Memphis, TN: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 38.9°F in Memphis, TN, the coldest January since 2025, tied 44th coldest of 150 (with 2011 and 1877).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 38.9°F; Coldest since 2025; 44th coldest of 150
Precipitation: 3.05 in; Driest since 2025; 46th driest of 155

A normal January in Memphis, TN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 41.8°F, between 37.7°F and 46.8°F in eight years of ten and 4.03 in of precipitation, between 1.48 in and 6.76 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Memphis, TN since 1875: 38.9°F in 2026; the lowest is 26.7°F, in 1940.

Normal range, 37.7 to 46.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Memphis, TN from 1872 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	38.9	105	48	91	29.8	113	3.05	110	0
2025	37.6	118	46.3	117	28.9	122	2.68	118	0
2024	37.6	118	45.7	123	29.5	115	6.63	30	0
2023	48.3	11	56.7	11	39.9	11	9.13	14	0
2022	40.3	87	51.5	44	29	119	3.81	88	0
2021	43.8	40	51.4	48	36.2	43	3.55	95	0
2020	46.7	18	54.7	18	38.6	21	6.44	34	0
2019	41.8	69	49.6	71	34	63	4.75	59	0
2018	37.4	121	46.2	119	28.6	125	4.02	83	0
2017	48.5	8	56.4	13	40.6	8	4.26	74	0
2016	41.1	76	50.4	61	31.8	87	2.27	124	0
2015	41	79	50.1	68	31.9	85	1.30	147	0
2014	36.1	129	47.6	98	24.6	143	3.16	105	0
2013	45	35	53.9	26	36	47	9.72	11	0
2012	47.7	13	58	4	37.4	30	1.73	138	0
2011	38.9	105	46.9	110	30.8	98	1.49	143	0
2010	37.1	122	45.3	124	29	119	3.93	86	0
2009	39.5	94	48.5	85	30.6	101	3.07	108	0
2008	40.3	87	49.1	80	31.5	89	4.68	64	0
2007	42.7	52	50.3	64	35.1	52	4.73	60	0
2006	49.6	6	59.2	2	40.1	10	7.17	25	0
2005	46.5	20	54	25	38.9	20	4.98	56	0
2004	41.9	66	50.9	54	32.9	75	3.14	106	0
2003	37.7	116	46.4	115	28.9	122	0.87	153	0
2002	45.6	33	55.1	17	36.2	43	4.03	81	0
2001	38	114	46.4	115	29.6	114	3.32	100	0
2000	42.8	50	51.8	43	33.8	64	1.37	146	0
1999	46	25	54.7	18	37.2	33	6.15	35	0
1998	45.8	29	52.6	37	39	17	6.73	29	0
1997	39.7	91	48	91	31.4	93	4.37	70	0
1996	39.2	104	48.2	89	30.2	108	5.53	48	0
1995	42.2	58	50.3	64	34.1	62	7.07	27	0
1994	37.8	115	44.8	130	30.8	98	5.53	48	0
1993	42.6	54	51	52	34.3	61	3.59	94	0
1992	42.1	60	50.9	54	33.4	66	1.78	136	0
1991	41.1	76	49.1	80	33.2	68	2.90	112	0
1990	48.5	8	57.8	6	39.1	16	3.97	84	0
1989	47.2	15	56.8	9	37.7	28	7.91	19	0
1988	36.8	124	44.6	131	29	119	4.25	75	0
1987	39.6	92	47.8	95	31.4	93	1.76	137	0
1986	41.9	66	53.3	34	30.5	103	0.57	155	0
1985	32.4	144	39.8	145	24.9	141	3.78	89	0
1984	35.9	133	45.2	127	26.6	131	1.88	133	0
1983	40.4	86	47.5	99	33.2	68	2.32	123	0
1982	36.6	125	45.9	121	27.3	128	6.61	31	0
1981	40.9	82	49.8	70	31.9	85	1.38	145	0
1980	43.2	46	50.8	59	35.6	48	3.23	104	0
1979	30.9	146	37.4	148	24.4	144	5.98	39	0
1978	32.6	143	39.3	146	26	136	8.13	18	0
1977	30.7	147	38.2	147	23.1	147	2.57	121	0
1976	39.5	94	49.5	74	29.5	115	2.85	115	0
1975	45.9	28	55.6	15	36.2	43	4.65	65	0
1974	45.7	30	52.3	39	39	17	8.90	15	0
1973	38.6	110	46.7	113	30.5	103	4.62	67	0
1972	42.3	57	51.5	44	33	73	4.73	60	0
1971	39.6	92	48.7	84	30.5	103	2.15	130	0
1970	35.2	135	44.5	132	26	136	1.16	151	0
1969	41.1	76	49.3	77	33	73	3.14	106	0
1968	38.8	108	47.1	107	30.6	101	5.57	46	0
1967	42.1	60	51.5	44	32.8	77	2.23	126	0
1966	34.2	138	41.7	139	26.6	131	2.84	116	0
1965	43.4	45	53.6	31	33.1	71	4.79	58	0
1964	41	79	52.1	41	30	112	3.73	92	0
1963	34.4	137	45.2	127	23.5	145	1.28	149	0
1962	36.1	129	45.3	124	27	129	4.19	76	0
1961	36	131	46.7	113	25.4	140	0.84	154	0
1960	41.8	69	48.1	90	35.6	48	3.74	91	0
1959	39.5	94	48.9	83	30.1	111	4.34	71	0
1958	37.5	120	46.9	110	28.2	126	2.75	117	0
1957	39.3	100	47.1	107	31.5	89	11.39	7	0
1956	38.6	110	47.1	107	30.2	108	4.14	78	0
1955	41.5	73	50.4	61	32.6	80	2.02	132	0
1954	42.8	50	51	52	34.5	57	10.79	8	0
1953	45.7	30	54.3	21	37.2	33	3.86	87	0
1952	47.5	14	55.2	16	39.8	14	5.55	47	0
1951	42.7	52	52.7	36	32.7	79	12.21	4	0
1950	50.3	3	58.9	3	41.7	6	15.94	2	0
1949	45.7	30	53.5	32	37.8	25	9.94	10	0
1948	32.2	145	41.4	140	23	148	3.29	102	0
1947	43.6	41	50.6	60	36.6	39	6.53	33	0
1946	41	79	49.6	71	32.5	82	9.37	13	0
1945	39.3	100	47.5	99	31	97	3.27	103	0
1944	42.1	60	50.9	54	33.2	68	2.13	131	0
1943	41.6	72	51.5	44	31.7	88	1.29	148	0
1942	36.9	123	47.9	94	25.9	138	3.00	111	0
1941	42	63	51.1	50	32.9	75	2.65	119	0
1940	26.7	150	35.2	150	18.1	150	1.67	139	0
1939	46.9	17	54.1	24	39.7	15	9.72	11	0
1938	42	63	49.4	75	34.5	57	5.61	45	1
1937	44.4	39	51.3	49	37.5	29	17.56	1	0
1936	36.4	126	43.6	136	29.1	118	2.19	128	0
1935	43.2	46	51.1	50	35.3	51	8.74	16	0
1934	45.2	34	52.6	37	37.8	25	2.62	120	0
1933	50.3	3	57.1	8	43.5	3	2.33	122	0
1932	48.5	8	56	14	41	7	11.87	6	0
1931	43.5	44	50.3	64	36.8	37	0.98	152	0
1930	36.2	128	43.2	137	29.2	117	12.12	5	0
1929							3.95	85	12
1928			50.4	61			1.65	140	8
1927	42.4	56	50.1	68	34.8	54	3.51	96	0
1926	41.4	75	48.3	88	34.4	59	4.73	60	0
1925	41.5	73	48.5	85	34.6	55	1.63	141	0
1924	36.3	127	43.7	135	28.9	122	6.15	35	0
1923	49.3	7	56.7	11	41.8	5	5.05	53	0
1922	40	89	46.9	110	33.1	71	2.26	125	0
1921	47.2	15	53.9	26	40.5	9	1.84	134	0
1920	39.3	100	45.8	122	32.8	77	6.01	37	0
1919	43	48	49.6	71	36.4	41	3.77	90	0
1918	27.6	149	34.9	151	20.4	149	5.02	54	0
1917	44.7	37	52.1	41	37.3	32	5.37	50	0
1916	46.2	23	53.9	26	38.5	22	7.16	26	0
1915	39.4	98	46.3	117	32.6	80	5.69	43	0
1914	46.1	24	53.8	29	38.4	24	1.60	142	0
1913	46	25	54.2	22	37.8	25	7.71	20	0
1912	34.6	136	42.8	138	26.4	134	3.41	98	0
1911	46.4	21	54.2	22	38.5	22	1.84	134	0
1910	42.6	54	50.9	54	34.4	59	3.69	93	0
1909	43.6	41	50.9	54	36.3	42	1.19	150	0
1908	42	63	49	82	35	53	4.71	63	0
1907	50.1	5	58	4	42.3	4	2.89	113	0
1906	44.9	36	52.9	35	36.9	36	5.30	51	0
1905	32.9	142	40.1	143	25.7	139	4.15	77	0
1904	39.5	94	47.5	99	31.5	89	3.34	99	0
1903	41.9	66	49.3	77	34.6	55	3.31	101	0
1902	39.8	90	47.4	103	32.3	83	6.00	38	0
1901	46.4	21	53.8	29	39	17	3.42	97	0
1900	44.5	38	52.2	40	36.8	37	2.21	127	0
1899	40.6	85	47.8	95	33.4	66	5.78	42	0
1898	46.7	18	53.5	32	39.9	11	10.72	9	0
1897	39.4	98	47.5	99	31.4	93	4.63	66	0
1896	41.8	69	48	91	35.6	48	4.32	72	0
1895	37.7	116	45	129	30.5	103	5.94	40	0
1894	46	25	54.6	20	37.4	30	4.03	81	0
1893	38.8	108	47.4	103	30.2	108	1.42	144	0
1892	36	131	44.5	132	27.5	127	3.06	109	0
1891	42.2	58	48.4	87	36.1	46	7.33	24	0
1890	50.8	2	57.8	6	43.8	2	8.43	17	0
1889	42.9	49	49.2	79	36.5	40	5.28	52	0
1888	38.5	112	46.2	119	30.8	98	4.04	80	0
1887	40.8	83	49.4	75	32.3	83	5.00	55	0
1886	30.1	148	36.8	149	23.4	146	4.55	68	0
1885	35.3	134	44.4	134	26.1	135	6.61	31	0
1884	33	141	41.1	142	24.9	141	5.66	44	0
1883	39.3	100	47.2	106	31.3	96	4.83	57	0
1882	43.6	41	50.2	67	37	35	12.87	3	0
1881	33.4	140	40.1	143	26.6	131	4.38	69	0
1880	54.8	1	62.6	1	47	1	6.87	28	0
1879	38.4	113	45.3	124	31.5	89	7.71	20	0
1878	40.7	84	47.7	97	33.8	64	4.11	79	0
1877	38.9	105	47.3	105	30.5	103	4.31	73	0
1876	48.3	11	56.8	9	39.9	11	7.65	22	0
1875	34	139	41.3	141	26.8	130	7.45	23	0
1874							2.88	114	31
1873							5.85	41	31
1872							2.17	129	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1880	54.8
1890	50.8
1950	50.3
1933	50.3
1907	50.1
2006	49.6
1923	49.3
2017	48.5
1990	48.5
1932	48.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	26.7
1918	27.6
1886	30.1
1977	30.7
1979	30.9
1948	32.2
1985	32.4
1978	32.6
1905	32.9
1884	33

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	17.56
1950	15.94
1882	12.87
1951	12.21
1930	12.12
1932	11.87
1957	11.39
1954	10.79
1898	10.72
1949	9.94

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	0.57
1961	0.84
2003	0.87
1931	0.98
1970	1.16
1909	1.19
1963	1.28
1943	1.29
2015	1.30
2000	1.37

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 73°F; 8 January 2026
Coldest night: 11°F; 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.75 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 3.05 in of precipitation in Memphis, TN, the driest January since 2025, 46th driest of 155.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Memphis, TN: 73°F on Thursday 8 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Memphis, TN: a low of 11°F on Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Memphis, TN: 0.75 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.