Memphis TN Highest Temperature Each Year

Here's where you'll find answers to questions about the highest temperatures and hottest days in Memphis, Tennessee. How hot did it get in 2019? When was the last time thermometers in Memphis rose above 105 °F? What was the highest temperature in Memphis five decades ago? Answers to those questions and much more can be found quickly and easily in the list below of record high temperatures.

This page gives the highest temperature for each year in Memphis and the date that it happened. A date with a plus sign means it was that hot on at least one other day earlier that year.

These records were observed at Memphis International Airport and go back to 1940. The highest temperature measured during that time was 108 degrees Fahrenheit (42 Celsius) on July 13, 1980.

Highest Memphis temperatures in recent years
Max °F	Date	Max °C
102	August 26, 2023 +	39
103	July 08, 2022 +	39
96	August 26, 2021 +	36
97	August 11, 2020 +	36
100	September 16, 2019	38
97	July 13, 2018 +	36
99	July 21, 2017	37
100	July 22, 2016	38
99	July 29, 2015 +	37
100	August 24, 2014	38
98	September 08, 2013	37
103	July 05, 2012 +	39
106	August 03, 2011	41
104	August 04, 2010	40

Highest temperature recorded at Memphis each year
Max °F	Date	Max °C
100	June 23, 2009	38
101	July 29, 2008	38
106	August 15, 2007	41
102	August 10, 2006 +	39
100	August 21, 2005 +	38
97	July 14, 2004	36
98	August 18, 2003	37
98	July 10, 2002	37
96	August 22, 2001 +	36
107	August 30, 2000	42
100	August 18, 1999 +	38
102	July 06, 1998	39
99	July 28, 1997 +	37
97	July 22, 1996	36
100	August 19, 1995	38
97	July 05, 1994 +	36
99	August 20, 1993 +	37
95	July 13, 1992 +	35
100	August 05, 1991	38
101	September 06, 1990 +	38
98	August 29, 1989	37
101	June 29, 1988 +	38
100	August 02, 1987 +	38
104	July 31, 1986 +	40
97	June 04, 1985	36
96	July 11, 1984 +	36
100	August 24, 1983 +	38
97	July 22, 1982 +	36
100	August 15, 1981	38
108	July 13, 1980	42
97	July 04, 1979	36
98	June 30, 1978	37
100	July 15, 1977 +	38
97	July 26, 1976 +	36
98	September 03, 1975 +	37
98	July 19, 1974	37
97	June 25, 1973 +	36
96	September 19, 1972	36
100	July 15, 1971	38
100	July 03, 1970	38
103	July 11, 1969	39
98	August 23, 1968	37
94	June 21, 1967	34
102	July 15, 1966	39
100	July 24, 1965	38
101	August 04, 1964	38
99	August 28, 1963	37
99	August 19, 1962	37
95	July 20, 1961	35
99	August 05, 1960	37
96	July 31, 1959	36
97	June 14, 1958 +	36
97	July 15, 1957	36
103	August 17, 1956 +	39
97	September 08, 1955 +	36
104	July 18, 1954 +	40
103	June 20, 1953 +	39
106	July 28, 1952	41
103	August 31, 1951	39
98	June 26, 1950	37
98	August 12, 1949	37
98	July 07, 1948	37
103	August 04, 1947	39
98	August 09, 1946	37
100	July 23, 1945	38
102	July 18, 1944	39
105	August 27, 1943	41
101	July 16, 1942	38
99	August 10, 1941 +	37
98	July 29, 1940	37

Memphis - Highest Temperature for Each Year

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