Rainy days · Tennessee
How often does it rain in Memphis?
Memphis gets enough rain to keep the blues well watered and the barbecue pit a little smoky.
Memphis gets measurable rain or snow on about 111 days a year, adding up to about 55 inches.
November usually brings Memphis about 9 wet days and 4.7 inches. The wettest month is usually March, with about 12 wet days, and the driest is September, with about 7 wet days. That makes Memphis number 78 of the 129 US cities we track, rainiest first.
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Rainy days, month by month
| Month | Wet days | Inches |
|---|---|---|
| January | 10 | 4.1 |
| February | 10 | 4.5 |
| March | 12 | 5.7 |
| April | 10 | 5.9 |
| May | 11 | 5.3 |
| June | 9 | 4.0 |
| July | 10 | 4.7 |
| August | 8 | 3.4 |
| September | 7 | 3.0 |
| October | 8 | 4.0 |
| November | 9 | 4.7 |
| December | 10 | 5.5 |
Cities with about as many rainy days
- Jackson, Mississippi: about 110 wet days a year
- Charlotte, North Carolina: about 112 wet days a year
- Spokane, Washington: about 113 wet days a year
Source: NOAA daily precipitation records for the Memphis area, 1991 to 2020 (at least 30 complete years behind every month), via the Applied Climate Information System. A wet day here means at least a hundredth of an inch of rain or melted snow.