First snow 2026-27 ยท Memphis, TN
When does Memphis get its first snow?
None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Jan 7.
- This winter
- None yet
- Normal date
- Jan 7 (1991-2020 median)
- Earliest on record
- Nov 2, 1951
- Latest on record
- Mar 30, 1987
- Record since
- 1875 (135 winters)
- Station
- Memphis International Airport
- Snow so far
- 0 in
Common questions
When does Memphis get its first snow?
Around Jan 7. That is the median date of the first measurable snow (at least 0.1 inch of snow (a trace does not count)) at Memphis International Airport over the 1991-2020 winters, our calculation from NOAA's record.
Has Memphis had its first snow this winter?
None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Jan 7.
What is the earliest first snow on record in Memphis?
Nov 2, 1951, in a record that goes back to 1875.
What is the latest first snow on record in Memphis?
Mar 30, 1987.
Every winter on record
| Season | Date | Snow |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Jan 24 | 1.8 in |
| 2024-25 | Jan 10 | 7.5 in |
| 2023-24 | Jan 14 | 1.8 in |
| 2022-23 | Dec 22 | 0.5 in |
| 2021-22 | Jan 2 | 0.3 in |
| 2020-21 | Jan 11 | 0.3 in |
| 2019-20 | Feb 6 | 0.5 in |
| 2018-19 | Nov 14 | 0.6 in |
| 2017-18 | Jan 12 | 0.7 in |
| 2016-17 | Jan 6 | 2 in |
| 2015-16 | Jan 22 | 0.3 in |
| 2014-15 | Nov 13 | 0.1 in |
| 2013-14 | Feb 8 | 0.3 in |
| 2012-13 | Dec 26 | 0.9 in |
| 2011-12 | Nov 28 | 0.1 in |
| 2010-11 | Dec 18 | 0.3 in |
| 2009-10 | Jan 7 | 0.4 in |
| 2008-09 | Jan 28 | 0.8 in |
| 2007-08 | Mar 7 | 4 in |
| 2006-07 | Feb 1 | 0.4 in |
| 2005-06 | Feb 10 | 3.2 in |
| 2004-05 | Dec 22 | 2 in |
| 2003-04 | Feb 15 | 0.2 in |
| 2002-03 | Dec 13 | 0.2 in |
| 2001-02 | Feb 5 | 0.5 in |
| 2000-01 | Dec 16 | 0.5 in |
| 1999-00 | Jan 27 | 1 in |
| 1998-99 | Dec 21 | 0.1 in |
| 1997-98 | Jan 15 | 1 in |
| 1996-97 | Jan 9 | 0.2 in |
| 1995-96 | Jan 6 | 0.2 in |
| 1994-95 | Jan 3 | 0.1 in |
| 1993-94 | Jan 7 | 0.2 in |
| 1992-93 | None | |
| 1991-92 | Nov 7 | 0.6 in |
| 1990-91 | Dec 22 | 0.4 in |
| 1989-90 | Dec 17 | 0.4 in |
| 1988-89 | Feb 4 | 0.3 in |
| 1987-88 | Jan 3 | 0.3 in |
| 1986-87 | Mar 30 | 0.4 in |
| 1985-86 | Feb 10 | 2 in |
| 1984-85 | Jan 3 | 8.1 in |
| 1983-84 | Dec 19 | 0.5 in |
| 1982-83 | Jan 20 | 5.3 in |
| 1981-82 | Jan 12 | 4.5 in |
| 1980-81 | None | |
| 1979-80 | Jan 29 | 0.2 in |
| 1978-79 | Jan 1 | 0.1 in |
| 1977-78 | Jan 11 | 0.1 in |
| 1976-77 | Nov 14 | 1.2 in |
| 1975-76 | Dec 26 | 0.1 in |
| 1974-75 | Dec 1 | 0.2 in |
| 1973-74 | Dec 20 | 0.2 in |
| 1972-73 | Jan 7 | 1.4 in |
| 1971-72 | Nov 23 | 0.8 in |
| 1970-71 | Dec 31 | 1 in |
| 1969-70 | Dec 21 | 0.1 in |
| 1968-69 | None | |
| 1967-68 | Jan 13 | 2 in |
| 1966-67 | Dec 23 | 0.7 in |
| 1965-66 | Jan 18 | 2.2 in |
| 1964-65 | Feb 24 | 3 in |
| 1963-64 | Dec 22 | 14.3 in |
| 1962-63 | Dec 24 | 3 in |
| 1961-62 | Jan 9 | 4.7 in |
| 1960-61 | Dec 20 | 0.2 in |
| 1959-60 | Jan 5 | 6.4 in |
| 1958-59 | Dec 12 | 1.5 in |
| 1957-58 | Jan 24 | 1 in |
| 1956-57 | None | |
| 1955-56 | Jan 23 | 5.2 in |
| 1954-55 | Jan 18 | 0.1 in |
| 1953-54 | Jan 10 | 2.4 in |
| 1952-53 | None | |
| 1951-52 | Nov 2 | 0.2 in |
| 1950-51 | Nov 23 | 1.2 in |
| 1949-50 | None | |
| 1948-49 | Jan 30 | 3.4 in |
| 1947-48 | Jan 16 | 11.8 in |
| 1946-47 | None | |
| 1945-46 | None | |
| 1944-45 | None | |
| 1943-44 | Jan 8 | 3.3 in |
| 1942-43 | None | |
| 1941-42 | Jan 3 | 0.8 in |
| 1940-41 | Feb 19 | 1.4 in |
| 1939-40 | Jan 23 | 3.9 in |
| 1938-39 | Nov 24 | 0.6 in |
| 1937-38 | Nov 16 | 0.2 in |
| 1936-37 | Nov 4 | 0.2 in |
| 1935-36 | Dec 22 | 1 in |
| 1934-35 | Jan 21 | 3.2 in |
| 1933-34 | Mar 8 | 0.5 in |
| 1932-33 | Dec 16 | 1.2 in |
| 1931-32 | None | |
| 1930-31 | Dec 16 | 0.3 in |
| 1929-30 | Nov 22 | 4.9 in |
| 1928-29 | Feb 2 | 0.2 in |
| 1927-28 | Jan 2 | 0.1 in |
| 1926-27 | Nov 18 | 0.2 in |
| 1925-26 | Dec 22 | 0.3 in |
| 1924-25 | Jan 27 | 0.4 in |
| 1923-24 | Jan 12 | 0.4 in |
| 1922-23 | Feb 3 | 4.5 in |
| 1921-22 | Feb 15 | 0.6 in |
| 1920-21 | Jan 13 | 0.1 in |
| 1919-20 | Feb 14 | 0.3 in |
| 1918-19 | Dec 27 | 0.1 in |
| 1917-18 | Dec 7 | 8 in |
| 1916-17 | Dec 14 | 5 in |
| 1915-16 | Dec 29 | 1.3 in |
| 1914-15 | Dec 12 | 0.1 in |
| 1913-14 | Dec 25 | 3.5 in |
| 1912-13 | None | |
| 1911-12 | Jan 6 | 3 in |
| 1910-11 | Dec 5 | 0.1 in |
| 1909-10 | Dec 13 | 0.4 in |
| 1908-09 | Jan 12 | 0.6 in |
| 1907-08 | Jan 12 | 0.1 in |
| 1906-07 | Dec 19 | 0.2 in |
| 1905-06 | Dec 31 | 0.1 in |
| 1904-05 | Dec 17 | 0.4 in |
| 1903-04 | Dec 1 | 0.8 in |
| 1902-03 | Feb 16 | 4 in |
| 1901-02 | Dec 5 | 1 in |
| 1900-01 | None | |
| 1899-00 | Jan 28 | 0.2 in |
| 1898-99 | Dec 4 | 3.5 in |
| 1897-98 | Dec 21 | 5.5 in |
| 1896-97 | Jan 27 | 0.3 in |
| 1895-96 | Dec 30 | 1.4 in |
| 1894-95 | Dec 26 | 3 in |
| 1893-94 | Dec 30 | 0.5 in |
| 1892-93 | Dec 20 | 1.8 in |
| 1891-92 | Jan 8 | 1.2 in |
Sources
- Daily low temperature and snowfall, threaded station records (ThreadEx), NOAA Regional Climate Centers, Applied Climate Information System (ACIS)