Memphis Weather in 1961

Historical record of Memphis, Tennessee weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Memphis Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	July 20
Lowest temperature	11 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	77 °F	August 2
Lowest daily high	22 °F	January 27
Most daily precipitation	3.1 inches	November 22
Most daily snow	0.2 inches	February 25
Total annual precipitation	49.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	0.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Memphis in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1961 was 95 °F which happened on July 20.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Memphis in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jul 20
2	94 °F	Sep 6
2	94 °F	Aug 2
4	93 °F	Sep 4
4	93 °F	Jul 28
4	93 °F	Jul 22
4	93 °F	Jul 19
4	93 °F	Jul 18
4	93 °F	Jul 2
4	93 °F	Jul 1

What was the coldest temperature in Memphis in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1961 was 11 °F which happened on Jan 28.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Memphis in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	11 °F	January 28
2	12 °F	January 21
3	13 °F	January 27
3	13 °F	January 25
5	14 °F	January 29
6	15 °F	January 30
7	18 °F	December 13
7	18 °F	January 24
7	18 °F	January 22
10	19 °F	December 29
10	19 °F	February 4

January 1961 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	33	27	0.00
January 2	38	31	0.00
January 3	42	24	0.00
January 4	53	27	0.00
January 5	55	33	0.00
January 6	60	29	0.00
January 7	54	39	0.01
January 8	44	28	0.00
January 9	43	23	0.00
January 10	55	21	0.00
January 11	60	27	0.00
January 12	60	24	0.00
January 13	66	32	0.03
January 14	51	47	0.46
January 15	48	40	0.03
January 16	42	33	0.00
January 17	56	30	0.00
January 18	66	30	0.00
January 19	59	28	0.22
January 20	44	23	0.00
January 21	27	12	0.00
January 22	45	18	0.00
January 23	48	26	0.00
January 24	41	18	0.00
January 25	33	13	0.00
January 26	32	22	0.09
January 27	22	13	0.00
January 28	28	11	0.00
January 29	40	14	0.00
January 30	46	15	0.00
January 31	56	28	0.00

February 1961 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	57	34	0.04	0.0
February 2	50	31	0.66	0.0
February 3	31	21	0.00	0.0
February 4	37	19	0.00	0.0
February 5	44	24	0.00	0.0
February 6	39	31	0.08	0.0
February 7	44	35	0.91	0.0
February 8	38	29	0.00	0.0
February 9	48	27	0.00	0.0
February 10	56	24	0.00	0.0
February 11	68	29	0.00	0.0
February 12	73	48	0.00	0.0
February 13	70	54	0.00	0.0
February 14	65	46	0.00	0.0
February 15	72	51	0.00	0.0
February 16	76	51	0.00	0.0
February 17	66	58	0.34	0.0
February 18	77	40	0.34	0.0
February 19	48	31	0.00	0.0
February 20	48	40	2.48	0.0
February 21	57	47	1.11	0.0
February 22	61	45	0.08	0.0
February 23	72	45	0.00	0.0
February 24	59	35	0.31	0.0
February 25	51	32	0.02	0.2
February 26	71	30	0.00	0.0
February 27	67	47	0.50	0.0
February 28	55	40	0.02	0.0

March 1961 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	55	39	0.00
March 2	65	41	0.00
March 3	67	47	0.06
March 4	71	63	0.14
March 5	73	61	0.73
March 6	78	56	0.36
March 7	72	49	1.16
March 8	66	42	0.00
March 9	52	36	0.00
March 10	59	29	0.00
March 11	69	50	0.00
March 12	70	55	0.61
March 13	66	47	0.16
March 14	65	41	0.00
March 15	77	48	0.00
March 16	62	44	0.00
March 17	51	43	0.63
March 18	64	50	0.06
March 19	60	41	0.00
March 20	58	44	0.22
March 21	57	45	0.00
March 22	59	45	0.00
March 23	57	43	0.00
March 24	59	40	0.00
March 25	68	34	0.00
March 26	71	49	0.18
March 27	74	58	0.34
March 28	72	55	0.37
March 29	66	49	0.38
March 30	52	45	1.26
March 31	53	38	0.47

April 1961 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	56	39	0.00
April 2	66	39	0.00
April 3	64	42	0.01
April 4	62	39	0.00
April 5	60	47	0.00
April 6	60	40	0.01
April 7	63	34	0.00
April 8	57	45	0.04
April 9	65	44	0.20
April 10	58	42	0.00
April 11	70	42	1.20
April 12	55	47	0.35
April 13	61	42	0.00
April 14	72	48	0.00
April 15	67	39	2.15
April 16	59	38	0.00
April 17	65	41	0.00
April 18	67	37	0.00
April 19	79	45	0.00
April 20	82	62	0.00
April 21	82	64	0.00
April 22	82	66	0.00
April 23	82	65	0.00
April 24	82	68	0.00
April 25	81	57	0.64
April 26	69	50	0.00
April 27	76	51	0.00
April 28	72	51	0.00
April 29	70	45	0.00
April 30	82	55	0.05

May 1961 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	68	51	0.51
May 2	66	43	0.00
May 3	73	47	0.00
May 4	66	56	0.01
May 5	87	60	0.00
May 6	78	62	1.34
May 7	84	73	0.00
May 8	81	58	1.43
May 9	61	48	0.00
May 10	69	45	0.00
May 11	75	50	0.00
May 12	81	56	0.00
May 13	82	64	0.00
May 14	85	65	0.11
May 15	76	61	0.00
May 16	74	54	0.00
May 17	82	57	0.00
May 18	81	65	0.00
May 19	77	61	0.00
May 20	76	62	0.00
May 21	84	61	0.00
May 22	77	62	0.35
May 23	73	58	0.43
May 24	74	51	0.00
May 25	83	62	0.00
May 26	69	50	0.22
May 27	65	41	0.00
May 28	74	44	0.00
May 29	85	59	0.00
May 30	87	63	0.00
May 31	88	65	0.00

June 1961 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	89	68	0.00
June 2	88	67	0.00
June 3	90	68	0.22
June 4	84	66	0.01
June 5	88	71	0.02
June 6	88	68	0.22
June 7	86	70	0.00
June 8	86	70	0.42
June 9	86	69	0.21
June 10	86	71	0.00
June 11	89	70	0.00
June 12	84	70	0.07
June 13	89	70	0.00
June 14	89	73	0.10
June 15	77	59	0.00
June 16	69	57	0.00
June 17	76	59	0.00
June 18	79	56	0.00
June 19	80	59	0.04
June 20	73	66	0.18
June 21	81	62	0.00
June 22	84	56	0.00
June 23	86	69	0.00
June 24	85	61	0.00
June 25	85	62	0.00
June 26	84	65	0.00
June 27	87	62	0.00
June 28	88	68	0.00
June 29	91	66	0.00
June 30	92	70	0.00

July 1961 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	93	67	0.00
July 2	93	69	0.00
July 3	90	66	0.00
July 4	92	60	0.00
July 5	91	62	0.00
July 6	92	74	0.02
July 7	87	73	0.00
July 8	91	72	0.00
July 9	85	64	0.00
July 10	87	60	0.00
July 11	83	67	0.19
July 12	84	67	0.10
July 13	90	73	0.21
July 14	85	73	0.02
July 15	84	72	0.37
July 16	86	71	0.02
July 17	88	72	0.00
July 18	93	71	0.11
July 19	93	72	0.00
July 20	95	73	0.00
July 21	92	75	0.00
July 22	93	75	0.00
July 23	92	73	0.93
July 24	89	72	0.84
July 25	90	71	0.13
July 26	90	70	0.02
July 27	91	73	0.00
July 28	93	71	1.01
July 29	92	73	0.00
July 30	92	75	0.00
July 31	91	75	0.00

August 1961 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	92	73	0.00
August 2	94	77	0.00
August 3	89	75	0.03
August 4	90	70	0.00
August 5	92	68	0.73
August 6	86	68	0.00
August 7	89	69	0.00
August 8	85	70	0.19
August 9	88	67	0.00
August 10	90	74	0.00
August 11	91	74	0.00
August 12	90	73	0.00
August 13	85	69	0.00
August 14	75	69	0.00
August 15	83	69	0.07
August 16	84	70	0.00
August 17	90	69	0.00
August 18	90	68	0.00
August 19	90	66	0.00
August 20	81	64	0.00
August 21	79	57	0.00
August 22	78	59	0.00
August 23	79	65	0.38
August 24	84	67	0.00
August 25	85	63	0.00
August 26	87	62	0.00
August 27	89	67	0.27
August 28	91	69	0.00
August 29	92	70	0.03
August 30	92	73	0.00
August 31	89	70	0.01

September 1961 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	91	70	0.00
September 2	91	75	0.00
September 3	90	74	0.00
September 4	93	72	0.00
September 5	92	72	0.00
September 6	94	72	0.24
September 7	90	70	0.00
September 8	91	70	0.00
September 9	91	71	0.03
September 10	91	70	0.00
September 11	92	72	0.00
September 12	83	73	0.00
September 13	84	62	0.13
September 14	70	58	0.09
September 15	70	52	0.00
September 16	76	47	0.00
September 17	80	50	0.00
September 18	78	51	0.00
September 19	81	52	0.00
September 20	83	57	0.00
September 21	88	66	0.00
September 22	88	71	0.00
September 23	92	69	0.00
September 24	92	69	0.00
September 25	78	59	0.00
September 26	77	53	0.00
September 27	83	60	0.00
September 28	77	56	0.00
September 29	87	53	0.00
September 30	90	66	0.17

October 1961 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	73	57	0.92
October 2	60	48	0.24
October 3	67	42	0.00
October 4	73	42	0.00
October 5	76	44	0.00
October 6	78	46	0.00
October 7	79	52	0.00
October 8	81	60	0.00
October 9	84	59	0.00
October 10	85	60	0.00
October 11	83	68	0.03
October 12	85	64	0.00
October 13	84	56	0.00
October 14	69	47	0.00
October 15	66	39	0.00
October 16	77	41	0.00
October 17	80	44	0.00
October 18	81	45	0.00
October 19	64	43	0.00
October 20	62	40	0.00
October 21	57	42	0.00
October 22	66	39	0.00
October 23	78	42	0.00
October 24	80	51	0.00
October 25	78	51	0.01
October 26	64	38	0.00
October 27	72	35	0.00
October 28	77	53	0.00
October 29	82	64	0.00
October 30	85	67	0.00
October 31	83	64	0.08

November 1961 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	78	66	0.00
November 2	83	57	0.76
November 3	57	39	1.86
November 4	50	36	0.00
November 5	56	44	0.00
November 6	50	39	0.00
November 7	56	33	0.00
November 8	52	32	0.00
November 9	58	26	0.00
November 10	69	40	0.00
November 11	55	48	0.18
November 12	65	53	1.03
November 13	65	56	0.07
November 14	59	54	0.00
November 15	72	57	0.96
November 16	57	46	0.00
November 17	50	41	0.00
November 18	50	38	0.03
November 19	49	36	0.00
November 20	51	34	0.00
November 21	53	32	0.00
November 22	56	46	3.05
November 23	52	38	0.12
November 24	62	33	0.00
November 25	67	34	0.00
November 26	67	50	0.00
November 27	61	41	0.00
November 28	45	31	0.00
November 29	45	25	0.00
November 30	53	26	0.00

December 1961 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	61	38	0.00
December 2	68	54	0.00
December 3	74	55	0.00
December 4	71	56	0.38
December 5	56	42	0.03
December 6	58	38	0.00
December 7	50	33	0.00
December 8	43	38	0.14
December 9	55	38	2.15
December 10	52	44	0.02
December 11	58	44	1.19
December 12	58	25	0.05
December 13	33	18	0.00
December 14	45	28	0.01
December 15	44	39	0.00
December 16	58	42	2.49
December 17	52	44	0.29
December 18	51	44	0.20
December 19	51	34	0.00
December 20	41	28	0.00
December 21	50	27	0.00
December 22	51	38	0.15
December 23	39	29	0.00
December 24	35	28	0.00
December 25	42	21	0.00
December 26	57	33	0.10
December 27	51	26	0.83
December 28	32	21	0.00
December 29	36	19	0.00
December 30	41	20	0.02
December 31	39	33	0.51

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Weather Station Details

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