N 100.54°W
- Elevation2,090 ft (637 m)
- Population2,041
On October 22, the normal high in Memphis is 73°F and the normal low 45°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 13%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Memphis.
- Jan 53° 25°
- Feb 57° 29°
- Mar 67° 37°
- Apr 75° 46°
- May 83° 56°
- Jun 92° 66°
- Jul 96° 70°
- Aug 95° 68°
- Sep 87° 60°
- Oct 75° 47°
- Nov 64° 35°
- Dec 54° 27°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Memphis each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 96°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 25°F. The most precipitation falls in May (3.49 in), the least in January (0.78 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53°F | 25°F | 39.3°F | 0.78 | 3 | <1 | 25 | 10 h |
| February | 57°F | 29°F | 42.8°F | 0.84 | 3 | <1 | 19 | 11 h |
| March | 67°F | 37°F | 51.6°F | 1.38 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 75°F | 46°F | 60.4°F | 2.00 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 56°F | 69.6°F | 3.49 | 7 | 10 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 92°F | 66°F | 78.7°F | 2.92 | 6 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 96°F | 70°F | 82.9°F | 2.35 | 4 | 27 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 95°F | 68°F | 81.4°F | 2.46 | 5 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 87°F | 60°F | 73.4°F | 2.44 | 4 | 13 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 47°F | 61.4°F | 1.78 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 64°F | 35°F | 49.4°F | 1.01 | 3 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 54°F | 27°F | 40.5°F | 0.83 | 2 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 75°F | 47°F | 61.0°F | 22.28 | 50 | 101 | 89 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | −4°C | 4.1°C | 20 mm |
| February | 14°C | −2°C | 6.0°C | 21 mm |
| March | 19°C | 3°C | 10.9°C | 35 mm |
| April | 24°C | 8°C | 15.8°C | 51 mm |
| May | 28°C | 13°C | 20.9°C | 89 mm |
| June | 33°C | 19°C | 25.9°C | 74 mm |
| July | 36°C | 21°C | 28.3°C | 60 mm |
| August | 35°C | 20°C | 27.4°C | 62 mm |
| September | 30°C | 16°C | 23.0°C | 62 mm |
| October | 24°C | 9°C | 16.3°C | 45 mm |
| November | 18°C | 2°C | 9.7°C | 26 mm |
| December | 12°C | −3°C | 4.7°C | 21 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Wellington (20 miles away), gets 4 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00415821; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Memphis?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May and October. Of those, March has the fewest days with rain (4).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00415821.
When is the last frost in Memphis?
In Memphis, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 1 in half of years and after April 18 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 3 in half of years and before October 21 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 11 year in 10 after April 18; 9 in 10 after March 13
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 31 year in 10 before October 21; 9 in 10 before November 17
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 215 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 238 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 17 in half of springs and before November 12 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Memphis in zone 7b in ZIP code 79245, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Memphis's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 9°F (28 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Texas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00415821; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Memphis?
In a normal year in Memphis, 101 days a year reach 90°F (29 of them 100°F or more), 89 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 50 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 101a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 29a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 89a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 6high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 50a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1905) is 117°F, on August 13, 1936; the lowest is −11°F, on January 18, 1930.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1986, with 37.00 in; the snowiest season is 1929–30, with 20.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00415821; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00415821. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Memphis?
Over a year 84% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Memphis, 5.2 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (89%) and February the cloudiest (79%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 83% | 3.2 |
| February | 79% | 3.9 |
| March | 81% | 5.1 |
| April | 82% | 6.2 |
| May | 82% | 6.8 |
| June | 89% | 7.4 |
| July | 89% | 7.2 |
| August | 88% | 6.4 |
| September | 85% | 5.4 |
| October | 83% | 4.3 |
| November | 83% | 3.3 |
| December | 80% | 2.8 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Memphis need?
A normal year in Memphis brings 3,499 heating degree days, 35% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,060 cooling degree days, 2.3 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,204 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 795 | 0 |
| February | 621 | 1 |
| March | 423 | 9 |
| April | 187 | 49 |
| May | 48 | 191 |
| June | 2 | 412 |
| July | 0 | 553 |
| August | 0 | 508 |
| September | 19 | 271 |
| October | 172 | 61 |
| November | 470 | 4 |
| December | 761 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,499 | 2,060 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00415821. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Memphis been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 62.0°F, 1.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 61.0°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 61.5°F | +0.5°F | 22.56 |
| 2022 | 61.9°F | +0.9°F | 15.70 |
| 2023 | 62.8°F | +1.8°F | 24.64 |
| 2024 | 63.8°F | +2.8°F | 19.27 |
| 2025 | 62.0°F | +1.0°F | 23.75 |
Over 59 complete years from 1951 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted -0.0°F per century (−0.00°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00415821; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Memphis's climate compare?
Memphis is warmer than 40 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 79. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 61.0°F is warmer than 77%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Memphis is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Memphis share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Hedley, TX263 people · 12 mi NW
- Lakeview, TX60 people · 10 mi W
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Memphis's climate
What is the coldest month in Memphis?
January, with a normal high of 53°F and a normal low of 25°F. The warmest is July (96°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Memphis?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Memphis's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Wellington (20 miles away), records 4 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Memphis?
May, with 3.49 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.78 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Memphis in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Memphis in zone 7b in ZIP code 79245, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Memphis's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 9°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Memphis?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 1; in one year in ten it comes after April 18. Waiting until April 18 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Wellington, TX21 miles from this station, 63.4°F a year
- Clarendon, TX25 miles from this station, 59.2°F a year
- Childress, TX25 miles from this station, 62.7°F a year
- Turkey, TX30 miles from this station, 61.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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