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  • December 2010 Climate Data and MWN Forecast Accuracy

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    Memphis International Airport, Memphis, TN December 1 marks the beginning of meteorological winter with the winter solstice on the 22nd. December 2010 held up it’s end of the bargain as it felt much like winter throughout the month. After a slightly above normal November temperature-wise, December fell well below average. The month continued the generally…

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  • November Climate Data and MWN Forecast Accuracy

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    Memphis International Airport, Memphis, TNNovember is generally a transition month in the Mid-South as winter draws closer, the growing season ends, and there are typically some very pleasant days. While the drought of previous months abated, temperatures averaged a little above normal as well. Even with the rain, the area was still classified as being…

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  • October Climate Data and MWN Forecast Accuracy

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    Memphis International Airport, Memphis, TNOctober is generally a very pleasant weather month in the Mid-South, with moderating temperatures and dry conditions for the most part. While the dry weather of previous months continued, temperatures averaged above normal as well, with two temperature records being set or tied. The very dry conditions resulted in the metro…

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  • August Climate Stats and MWN Forecast Accuracy

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    Memphis International Airport, Memphis, TNAugust is typically a hot month in the Mid-South, but August 2010 set multiple daily heat records and will go down as the 3rd hottest August on record. Ten temperature records were tied or broken (listed below) and Excessive Heat Warnings were in effect on 14 days with Heat Advisories in…

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  • July Climate Stats and MWN Forecast Accuracy

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    Memphis International Airport, Memphis, TNJuly continued the very warm pattern that began in June. A streak of consecutive days with high temperatures at or above average ended on the 13th at 53 days. For the month, the average temperature was 84.9 degrees, which was 2.4 degrees above normal and ranked as the 7th warmest July…

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  • Climate Summary and MWN Forecast Accuracy for June 2010

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    Memphis International Airport, Memphis, TNThanks to a very persistent summery high pressure regime and a lack of significant frontal systems, the Mid-South saw one of it’s warmest Junes on record. In fact, by the end of the month, Memphis Int’l Airport had seen 41 consecutive days of high temperatures at or above average (every day…

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  • May 2010 Climate Recap and MWN Forecast Accuracy

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    Memphis International Airport, Memphis, TNA warm and wet pattern in April continued into May, as temperatures were again above average and precipitation was record-setting in many locations across west and middle Tennessee thanks to an historic rainfall on and severe weather on May 1-2. At Memphis Int’l Airport, the average temperature for May was 74.2…

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  • April 2010 Climate Summary and Forecast Accuracy

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    Memphis International Airport, Memphis, TNThe period of cold weather that persisted through winter and tapered off some in March swung the other way in April with a well-above-normal temperature average. At Memphis Int’l Airport, the average temperature for April was 66.0 degrees, which was 3.9 degrees above normal. The maximum temperature for the month was…

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  • March 2010 Climate Summary

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    Erik Proseus

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    Memphis International Airport, Memphis, TNAfter a very cold winter season, March saw just slightly below normal temperatures. At Memphis Int’l Airport, the average temperature for March was 52.6 degrees, which was 0.9 degrees below normal. As one might expect for March, the was a large range between the highest and lowest temperatures of the month.…

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  • February 2010 Climate Summary

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    Memphis International Airport, Memphis, TNVery cold weather ended the meteorological winter season in Memphis. At Memphis Int’l Airport, the average temperature for February was a cold 37.4 degrees, which was 7.5 degrees below normal and ties for the 11th coldest February on record (since 1875) and the coldest since 1978. The highest temperature for the…

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  • Annual Climate Summary for 2009

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    Erik Proseus

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    Temperatures near normal — precipitation above normalMemphis International Airport, Memphis, TNThe average temperature for 2009 at the official recording station for Memphis (Memphis International Airport) was 62.4 degrees, which was 0.2 degrees above normal. The maximum temperature for the year was 100 degrees on June 23rd and the minimum was 12 degrees on January 16th.…

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  • December 2009 Climate Data

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    Erik Proseus

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    Memphis International Airport, Memphis, TNAt Memphis Int’l Airport, the average temperature for December was 40.9 degrees, which was 2.4 degrees below normal. The highest temperature for the month was 63 degrees on the 14th and the lowest was 23 on the 5th and 10th. There were 17 days that the temperature dropped below freezing for…

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  • November climate data and forecast accuracy

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    The weather took a sharp right turn in November, as compared to the previous couple of months, especially in the precipitation category. While September and October were excessively wet, this month nearly set a record for the driest November on record until a storm system on the 29th-30th erased that possibility. It still ended up…

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  • September climate stats and forecast accuracy

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    After a cool August, September ended up being slightly warmer than average, though precipitation was well above normal. Following are climate summaries for Memphis and Bartlett, TN. Memphis International Airport, Memphis, TNAt the airport, the average temperature was 75.7 degrees, which was 0.9 degrees above normal. The highest temperature for the month was 93 degrees…

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  • Summer 2009 climate recap

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    Erik Proseus

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    Most Mid-Southerners are aware that the weather during the summer months in this region varied widely, from a very hot June with a strong mid-summer storm thrown in mid-month, to a much cooler than normal July and August with two metro-area tornadoes on July 30. Precipitation ranged from very wet in July to below normal…

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  • August: another cool summer month + accuracy stats

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    After a considerably cool July, August ended up also being cooler than average, though precipitation was also below normal (versus July when it was well above normal). Following are climate summaries for Memphis and Bartlett, TN. Memphis International Airport, Memphis, TNAt the airport, the average temperature was 79.9 degrees, which was 1.3 degrees below normal.…

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  • A cool and wet July in 2009

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    Erik Proseus

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    Thanks to a persistent upper level trough over the eastern U.S., July saw an active storm track over the Mid-South, resulting in more clouds and rain than normal which, consequently, held temperatures at bay. The month ended up much cooler and wetter than normal, though not quite record-breaking. This is in direct contrast to June,…

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  • A record-setting cool July day in Memphis

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    Memphis International Airport set a record on Tuesday, 7/28/09, for the coolest high temperature for the day as the mercury peaked at 79 degrees, thanks to persistent cloud cover and scattered showers. This breaks the old record of 80 degrees set last in 1946. The high temperature in Bartlett also peaked at 79 degrees. An…

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  • Retraction on recent “record” cool temps

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    Erik Proseus

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    This serves as an official retraction of the post from July 21, 2009 and a portion of the post from July 18, 2009. The high temperature of 77 degrees on July 21 was NOT the coolest high temperature ever recorded on that date nor did it tie for the coolest “meteorological summer” day on record.…

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  • Another record cool day

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    UPDATED:Below is the original post for this day, however the information contained in this post proved to be inaccurate and has been retracted. Our apologies for the inconvenience. Original Post:Another Memphis temperature record bit the dust today, as the coolest high temperature ever on this date was set today. The previous record of 82 degrees…

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