February 2022 Climate Report for Memphis, TN

Average temperature: 44.0 degrees (2.1 degrees below average) 

Average high temperature: 54.9 degrees (0.6 degrees below average) 

Average low temperature: 33.0 degrees (3.7 degrees below average) 

Warmest temperature: 75 degrees (16th) 

Coolest temperature: 22 degrees (4th, 5th, 6th) 

Heating Degrees Days: 582 (50 above average)

Cooling Degree Days: 0 (2 below average) 

Records set or tied: None

Comments: 14 days saw temperatures fall below freezing which is 4 above average

Precipitation 

Monthly total: 8.02″ (3.47 ” above average) 

Days with measurable precipitation: 10 (0.1 days above average) 

Wettest 24-hour period: 2.31″ (23rd-24th) 

Snowfall: Trace (1.0″ below average)

Records set or tied: Tied record daily snowfall – Trace (23rd)

Comments: A trace of snow was recorded on the 3rd, 4th, and 23rd. 0.71″ of freezing rain accumulated on the 3rd.

Miscellaneous 

Peak wind: Southwest/49 mph (17th) 

Average wind: 9.0 mph 

Average relative humidity: 64% 

Average sky cover: 50%

Average temperature: 42.3 degrees 

Average high temperature: 54.2 degrees 

Average low temperature: 30.6 degrees 

Warmest temperature: 72.8 degrees (11th) 

Coolest temperature: 17.6 degrees (5th) 

Comments: None 

Precipitation 

Monthly total: 7.14″ (automated rain gauge), 8.40″(manual CoCoRaHS rain gauge) 

Days with measurable precipitation: 9

Wettest date: 2.03″ (22nd) (via automated gauge) 

Snowfall: Trace

Comments: 0.3″ of freezing rain on the 3rd. Traces of snow occurred on the 3rd and 4th.

Miscellaneous 

Peak wind: South to southwest/29 mph (16th & 17th)

Average relative humidity: 71% 

MWN forecast temperatures within 2 degrees of actual: 52% 

MWN average dewpoint error: 2.77 degrees 

MWN forecast dewpoints within 2 degrees of actual: 53% 

Precipitation is expected to be above normal from the Northeast U.S. into the Midwest and south through the Mississippi River Valley, as well as the Pacific Northwest. Highest odds of wet conditions are in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. Below average precipitation is forecast for the Rio Grande Valley into the Desert Southwest, as well as in Florida. For Memphis, odds favor above average precipitation (46%) versus a 21% chance of below average precipitation, which historically averages 5.74 inches in March.

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