Memphis Weather in 1938

Historical record of Memphis, Tennessee weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Memphis Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	100 °F	August 26
Lowest temperature	19 °F	January 31
Highest daily low	80 °F	August 27
Lowest daily high	28 °F	January 31
Most daily precipitation	3.9 inches	February 18
Most daily snow	0.6 inches	November 24
Total annual precipitation	39.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	0.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Memphis in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1938 was 100 °F which happened on August 26.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Memphis in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	100 °F	Aug 26
2	98 °F	Aug 24
3	97 °F	Aug 23
3	97 °F	Jul 6
5	96 °F	Sep 9
5	96 °F	Aug 27
5	96 °F	Aug 25
5	96 °F	Aug 22
5	96 °F	Jul 14
5	96 °F	Jul 11
5	96 °F	Jul 3

What was the coldest temperature in Memphis in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1938 was 19 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Memphis in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	19 °F	January 31
1	19 °F	January 26
3	20 °F	November 27
4	21 °F	December 28
4	21 °F	December 27
4	21 °F	January 27
7	22 °F	January 8
8	23 °F	February 1
8	23 °F	January 25
10	25 °F	January 30

January 1938 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	51	40	0.00
January 2	53	36	0.00
January 3	49	36	0.00
January 4	48	38	0.00
January 5	54	34	0.00
January 6	47	32	0.00
January 7	34	28	0.00
January 8	34	22	0.00
January 9	46	29	0.00
January 10	44	40	0.02
January 11	45	40	0.00
January 12	44	34	0.00
January 13	45	30	0.00
January 14	45	33	0.00
January 15	48	n/a	0.00
January 16	66	41	0.00
January 17	64	48	0.00
January 18	51	35	0.00
January 19	59	33	0.00
January 20	64	46	0.07
January 21	61	53	2.57
January 22	54	47	0.78
January 23	69	50	0.87
January 24	60	36	0.26
January 25	36	23	0.00
January 26	29	19	0.00
January 27	31	21	0.00
January 28	48	26	0.00
January 29	63	40	0.00
January 30	62	25	1.04
January 31	28	19	0.00

February 1938 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	47	23	0.00
February 2	54	42	0.00
February 3	60	50	0.00
February 4	70	52	0.00
February 5	70	55	0.00
February 6	63	51	0.02
February 7	59	41	0.00
February 8	70	48	0.00
February 9	70	56	0.00
February 10	76	59	0.00
February 11	75	60	0.00
February 12	74	59	0.00
February 13	70	59	0.00
February 14	69	49	0.35
February 15	51	44	0.05
February 16	64	44	0.18
February 17	70	56	1.12
February 18	59	41	3.91
February 19	41	29	0.00
February 20	37	33	0.00
February 21	43	35	0.17
February 22	43	38	0.08
February 23	48	35	0.00
February 24	40	31	0.00
February 25	45	28	0.00
February 26	61	40	0.00
February 27	69	46	0.00
February 28	52	36	0.00

March 1938 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	56	31	0.00
March 2	66	50	0.00
March 3	63	47	0.00
March 4	80	46	0.00
March 5	72	43	1.41
March 6	47	34	0.00
March 7	59	37	0.00
March 8	65	51	0.00
March 9	57	47	2.10
March 10	53	47	0.00
March 11	64	46	0.00
March 12	74	51	0.00
March 13	75	61	0.00
March 14	77	63	0.00
March 15	79	67	0.00
March 16	67	52	0.00
March 17	67	48	0.00
March 18	76	53	0.00
March 19	68	55	1.02
March 20	71	53	0.00
March 21	80	62	0.00
March 22	74	65	0.48
March 23	67	58	0.05
March 24	70	49	0.00
March 25	82	59	0.00
March 26	72	52	0.03
March 27	54	48	0.13
March 28	70	50	0.67
March 29	80	61	0.82
March 30	81	70	0.00
March 31	75	56	0.19

April 1938 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	61	48	0.00
April 2	51	39	0.00
April 3	60	38	0.00
April 4	68	46	0.00
April 5	76	57	0.00
April 6	66	60	0.11
April 7	64	51	1.53
April 8	52	39	0.61
April 9	52	37	0.00
April 10	61	43	0.00
April 11	66	49	0.00
April 12	75	58	0.00
April 13	80	63	0.00
April 14	74	61	0.00
April 15	79	n/a	0.00
April 16	75	63	0.21
April 17	75	59	1.26
April 18	74	60	0.00
April 19	74	65	0.00
April 20	69	60	1.51
April 21	69	57	0.36
April 22	65	52	0.00
April 23	73	49	0.00
April 24	76	60	0.00
April 25	83	64	0.00
April 26	82	66	0.00
April 27	82	65	0.00
April 28	83	70	0.00
April 29	82	63	0.00
April 30	82	60	0.31

May 1938 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	87	67	0.00
May 2	85	70	0.00
May 3	83	68	0.00
May 4	83	69	0.19
May 5	73	60	0.00
May 6	86	63	0.00
May 7	81	69	0.00
May 8	69	57	0.00
May 9	74	53	0.00
May 10	68	55	0.00
May 11	75	56	0.16
May 12	76	57	0.39
May 13	67	57	0.96
May 14	71	60	0.00
May 15	76	56	0.01
May 16	82	64	0.00
May 17	72	62	0.88
May 18	85	69	0.00
May 19	86	74	0.00
May 20	83	74	0.00
May 21	87	73	0.00
May 22	83	68	0.02
May 23	81	63	0.10
May 24	73	58	0.00
May 25	79	58	0.00
May 26	84	64	0.00
May 27	85	70	0.00
May 28	85	68	0.00
May 29	86	67	0.11
May 30	86	70	0.04
May 31	91	71	0.00

June 1938 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	88	70	0.00
June 2	80	67	0.00
June 3	85	67	0.00
June 4	87	69	0.00
June 5	85	70	0.00
June 6	89	67	0.00
June 7	84	66	0.84
June 8	82	63	0.00
June 9	79	69	0.63
June 10	85	69	0.00
June 11	85	71	0.07
June 12	81	68	0.00
June 13	83	66	0.00
June 14	88	66	0.00
June 15	92	71	0.00
June 16	90	68	0.15
June 17	83	69	0.00
June 18	79	68	0.99
June 19	80	68	0.29
June 20	82	70	0.01
June 21	84	67	0.00
June 22	86	71	0.00
June 23	86	73	0.00
June 24	90	76	0.00
June 25	90	76	0.00
June 26	86	74	0.05
June 27	74	69	0.00
June 28	77	65	0.00
June 29	82	63	0.00
June 30	86	68	0.00

July 1938 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	90	72	0.00
July 2	93	76	0.00
July 3	96	76	0.00
July 4	95	77	0.00
July 5	94	78	0.00
July 6	97	74	0.00
July 7	92	75	0.00
July 8	92	74	0.00
July 9	93	78	0.00
July 10	95	77	0.00
July 11	96	78	0.00
July 12	93	77	0.00
July 13	95	76	0.00
July 14	96	73	0.34
July 15	89	71	0.00
July 16	90	72	0.00
July 17	91	76	0.00
July 18	86	74	0.10
July 19	87	72	0.03
July 20	86	72	0.00
July 21	88	72	0.00
July 22	86	72	0.57
July 23	90	73	0.00
July 24	89	75	0.00
July 25	90	75	0.00
July 26	91	76	0.00
July 27	93	77	0.00
July 28	93	78	0.00
July 29	88	75	0.16
July 30	90	75	0.00
July 31	86	73	0.58

August 1938 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	74	0.00
August 2	88	73	0.00
August 3	89	74	0.00
August 4	88	74	0.00
August 5	90	77	0.00
August 6	94	76	0.00
August 7	94	78	0.04
August 8	95	79	0.13
August 9	94	77	0.10
August 10	90	75	0.00
August 11	94	75	0.18
August 12	92	75	0.00
August 13	92	75	0.00
August 14	92	74	0.49
August 15	83	74	0.03
August 16	90	75	0.00
August 17	89	72	0.00
August 18	89	73	0.00
August 19	92	73	0.00
August 20	94	76	0.00
August 21	95	78	0.00
August 22	96	79	0.00
August 23	97	80	0.00
August 24	98	79	0.00
August 25	96	78	0.00
August 26	100	78	0.00
August 27	96	80	0.00
August 28	94	75	0.00
August 29	90	75	0.00
August 30	94	74	0.00
August 31	95	76	0.00

September 1938 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	92	74	0.00
September 2	91	69	0.00
September 3	85	70	0.00
September 4	87	69	0.00
September 5	91	72	0.00
September 6	93	73	0.00
September 7	95	75	0.00
September 8	92	77	0.06
September 9	96	76	0.00
September 10	95	78	0.00
September 11	88	75	0.00
September 12	89	75	0.00
September 13	90	75	0.00
September 14	85	67	1.23
September 15	75	63	0.00
September 16	75	62	0.00
September 17	80	62	0.00
September 18	72	59	0.00
September 19	70	55	0.00
September 20	72	49	0.00
September 21	70	52	0.00
September 22	80	57	0.00
September 23	84	61	0.00
September 24	85	66	0.00
September 25	89	69	0.00
September 26	87	71	0.09
September 27	91	71	0.00
September 28	88	69	0.00
September 29	81	63	0.00
September 30	86	60	0.00

October 1938 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	87	66	0.00
October 2	80	59	0.00
October 3	82	56	0.00
October 4	87	65	0.00
October 5	90	68	0.00
October 6	88	66	0.00
October 7	82	58	0.00
October 8	84	58	0.00
October 9	84	60	0.00
October 10	89	62	0.00
October 11	87	68	0.00
October 12	83	65	0.00
October 13	85	65	0.00
October 14	85	59	0.00
October 15	85	58	0.00
October 16	87	64	0.00
October 17	88	65	0.00
October 18	83	69	0.00
October 19	72	57	0.25
October 20	60	52	0.00
October 21	72	47	0.00
October 22	75	53	0.07
October 23	56	46	0.06
October 24	61	37	0.00
October 25	73	45	0.00
October 26	82	52	0.00
October 27	72	50	0.00
October 28	69	47	0.00
October 29	69	47	0.00
October 30	76	52	0.00
October 31	79	52	0.00

November 1938 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	81	60	0.00	0.0
November 2	81	59	0.00	0.0
November 3	79	64	0.00	0.0
November 4	71	54	0.57	0.0
November 5	75	51	0.00	0.0
November 6	76	57	0.00	0.0
November 7	70	38	0.24	0.0
November 8	50	32	0.00	0.0
November 9	56	35	0.00	0.0
November 10	67	44	0.00	0.0
November 11	73	52	0.00	0.0
November 12	75	59	0.00	0.0
November 13	68	48	0.00	0.0
November 14	60	41	0.00	0.0
November 15	65	40	0.00	0.0
November 16	66	50	0.37	0.0
November 17	73	56	0.03	0.0
November 18	72	48	1.38	0.0
November 19	54	39	0.00	0.0
November 20	66	44	0.00	0.0
November 21	67	48	0.00	0.0
November 22	62	41	0.00	0.0
November 23	41	31	0.12	0.0
November 24	35	30	0.01	0.6
November 25	40	28	0.00	0.0
November 26	41	26	0.00	0.0
November 27	36	20	0.00	0.0
November 28	49	28	0.00	0.0
November 29	61	37	0.00	0.0
November 30	63	43	0.00	0.0

December 1938 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	68	52	0.00
December 2	69	56	0.01
December 3	64	50	0.36
December 4	66	49	0.00
December 5	50	32	0.00
December 6	57	32	0.00
December 7	51	37	0.00
December 8	51	39	0.03
December 9	41	35	0.00
December 10	63	35	0.00
December 11	71	50	0.00
December 12	50	36	0.00
December 13	46	33	0.00
December 14	51	36	0.00
December 15	49	32	0.00
December 16	53	38	0.00
December 17	48	36	0.00
December 18	48	28	0.00
December 19	55	32	0.00
December 20	53	41	0.10
December 21	46	32	0.00
December 22	53	30	0.02
December 23	51	38	1.21
December 24	52	33	0.01
December 25	52	39	0.07
December 26	48	31	0.48
December 27	31	21	0.00
December 28	39	21	0.00
December 29	36	32	0.07
December 30	42	28	0.00
December 31	50	30	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1940–2024	Memphis International Airport	location
1928–1939	Memphis Post Office	location