The 10 all-time hottest weather temperature days recorded in the city of Memphis, Tennessee, plus the hottest temperature ever recorded in the state of Tennessee The temperature data for Memphis dates back to 1875.
Memphis has a population of some 653,000 people in the city proper which ranks 25th in the United States. Some 1.34 million people live in the Memphis metro area which ranks as the 42nd largest metro area in the United States.
It can certainly get really hot in Memphis. The all-time hottest temperature ever recorded in Memphis is 108 degrees which occurred on July 13, 1980. The hottest temperature ever recorded in the state of Tennessee is 113 degrees, which occurred on August 9, 1930, in Perryville.
The earliest date when a 100 degree day occurred in Memphis was June 6, 1977, when it was exactly 100 degrees. The latest date when a 100 degree day occurred was September 20, 2010, when it was also 100 degrees.
10 All-Time Hottest Weather Temperature Days in Memphis, Tennessee
1. July 13, 1980 - 108 degrees
T-2. August 30, 2000 - 107 degrees
T-2. July 14, 1980 - 107 degrees
T-4. August 15, 2007 - 106 degrees
T-4. August 29, 2000 - 106 degrees
T-4. July 28, 1952 - 106 degrees
T-4. July 28, 1930 - 106 degrees
T-4. July 12, 1930 - 106 degrees
T-4. August 3, 2011 - 106 degrees
T-10. August 16, 2007 - 105 degrees
T-10. August 13, 2007 - 105 degrees
It's been 105 degrees seven times in Memphis, but just the last two dates are listed.
The hottest month of the year in Memphis, Tennessee is July, which has a daily average temperature of 82.9 degrees, followed closely by August at 81.4 degrees. The next hottest month in Memphis is June at 79.2 degrees, and then September which averages 74.9 degrees.
Note: this article was originally published on Knoji but that site has not paid the author in over three years so he's republishing the updated article here on his own weather blog on June 7, 2017.
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