Memphis Weather in 1979

Historical record of Memphis, Tennessee weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Memphis Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	July 4
Lowest temperature	9 °F	February 9
Highest daily low	80 °F	July 3
Lowest daily high	22 °F	January 2
Most daily precipitation	3.4 inches	April 11
Most daily snow	2.3 inches	February 17
Total annual precipitation	70.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	10.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Memphis in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1979 was 97 °F which happened on July 4.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Memphis in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jul 4
2	96 °F	Jul 2
3	95 °F	Aug 6
3	95 °F	Jul 16
3	95 °F	Jul 3
6	94 °F	Aug 21
6	94 °F	Aug 8
6	94 °F	Aug 7
6	94 °F	Aug 5
6	94 °F	Jul 31
6	94 °F	Jul 30
6	94 °F	Jul 29
6	94 °F	Jun 20
6	94 °F	Jun 19

What was the coldest temperature in Memphis in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1979 was 9 °F which happened on Feb 9.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Memphis in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	9 °F	February 9
2	11 °F	January 9
3	12 °F	January 8
3	12 °F	January 2
5	15 °F	February 10
5	15 °F	January 15
5	15 °F	January 14
8	16 °F	February 1
8	16 °F	January 3
10	17 °F	December 17

January 1979 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	42	22	1.06	0.1
January 2	22	12	0.00	0.0
January 3	31	16	0.00	0.0
January 4	40	23	0.00	0.0
January 5	35	28	0.22	1.7
January 6	33	25	0.85	0.2
January 7	33	24	0.10	0.0
January 8	24	12	0.00	0.0
January 9	32	11	0.00	0.0
January 10	29	21	0.00	0.0
January 11	28	20	0.00	0.0
January 12	36	27	0.00	0.0
January 13	47	20	0.06	0.0
January 14	23	15	0.00	0.0
January 15	36	15	0.00	0.0
January 16	48	34	0.00	0.0
January 17	54	44	0.35	0.0
January 18	49	34	0.13	0.0
January 19	56	42	1.94	0.0
January 20	54	36	0.58	0.0
January 21	36	27	0.05	0.4
January 22	40	23	0.00	0.0
January 23	47	28	0.54	0.2
January 24	30	21	0.04	0.4
January 25	38	22	0.00	0.0
January 26	39	32	0.05	0.0
January 27	36	28	0.01	0.0
January 28	33	25	0.00	0.0
January 29	37	20	0.00	0.0
January 30	40	26	0.00	0.0
January 31	32	23	0.00	0.0

February 1979 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	32	16	0.00	0.0
February 2	40	24	0.22	0.0
February 3	42	35	0.06	0.0
February 4	38	29	0.00	0.0
February 5	31	24	0.00	0.0
February 6	38	29	0.57	1.6
February 7	34	25	0.21	1.7
February 8	38	18	0.02	0.0
February 9	23	9	0.00	0.0
February 10	40	15	0.00	0.0
February 11	54	24	0.00	0.0
February 12	51	32	0.00	0.0
February 13	46	29	0.00	0.0
February 14	67	42	0.00	0.0
February 15	67	42	0.00	0.0
February 16	42	26	0.00	0.0
February 17	30	25	0.23	2.3
February 18	36	25	0.04	0.4
February 19	46	20	0.00	0.0
February 20	49	28	0.37	0.0
February 21	60	49	0.00	0.0
February 22	69	52	0.47	0.0
February 23	68	59	1.81	0.0
February 24	59	40	0.88	0.0
February 25	40	32	0.33	1.4
February 26	44	28	0.00	0.0
February 27	57	28	0.00	0.0
February 28	63	45	0.45	0.0

March 1979 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	49	38	0.00
March 2	70	37	0.00
March 3	65	56	2.65
March 4	56	34	0.00
March 5	52	32	0.00
March 6	63	31	0.00
March 7	61	40	0.00
March 8	49	37	0.00
March 9	70	37	0.31
March 10	50	40	0.34
March 11	53	33	0.00
March 12	71	41	0.00
March 13	70	56	0.07
March 14	60	44	0.00
March 15	50	36	0.00
March 16	63	35	0.00
March 17	77	51	0.00
March 18	79	58	0.00
March 19	71	63	0.34
March 20	68	56	0.49
March 21	65	53	0.00
March 22	70	55	1.21
March 23	62	42	0.17
March 24	51	41	0.00
March 25	52	36	0.00
March 26	62	33	0.00
March 27	53	48	0.27
March 28	75	53	0.00
March 29	77	65	0.00
March 30	74	65	0.63
March 31	75	59	0.12

April 1979 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	76	60	3.27
April 2	61	51	0.43
April 3	65	45	0.16
April 4	60	44	0.34
April 5	65	41	0.00
April 6	62	46	0.00
April 7	80	44	0.00
April 8	68	55	0.24
April 9	55	45	0.00
April 10	65	43	0.01
April 11	80	65	3.40
April 12	78	63	0.00
April 13	68	54	0.03
April 14	76	45	0.00
April 15	79	53	0.00
April 16	82	52	0.00
April 17	82	57	0.00
April 18	82	60	0.00
April 19	82	63	0.00
April 20	85	58	0.00
April 21	76	65	0.04
April 22	65	62	1.11
April 23	73	62	1.56
April 24	75	66	0.51
April 25	78	66	0.00
April 26	67	54	0.37
April 27	70	48	0.00
April 28	64	45	0.00
April 29	70	52	0.00
April 30	74	54	0.00

May 1979 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	78	54	0.00
May 2	71	65	0.24
May 3	81	64	3.05
May 4	68	53	0.59
May 5	59	52	0.01
May 6	73	56	0.00
May 7	84	61	0.00
May 8	86	70	0.00
May 9	84	70	0.00
May 10	86	71	0.00
May 11	83	63	0.98
May 12	63	54	0.36
May 13	74	51	0.00
May 14	82	58	0.00
May 15	83	64	0.00
May 16	80	57	0.00
May 17	84	58	0.00
May 18	86	60	0.00
May 19	87	70	0.00
May 20	87	70	0.00
May 21	74	66	0.32
May 22	76	65	0.64
May 23	79	66	0.31
May 24	71	58	0.00
May 25	73	53	0.00
May 26	78	52	0.00
May 27	71	63	0.82
May 28	82	65	0.33
May 29	81	65	0.04
May 30	76	69	0.09
May 31	83	69	0.00

June 1979 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	86	70	0.00
June 2	80	70	2.76
June 3	77	66	0.00
June 4	81	63	0.00
June 5	84	66	0.00
June 6	84	71	0.13
June 7	89	78	0.00
June 8	92	77	0.00
June 9	93	75	0.00
June 10	86	64	0.00
June 11	82	59	0.00
June 12	86	62	0.00
June 13	87	65	0.00
June 14	89	68	0.00
June 15	86	66	0.00
June 16	87	67	0.00
June 17	92	69	0.00
June 18	93	71	0.00
June 19	94	76	0.00
June 20	94	80	0.00
June 21	84	72	0.71
June 22	92	73	0.00
June 23	91	72	0.10
June 24	78	66	0.79
June 25	81	61	0.00
June 26	85	62	0.00
June 27	87	68	0.00
June 28	87	70	0.00
June 29	93	70	0.44
June 30	88	70	0.00

July 1979 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	68	0.00
July 2	96	74	0.00
July 3	95	80	0.00
July 4	97	77	0.00
July 5	92	77	0.00
July 6	85	72	0.00
July 7	83	73	0.71
July 8	85	71	0.21
July 9	87	71	0.00
July 10	88	74	0.00
July 11	84	73	0.66
July 12	88	73	0.26
July 13	92	78	0.00
July 14	92	77	0.00
July 15	93	77	0.00
July 16	95	78	0.00
July 17	89	75	0.00
July 18	88	72	0.00
July 19	89	73	0.00
July 20	86	75	0.00
July 21	90	75	0.00
July 22	91	74	0.00
July 23	90	77	0.00
July 24	89	77	0.01
July 25	92	77	0.59
July 26	89	75	0.32
July 27	88	75	0.00
July 28	89	79	0.31
July 29	94	79	0.00
July 30	94	79	0.00
July 31	94	78	0.05

August 1979 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	78	0.01
August 2	89	74	0.22
August 3	86	73	0.02
August 4	90	74	0.59
August 5	94	77	0.00
August 6	95	77	0.00
August 7	94	78	0.00
August 8	94	73	0.55
August 9	91	73	0.00
August 10	93	79	0.00
August 11	80	70	0.47
August 12	81	68	0.00
August 13	83	64	0.00
August 14	88	69	0.00
August 15	87	69	0.00
August 16	84	67	0.00
August 17	89	66	0.00
August 18	90	71	0.00
August 19	93	75	0.00
August 20	93	77	0.00
August 21	94	73	0.11
August 22	90	71	0.05
August 23	87	73	0.01
August 24	88	72	2.85
August 25	85	73	0.01
August 26	88	74	0.07
August 27	89	73	0.00
August 28	84	71	0.96
August 29	92	75	0.00
August 30	93	75	0.00
August 31	91	70	0.00

September 1979 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	79	71	1.46
September 2	87	72	0.00
September 3	91	72	0.00
September 4	90	73	0.16
September 5	90	74	0.00
September 6	90	75	0.00
September 7	87	69	0.00
September 8	81	63	0.00
September 9	82	59	0.00
September 10	86	64	0.00
September 11	85	65	0.00
September 12	88	66	0.00
September 13	78	69	0.48
September 14	77	60	0.00
September 15	74	56	0.00
September 16	79	56	0.00
September 17	75	65	0.00
September 18	74	70	0.13
September 19	82	70	0.00
September 20	74	68	1.95
September 21	75	65	0.31
September 22	76	59	0.00
September 23	76	57	0.00
September 24	79	53	0.00
September 25	82	59	0.00
September 26	82	60	0.00
September 27	83	63	0.00
September 28	84	63	0.00
September 29	86	65	0.00
September 30	86	66	0.00

October 1979 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	88	66	0.00
October 2	76	57	0.00
October 3	83	54	0.14
October 4	73	53	0.01
October 5	71	46	0.00
October 6	77	58	0.00
October 7	85	48	0.00
October 8	87	66	0.00
October 9	74	48	0.30
October 10	62	43	0.00
October 11	78	51	0.00
October 12	87	62	0.00
October 13	63	43	0.00
October 14	71	39	0.00
October 15	76	54	0.00
October 16	79	55	0.00
October 17	82	56	0.11
October 18	83	65	0.00
October 19	85	66	0.00
October 20	87	71	0.00
October 21	89	74	0.00
October 22	76	50	1.03
October 23	65	44	0.00
October 24	66	44	0.00
October 25	72	44	0.00
October 26	79	48	0.00
October 27	79	56	0.00
October 28	68	62	0.51
October 29	72	59	0.00
October 30	76	57	0.00
October 31	73	57	0.50

November 1979 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	63	45	0.00
November 2	66	41	0.00
November 3	64	38	0.00
November 4	67	38	0.00
November 5	69	41	0.00
November 6	59	43	0.00
November 7	58	36	0.00
November 8	62	51	0.00
November 9	65	52	1.33
November 10	53	38	0.00
November 11	52	34	0.00
November 12	52	34	0.00
November 13	53	35	0.00
November 14	53	32	0.00
November 15	63	37	0.00
November 16	70	44	0.00
November 17	72	43	0.00
November 18	70	44	0.00
November 19	77	56	0.00
November 20	78	54	0.00
November 21	68	63	1.43
November 22	66	45	2.56
November 23	45	34	0.35
November 24	57	32	0.00
November 25	55	42	0.95
November 26	59	41	0.00
November 27	71	44	0.80
November 28	50	31	0.00
November 29	36	29	0.00
November 30	42	27	0.00

December 1979 Memphis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	53	30	0.00
December 2	42	27	0.00
December 3	49	24	0.00
December 4	59	30	0.00
December 5	64	40	0.00
December 6	56	41	0.00
December 7	64	41	0.00
December 8	50	32	0.00
December 9	59	31	0.00
December 10	67	35	0.00
December 11	72	53	0.01
December 12	65	38	2.75
December 13	44	34	0.19
December 14	46	32	0.00
December 15	56	32	0.00
December 16	55	24	0.00
December 17	32	17	0.00
December 18	45	20	0.00
December 19	57	33	0.00
December 20	65	37	0.00
December 21	62	53	0.01
December 22	60	51	0.23
December 23	65	60	1.37
December 24	62	43	0.22
December 25	49	34	0.00
December 26	57	30	0.00
December 27	54	35	0.00
December 28	49	40	0.00
December 29	51	42	0.14
December 30	44	42	0.00
December 31	43	36	0.00

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Weather Station Details

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