Memphis International Airport

KMEM · Mississippi, United States

Climate Memphis International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Memphis International Airport (KMEM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.8 59 55 76 67 60
February 64.6 76 67 66 49 64
March 80.1 77 79 83 85 66
April 83.1 79 76 86 93 84
May 87.5 89 81 89 89
June 89.7 94 97 82 87
July 91.9 92 91 86 94
August 90.7 92 86 94 89
September 88.9 97 91 85 84
October 83.2 87 93 85 72
November 80.6 83 80 91 91
December 67.7 79 43 62 72
Average 81.1 73.4 83.1 82.9 81.8 80.1

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 83.7 79 81 88 91 78
February 84.0 91 84 86 74 81
March 94.8 95 97 96 96 88
April 94.8 96 94 96 97 93
May 96.8 97 97 98 98
June 96.9 98 100 96 97
July 97.2 96 97 94 100
August 97.0 98 96 99 95
September 95.7 100 97 93 96
October 93.4 96 97 97 85
November 92.5 95 91 96 98
December 83.1 94 57 86 89
Average 92.8 90.9 94.2 93.1 93.5 91.9

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.0 8 14 11 11 13
February 14.1 17 16 13 7 13
March 18.5 19 17 19 21 19
April 22.1 23 22 23 22 21
May 27.5 28 29 26 26
June 31.3 31 34 30 31
July 32.9 32 36 32 33
August 32.0 33 33 33 32
September 30.2 31 31 29 28
October 23.7 25 23 25 22
November 16.7 18 17 17 19
December 13.7 15 12 19 13
Average 22.1 16.7 23.4 23.7 22.6 22.4

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.2 -1 5 -1 3 5
February 4.5 6 6 2 -1 4
March 8.7 10 8 8 10 11
April 12.0 14 12 12 11 11
May 17.8 18 19 17 16
June 21.8 22 23 22 21
July 23.9 24 25 23 25
August 23.1 24 24 24 23
September 20.4 20 20 20 20
October 13.6 15 12 16 13
November 6.4 8 7 6 9
December 4.8 5 6 10 3
Average 12.6 7.3 13.8 13.2 13.3 13.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.7 20 9 14 9 13
February 13.3 10 13 15 19 15
March 7.7 5 10 9 7 11
April 7.7 8 7 7 4 8
May 4.1 3 4 6 4
June 4.3 5 3 7 4
July 3.6 3 5 5 3
August 3.9 4 6 4 6
September 4.0 1 2 6 7
October 7.2 6 5 5 10
November 7.2 6 7 5 5
December 10.7 6 26 6 12
Average 7.2 10.2 5.8 7.4 6.6 7.8

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.2 8 8 9 8 8
February 8.9 9 9 9 8 9
March 9.0 8 9 9 9 9
April 9.0 10 9 10 8 8
May 7.9 7 9 8 8
June 7.0 6 7 7 7
July 6.3 6 7 6 6
August 6.2 7 6 7 6
September 6.2 6 6 6 7
October 7.3 8 8 7 7
November 7.1 7 7 7 7
December 7.8 8 7 9 8
Average 7.7 8.9 7.4 7.7 7.5 7.6

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 310° 240° 335° 272° 205°
February 215° 219° 216° 360° 276°
March 198° 226° 224° 165° 202°
April 205° 174° 194° 229° 271°
May 122° 184° 153° 186°
June 276° 162° 181° 180°
July 229° 214° 218° 217°
August 014° 180° 133° 007°
September 085° 023° 114° 067°
October 227° 196° 213° 066°
November 314° 121° 205° 189°
December 226° 153° 205° 227°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.