Memphis - Extreme Daily Snowfall for Each Year
Here's a list of yearly records for the heaviest snowfalls and snowiest days in Memphis, Tennessee. The information easily answers questions such as: How much snow fell in a day during the biggest snowstorm of 2019? When was the last time Memphis recorded more than half a foot of snow in a single day?
This page gives the highest daily snowfall of each year in Memphis and the date it occurred. If a date has a plus sign beside it that means the same amount of snow also fell on at least one other day earlier in the year.
These snowfall extremes were measured at Memphis International Airport and go back to 1940 with a few years missing data. Since then, the most amount of snow to land in one day at Memphis is 14.3 inches (36.3 centimetres) on December 22, 1963.
| Inches | Date | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|
| 0.2 | January 31, 2023 | 0.5 |
| 2.0 | March 11, 2022 | 5.1 |
| 4.7 | February 17, 2021 | 11.9 |
| 0.5 | February 06, 2020 | 1.3 |
| 0.2 | January 19, 2019 | 0.5 |
| 1.8 | January 16, 2018 | 4.6 |
| 2.0 | January 06, 2017 | 5.1 |
| 0.3 | January 22, 2016 | 0.8 |
| 3.1 | March 05, 2015 | 7.9 |
| 0.5 | March 03, 2014 | 1.3 |
| trace | December 30, 2013 + | trace |
| 0.9 | December 26, 2012 | 2.3 |
| 3.1 | February 09, 2011 | 7.9 |
| 5.0 | February 08, 2010 | 12.7 |
| Inches | Date | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | February 28, 2009 | 7.6 |
| 4.0 | March 07, 2008 | 10.2 |
| 1.8 | February 02, 2007 | 4.6 |
| – | 2006 | – |
| – | 2005 | – |
| – | 2004 | – |
| – | 2003 | – |
| – | 2002 | – |
| – | 2001 | – |
| – | 2000 | – |
| – | 1999 | – |
| 2.0 | January 16, 1998 | 5.1 |
| 3.6 | January 10, 1997 | 9.1 |
| 0.2 | February 01, 1996 + | 0.5 |
| 2.5 | February 06, 1995 | 6.4 |
| 1.4 | February 09, 1994 | 3.6 |
| trace | October 31, 1993 + | trace |
| trace | December 25, 1992 + | trace |
| 1.0 | March 29, 1991 | 2.5 |
| 0.4 | December 22, 1990 | 1.0 |
| 0.4 | December 17, 1989 | 1.0 |
| 4.1 | January 06, 1988 | 10.4 |
| 0.4 | March 30, 1987 | 1.0 |
| 2.0 | February 10, 1986 | 5.1 |
| 8.1 | January 03, 1985 | 20.6 |
| 1.0 | January 18, 1984 + | 2.5 |
| 5.3 | January 20, 1983 | 13.5 |
| 4.5 | January 12, 1982 | 11.4 |
| trace | December 18, 1981 + | trace |
| 1.2 | February 08, 1980 | 3.0 |
| 2.3 | February 17, 1979 | 5.8 |
| 2.4 | January 25, 1978 | 6.1 |
| 1.5 | January 06, 1977 | 3.8 |
| 1.2 | November 14, 1976 | 3.0 |
| 3.9 | January 12, 1975 | 9.9 |
| 0.7 | January 03, 1974 | 1.8 |
| 1.4 | January 07, 1973 | 3.6 |
| 0.3 | January 04, 1972 | 0.8 |
| 2.7 | February 12, 1971 | 6.9 |
| 2.0 | January 06, 1970 | 5.1 |
| 0.1 | December 21, 1969 | 0.3 |
| 8.7 | March 21, 1968 | 22.1 |
| 0.6 | January 17, 1967 | 1.5 |
| 3.8 | January 22, 1966 | 9.7 |
| 3.0 | February 24, 1965 | 7.6 |
| 0.5 | January 12, 1964 | 1.3 |
| 14.3 | December 22, 1963 | 36.3 |
| 4.7 | January 09, 1962 | 11.9 |
| 0.2 | February 25, 1961 | 0.5 |
| 6.4 | January 05, 1960 | 16.3 |
| 0.6 | February 05, 1959 | 1.5 |
| 2.6 | February 14, 1958 | 6.6 |
| trace | December 11, 1957 + | trace |
| 5.2 | January 23, 1956 | 13.2 |
| 0.1 | January 27, 1955 + | 0.3 |
| 2.4 | January 10, 1954 | 6.1 |
| trace | December 14, 1953 + | trace |
| trace | December 14, 1952 + | trace |
| 2.4 | January 31, 1951 | 6.1 |
| 1.2 | November 23, 1950 | 3.0 |
| 3.4 | January 30, 1949 | 8.6 |
| 0.0 | December 31, 1948 + | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | December 31, 1947 + | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | December 31, 1946 + | 0.0 |
| trace | February 07, 1945 + | trace |
| 3.3 | January 08, 1944 | 8.4 |
| trace | December 15, 1943 + | trace |
| 0.8 | January 03, 1942 | 2.0 |
| 1.7 | February 24, 1941 + | 4.3 |
| 3.9 | January 23, 1940 | 9.9 |
Reference
Jay Lawrimore. 2016. Global Summary of the Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.