Climate averages 1991–2020
Memphis weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Memphis: daytime highs average 11.8°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jonesboro (97 km away). In February its highs average 10.7°C, 1.1°C cooler than Memphis, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Memphis ranks joint 250th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 426th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Memphis is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 127 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Memphis climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 98 | 9.6 | 10.110 h |
| February, selected | 11.8°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 104 | 9.2 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 127 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 122 | 10.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 117 | 11.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 87 | 9.7 | 14.514 h |
| July | 32.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 93 | 10.4 | 14.314 h |
| August | 31.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 75 | 8.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 28.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 74 | 7.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 102 | 7.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.7°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 101 | 8.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 10.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 126 | 9.7 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Jonesboro in FebruaryUnited States · 97 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 1.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Little Rock in FebruaryUnited States · 209 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 3.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Clarksville in FebruaryUnited States · 287 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.9°C · 108 mm rain
- Franklin in FebruaryUnited States · 300 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 1.5°C · 119 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in FebruaryUnited States · 314 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.7°C · 129 mm rain
- Nashville in FebruaryUnited States · 316 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 0.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Jackson in FebruaryUnited States · 317 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 120 mm rain
- Huntsville in FebruaryUnited States · 319 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 2.6°C · 124 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Memphis) is explained once on the Memphis year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.