Category: annual summary

2025 starts cold, and a brief recap of 2024

January 1, 2025

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Erik Proseus

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annual summary, arctic cold, forecast discussion, winter

Preliminary numbers are in and 2024 was warmer and wetter than average in Memphis. However, 2025 appears ready to reverse course, at least for the first couple of weeks!
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2023 Yearly Climate Review for Memphis, TN

January 20, 2024

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Erik Proseus

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accuracy, annual summary, climate data

Climate Recap 2023 will go into the history books as the fourth warmest year on record in Memphis with near average precipitation for the year. However, those overall statistics do now tell the entire story, particularly with respect to precipitation. Below is a summary of monthly temperature and precipitation data. On average, spring and summer…
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2022 Annual Climate Report for Memphis, TN

January 14, 2023

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Erik Proseus

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accuracy, annual summary, climate data

Memphis International Airport, Memphis, TN Temperature Average temperature: 60.8 degrees (2.6 degrees below average) Average high temperature: 71.1 degrees (1.9 degrees below average) Average low temperature: 50.6 degrees (3.2 degrees below average) Warmest temperature: 103 degrees (July 5th, 8th) Coolest temperature: 1 degree (December 23rd) Heating Degrees Days: 2774 (101 below average) Cooling Degree Days: 1740…
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2020 Annual Climate Report for Memphis, TN

January 13, 2021

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Erik Proseus

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accuracy, annual summary, climate data

2020 Annual Summary Overall, the year 2020 featured temperatures that averaged 0.4 degrees above average, identical to 2019. However it came about with fewer extremes than the previous year. Six months averaged above normal temperatures and six below, though the warm months had greater departures from normal than the cool months, thus resulting in an…
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Memphis, TN Annual Climate Summary for 2019

January 19, 2020

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Erik Proseus

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accuracy, annual summary, climate data

2019 Annual Recap Memphis weather in the year 2019 will be remembered for some very wet months that led to one of the rainiest years on record, as well as fairly large temperatures swings month-to-month. Overall the year ended in the upper echelon of warm years with a 0.4 degree departure from average. Precipitation-wise, eight…
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Memphis, TN Annual Climate Summary for 2018

January 11, 2019

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Erik Proseus

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accuracy, annual summary, climate data

2018 Annual Recap Overall, despite some periods of very hot and extreme cold temperatures, and some excessively wet spells and a few dry months, 2018 ended with very close to average temperatures and precipitation that was well above average. January started the year on a temperature roller coaster with warm spells in the 60s interrupted…
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Memphis, TN Annual Climate Summary for 2017

January 21, 2018

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Erik Proseus

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accuracy, annual summary, climate data

2017 Annual Recap Overall, 2017 was very warm, the sixth warmest in Memphis recorded history, and generally remained below normal precipitation-wise for the year outside of a few wet spells. During the year, there were two major weather events. The first was the “Tom Lee Storm,” a derecho that struck Memphis on Memorial Day weekend,…
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Memphis, TN Annual Climate Summary for 2016

January 31, 2017

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Erik Proseus

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accuracy, annual summary, climate data

2016 Annual Recap Overall, 2016 was very warm (only 0.1° short of the all-time warmest, in fact) and alternated between abnormally wet (especially in the spring) and drought (in the fall). The year started off with a roller coaster January featuring both severe weather and the only winter weather event of 2016. A mix of…
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A Warm 2015 Memphis, TN Annual Climate Recap

January 18, 2016

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Erik Proseus

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2015 recap, annual summary, climate data

2015 Annual Recap Overall, 2015 was a warm year with lengthy dry periods that were offset by wet streaks that resulted in near normal precipitation for the year. January continued the dry weather that ended 2014 with moderate to severe drought in place by the end of the month. The month started cold but ended…
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2014 Memphis Annual Climate Recap – A Cool and Wet Year

January 9, 2015

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Erik Proseus

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2014 recap, annual summary, climate data

2014 Annual Recap Overall, 2014 can be characterized as cool and wet in the Memphis metro, marked by a few specific events or periods that give rise to that characterization. As outlined below in the statistical summary, two very heavy rain days provided nearly one-fifth of the total rainfall for the year – without those…
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December & 2013 Annual Climate Data and MWN Forecast Accuracy

January 6, 2014

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Erik Proseus

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accuracy, annual summary, climate data

December was marked by huge temperature swings and periods of rain and thunderstorms with several days also seeing very light winter precipitation. When averaged out, temperatures averaged just below normal and precipitation was also below normal at the airport but above normal in other areas of the metro where precipitation was more persistent. There were…
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2012: Warmest Year on Record, in Memphis and the U.S.

January 9, 2013

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Erik Proseus

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annual summary, climate, climate data

Apparently Memphis wasn’t the only hot spot in the good ole’ USA this year! A just-released report from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), a division of NOAA, states that 2012 was the warmest year on record in the continental U.S. In 2012, the contiguous United States (CONUS) average annual temperature of 55.3°F was 3.3°F above…
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2010 Annual Climate Summary and MWN Forecast Accuracy

January 3, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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accuracy, annual summary, climate data

2010 is in the books and history will show that it was a very warm and very dry year in Memphis, TN. While there certainly were exceptions (for instance, the 7″ of snow received and the historic flooding of May 1), overall the extreme heat and drought of late summer and fall resulted in the…
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