Memphis Weather in 1972

Historical record of Memphis, Tennessee weather for the year 1972 based on NOAA data.

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1972 Memphis Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	September 19
Lowest temperature	6 °F	January 16
Highest daily low	78 °F	July 27
Lowest daily high	21 °F	January 15
Most daily precipitation	3.0 inches	December 8
Most daily snow	0.3 inches	January 4
Total annual precipitation	58.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	0.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Memphis in 1972?

The highest temperature recorded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1972 was 96 °F which happened on September 19.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Memphis in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Sep 19
2	95 °F	Aug 22
2	95 °F	Aug 21
2	95 °F	Aug 20
2	95 °F	Aug 19
2	95 °F	Jul 26
2	95 °F	Jun 20
2	95 °F	Jun 9
2	95 °F	Jun 6
10	94 °F	Aug 18
10	94 °F	Aug 17
10	94 °F	Aug 6
10	94 °F	Jul 28
10	94 °F	Jul 27
10	94 °F	Jul 24
10	94 °F	Jul 22

What was the coldest temperature in Memphis in 1972?

The lowest temperature recorded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1972 was 6 °F which happened on Jan 16.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Memphis in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	6 °F	January 16
2	10 °F	January 15
3	16 °F	January 6
4	17 °F	December 17
4	17 °F	January 5
6	19 °F	February 8
6	19 °F	February 4
8	20 °F	December 18
8	20 °F	December 7
8	20 °F	January 31

January 1972 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	48	36	1.04	0.0
January 2	50	38	0.00	0.0
January 3	54	30	0.35	0.0
January 4	53	21	0.56	0.3
January 5	26	17	0.00	0.0
January 6	36	16	0.00	0.0
January 7	54	27	0.00	0.0
January 8	58	28	0.00	0.0
January 9	63	50	0.85	0.0
January 10	63	48	0.00	0.0
January 11	51	39	0.00	0.0
January 12	66	34	0.00	0.0
January 13	65	28	0.00	0.0
January 14	39	21	0.00	0.0
January 15	21	10	0.00	0.0
January 16	29	6	0.00	0.0
January 17	49	21	0.00	0.0
January 18	61	40	0.05	0.0
January 19	64	58	0.39	0.0
January 20	68	59	0.03	0.0
January 21	61	50	0.41	0.0
January 22	65	57	0.00	0.0
January 23	72	57	0.00	0.0
January 24	78	46	0.04	0.0
January 25	46	29	0.00	0.0
January 26	54	25	0.00	0.0
January 27	50	36	0.59	0.0
January 28	40	28	0.42	0.0
January 29	33	26	0.00	0.0
January 30	35	23	0.00	0.0
January 31	44	20	0.00	0.0

February 1972 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	45	29	0.00	0.0
February 2	44	41	0.02	0.0
February 3	44	25	0.08	0.1
February 4	35	19	0.00	0.0
February 5	50	23	0.00	0.0
February 6	52	31	0.93	0.0
February 7	33	23	0.00	0.0
February 8	48	19	0.00	0.0
February 9	53	25	0.00	0.0
February 10	56	28	0.00	0.0
February 11	61	31	0.00	0.0
February 12	49	37	0.21	0.0
February 13	53	34	0.00	0.0
February 14	66	40	0.00	0.0
February 15	57	36	0.00	0.0
February 16	56	31	0.00	0.0
February 17	62	28	0.02	0.0
February 18	47	35	0.00	0.0
February 19	48	30	0.00	0.0
February 20	59	26	0.00	0.0
February 21	71	49	0.00	0.0
February 22	63	38	0.29	0.0
February 23	66	40	0.00	0.0
February 24	65	47	0.04	0.0
February 25	75	46	0.39	0.0
February 26	48	37	0.25	0.0
February 27	60	31	0.00	0.0
February 28	74	45	0.00	0.0
February 29	73	55	0.00	0.0

March 1972 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	73	55	1.26
March 2	55	31	0.23
March 3	42	28	0.00
March 4	45	36	0.33
March 5	50	32	0.00
March 6	60	32	0.00
March 7	62	53	0.08
March 8	53	33	0.00
March 9	60	27	0.00
March 10	71	38	0.00
March 11	77	54	0.00
March 12	75	58	0.00
March 13	69	48	0.07
March 14	63	39	0.00
March 15	77	52	1.18
March 16	63	48	0.24
March 17	63	43	0.00
March 18	64	43	0.02
March 19	72	39	0.00
March 20	78	46	0.00
March 21	74	52	0.06
March 22	71	44	0.00
March 23	60	44	0.00
March 24	49	38	0.66
March 25	44	35	0.09
March 26	52	31	0.20
March 27	73	52	0.00
March 28	69	54	0.38
March 29	57	38	0.00
March 30	54	35	0.00
March 31	61	40	0.00

April 1972 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	51	35	0.00
April 2	68	35	0.00
April 3	74	48	1.05
April 4	57	42	0.00
April 5	68	38	0.00
April 6	71	51	0.00
April 7	81	38	0.19
April 8	49	34	0.00
April 9	67	34	0.00
April 10	77	52	0.00
April 11	79	69	0.00
April 12	85	69	0.00
April 13	85	70	0.00
April 14	85	71	0.00
April 15	87	69	0.33
April 16	71	56	0.01
April 17	74	50	0.00
April 18	83	49	0.00
April 19	85	64	0.00
April 20	80	68	0.00
April 21	79	59	0.36
April 22	74	51	0.00
April 23	81	56	0.00
April 24	68	51	0.01
April 25	60	45	0.00
April 26	70	41	0.00
April 27	76	50	0.00
April 28	77	60	1.52
April 29	74	57	0.01
April 30	77	57	0.03

May 1972 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	69	59	1.57
May 2	73	58	0.10
May 3	70	53	0.00
May 4	73	51	0.00
May 5	80	53	0.00
May 6	81	57	0.02
May 7	75	63	0.41
May 8	76	60	0.01
May 9	60	48	0.00
May 10	71	47	0.00
May 11	80	51	0.00
May 12	69	58	0.22
May 13	81	65	0.00
May 14	82	63	0.00
May 15	77	56	0.00
May 16	85	56	1.23
May 17	85	60	0.00
May 18	82	62	0.00
May 19	85	62	0.00
May 20	85	60	0.00
May 21	89	63	0.00
May 22	91	64	0.00
May 23	90	66	0.00
May 24	83	65	0.37
May 25	87	63	0.00
May 26	88	66	0.00
May 27	89	64	0.00
May 28	85	66	0.00
May 29	84	67	0.61
May 30	81	60	0.01
May 31	73	53	0.00

June 1972 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	78	52	0.00
June 2	84	59	0.00
June 3	86	63	0.00
June 4	90	64	0.00
June 5	92	67	0.00
June 6	95	70	0.00
June 7	91	73	0.00
June 8	91	67	0.00
June 9	95	73	0.00
June 10	81	65	0.05
June 11	84	55	0.00
June 12	87	69	0.03
June 13	90	72	0.00
June 14	92	72	0.22
June 15	84	69	0.08
June 16	88	66	0.00
June 17	87	66	0.00
June 18	91	67	0.00
June 19	91	71	0.00
June 20	95	72	0.00
June 21	85	68	0.00
June 22	81	62	0.00
June 23	86	57	0.00
June 24	86	63	0.00
June 25	84	70	2.10
June 26	88	69	1.31
June 27	91	76	0.00
June 28	88	69	1.71
June 29	92	70	0.00
June 30	90	72	0.00

July 1972 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	89	68	0.93
July 2	90	70	1.02
July 3	82	70	1.53
July 4	80	66	0.14
July 5	77	61	0.00
July 6	76	58	0.00
July 7	79	57	0.00
July 8	83	61	0.00
July 9	87	70	0.00
July 10	86	70	0.00
July 11	89	69	0.00
July 12	93	71	0.00
July 13	86	69	0.00
July 14	87	73	0.02
July 15	90	74	0.00
July 16	90	77	0.00
July 17	90	75	0.00
July 18	90	73	0.00
July 19	92	76	0.31
July 20	91	75	0.00
July 21	92	72	0.00
July 22	94	74	0.00
July 23	93	76	0.00
July 24	94	78	0.00
July 25	93	77	0.00
July 26	95	75	0.00
July 27	94	78	0.00
July 28	94	74	0.46
July 29	81	71	0.48
July 30	83	70	0.00
July 31	84	67	0.00

August 1972 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	71	0.00
August 2	89	74	0.00
August 3	91	73	0.00
August 4	90	73	0.09
August 5	86	69	0.00
August 6	94	71	1.03
August 7	84	70	0.00
August 8	91	66	0.00
August 9	84	72	0.00
August 10	82	67	0.00
August 11	89	67	0.00
August 12	91	71	0.22
August 13	88	67	0.00
August 14	89	69	0.00
August 15	89	68	0.00
August 16	91	71	0.00
August 17	94	73	0.00
August 18	94	74	0.00
August 19	95	72	0.04
August 20	95	72	0.00
August 21	95	73	0.00
August 22	95	72	0.56
August 23	84	72	0.00
August 24	88	71	0.00
August 25	88	71	0.00
August 26	87	72	0.00
August 27	85	65	0.00
August 28	84	64	0.00
August 29	89	66	0.00
August 30	89	66	0.00
August 31	88	71	0.00

September 1972 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	90	70	0.00
September 2	87	70	0.01
September 3	84	69	0.00
September 4	70	63	0.42
September 5	78	60	0.00
September 6	83	56	0.00
September 7	91	68	0.00
September 8	91	75	0.10
September 9	81	69	0.00
September 10	86	61	0.00
September 11	89	71	0.00
September 12	89	69	0.00
September 13	91	71	0.15
September 14	93	73	0.00
September 15	93	70	0.00
September 16	88	73	0.00
September 17	83	70	0.02
September 18	80	70	0.29
September 19	96	69	0.00
September 20	91	69	0.00
September 21	88	64	0.11
September 22	78	62	0.00
September 23	85	67	0.32
September 24	87	69	0.33
September 25	85	71	0.05
September 26	80	71	0.85
September 27	84	71	0.06
September 28	84	72	0.06
September 29	78	53	2.61
September 30	61	45	0.00

October 1972 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	70	44	0.00
October 2	76	46	0.00
October 3	78	54	0.00
October 4	81	60	0.00
October 5	81	56	0.00
October 6	82	62	0.00
October 7	70	52	0.00
October 8	73	47	0.00
October 9	78	53	0.00
October 10	80	48	0.00
October 11	82	61	0.00
October 12	83	61	0.00
October 13	82	65	0.00
October 14	83	64	0.00
October 15	71	54	0.00
October 16	84	60	0.00
October 17	79	59	0.29
October 18	74	44	0.68
October 19	51	40	0.08
October 20	62	35	0.00
October 21	64	47	0.02
October 22	69	55	0.24
October 23	68	51	0.00
October 24	51	46	0.00
October 25	53	36	0.00
October 26	56	32	0.02
October 27	63	52	1.14
October 28	57	51	0.01
October 29	59	53	0.04
October 30	61	56	1.40
October 31	77	61	0.00

November 1972 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	80	62	0.84
November 2	69	52	0.22
November 3	63	45	0.00
November 4	60	41	0.00
November 5	65	37	0.00
November 6	71	40	2.34
November 7	60	44	1.30
November 8	59	38	0.00
November 9	61	38	0.00
November 10	61	50	0.00
November 11	52	42	0.00
November 12	63	36	0.00
November 13	68	50	1.03
November 14	50	39	0.00
November 15	46	34	0.00
November 16	41	33	0.00
November 17	42	32	0.00
November 18	41	34	1.19
November 19	42	38	0.26
November 20	42	37	0.00
November 21	42	37	0.00
November 22	39	36	0.00
November 23	44	26	0.00
November 24	48	21	0.20
November 25	42	38	0.52
November 26	48	36	0.00
November 27	55	42	0.15
November 28	44	29	0.00
November 29	45	25	0.00
November 30	43	32	0.00

December 1972 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	55	31	0.00
December 2	60	40	0.00
December 3	64	48	0.01
December 4	63	43	0.01
December 5	70	45	1.16
December 6	62	21	0.04
December 7	37	20	0.03
December 8	47	36	2.95
December 9	40	36	1.90
December 10	36	25	0.45
December 11	32	25	0.17
December 12	63	32	0.53
December 13	36	29	0.00
December 14	37	31	0.71
December 15	35	27	0.19
December 16	33	22	0.00
December 17	36	17	0.00
December 18	49	20	0.00
December 19	58	41	0.27
December 20	48	33	0.00
December 21	48	34	0.02
December 22	34	33	0.00
December 23	37	31	0.00
December 24	40	35	0.03
December 25	41	33	0.00
December 26	45	26	0.03
December 27	53	23	0.00
December 28	59	33	0.00
December 29	63	48	0.00
December 30	59	44	0.87
December 31	48	30	0.00

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Years	Station	Coordinates
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1928–1939	Memphis Post Office	location