Climate averages 1991–2020
Memphis weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Memphis: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes July a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 16 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jonesboro (97 km away). In July its highs average 31.8°C, about as warm as Memphis, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Memphis ranks joint 132nd of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 337th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Memphis is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 75 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Jonesboro in JulyUnited States · 97 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 83 mm rain
- Little Rock in JulyUnited States · 209 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Clarksville in JulyUnited States · 287 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Franklin in JulyUnited States · 300 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in JulyUnited States · 314 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 104 mm rain
- Nashville in JulyUnited States · 316 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Jackson in JulyUnited States · 317 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Huntsville in JulyUnited States · 319 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 112 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.