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Some thoughts on September rainfall patterns, the last of the summer heat, and an impactful hurricane season…

Cooler than average temps and 2 sets of tropical remnants highlighted September…

A second tropical system in two weeks visits the Mid-South!…

Though fall starts Sunday, we’ll have to wait a couple more days for the fall feels to arrive!…

All eyes are on the southwest Gulf of Mexico as a developing tropical system may have its sights set on the Mid-South later this week….

The month of August was slightly warmer and quite a bit drier than average, resulting in the onset of rapid drought conditions….

While temperatures were only slightly above normal in August, rapid drought development was the main weather story. So can fall weather be just around the…

Sometimes, a weekend like this one – a much-needed “oasis” from summer, as a friend of MWN characterized it – is just what is needed…

A string of five straight months of above average monthly temperatures ended in July, while precipitation varied widely across the region….

For those who like hot summer weather, we apologize for this past week. For the rest of us, we’ll take whatever reprieve we can get…

Nice July weather this weekend will lead into an unsettled, likely humid and wet, first half of next week thanks to Beryl….

Temperatures were slightly above average and precipitation was well below average in Memphis for the month of June 2024….

Several of you have commented that it seemed like a decent spring in Memphis this year turned pretty suddenly to summer about a week or…

An extended period of “late spring” is coming to an end. The past month has featured brief periods of hot weather, but generally with fairly…

We’ve had a pretty busy spring severe weather season, particularly in May. But we appear to be moving out of the heart of severe season…

May Climate Recap Following in April’s footsteps, the month of May was warmer than normal by over 2 degrees, as was repeated across most of the…

After a 3-day short respite from a rainy pattern, we’re headed right back into one that will take us through the rest of the week…

Another severe weather event is poised to affect a large area, including the Mid-South, on Wednesday. The area under a heightened risk includes much of…

April Climate RecapThe month of April was warmer than normal by almost 2 degrees, a trend repeated across a large portion of the country east…

We’ve made it into the heart of spring, which means we’re also into spring severe weather season, which continues for the next month to six…

March Climate RecapThe month of March was warmer than normal by almost three degrees. High temperatures ranged from the 50’s to the low 80’s, while…

Next week will be a busy week to be a meteorologist! Let’s set expectations as we head into it…SaturdayThe cooler weather of the past few…

The BACKGROUNDIf you are a longtime follower of this site/blog and our content in general, you know I’m not real keen on looking beyond a…

Many of you recall the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 that passed directly over Nashville and provided the Memphis area with a view…

February Climate RecapThe month of February was warmer than normal by over six degrees, ranking it the sixth warmest February on record. High temperatures ranged…

It’s only the beginning of March and we already have a rainy week ahead of us!The end of February brought along a well-pronounced taste of…

Leave it to Mr. Groundhog to get one right once in a while, despite the long-term track record. (A broken clock is still right twice…

Good Sunday evening! Hope you are holding out well after Friday’s cold front, which ushered in another taste of winter before we transition into warmer temperatures…

January Climate RecapThe month of January was colder than normal as a whole due to widespread snow cover around mid-month. The year started out with…

Happy wet Sunday!Last week proved to be a nice change of pace with average to above normal temperatures and drier weather, which was especially welcome…