Now that we are back above freezing (at least during the day) and the #StupidCold Arctic Outbreak is receding, we can look back and see, statistically, just how cold and snowy it was. The following temperature and snowfall records are now in the books:
- Coldest high temperature: February 14 (19°)
- Coldest low temperature: February 15 (9°)
- Coldest high temperature: February 15 (15°)
- Coldest low temperatures: February 16 (1°)
- Tied coldest high temperature: February 16 (18°)
- Coldest low temperature: February 20 (9°)
- Daily record snowfall: February 15 (4.0″)
- Daily record snowfall: February 17 (4.7″)
- Fourth snowiest four-day period: February 14-17 (10.0″)
- Tied for second – consecutive days with high temperatures less than 20° (February 14-16)
- Tied for longest consecutive streak of days with high temperatures less than 32° (February 11-19)
- The average temperature for the period February 11-19 was 19.8° – the coldest for that nine day stretch on record.
All data is recorded at Memphis International Airport, the official observation site for Memphis, TN.
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| Estimated snowfall over the past week. Graphic courtesy NWS-Memphis. |
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| Average temperature anomaly (departure from normal) for the week of February 12-19, 2021. Data provided by the NOAA/NCEP Climate Data Assimilation System (CDAS). And yes, the cold across the central portion of the country appears to be “off the charts!” (WxBell) |
Erik Proseus
MWN Meteorologist
MWN Meteorologist
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