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Weather extremes in Memphis

Memphis ranks #90 of 134 US cities for mild weather, with a mildness score of 33 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 34th percentile nationally and #2 of 3 in Tennessee.

mildness score
33
Some Fun
National rank
#90 of 134
In Tennessee
#2 of 3
Percentile
34th

The typical city scores 50 for mild weather; Memphis sits 17 points below the median.

How weather extremes is measured

Punishing heat, cold and storm extremes.

The mildness score is the flip side of our weather extremes measure — 100 minus the raw weather extremes score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: NOAA Storm Events and climate-extremes data.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Memphis

  1. T#87 Jackson, MS 35
  2. #89 Indianapolis, IN 34
  3. #90 Memphis, TN — this page 33
  4. T#91 Laredo, TX 32
  5. T#91 Manchester, NH 32

See the full leaderboard — Cities with the mildest weather →

Top US cities for mild weather

  1. #1 Seattle, WA 100
  2. #2 San Francisco, CA 99
  3. T#3 Key West, FL 98
  4. T#3 Telluride, CO 98
  5. #5 Portland, OR 97

More about Memphis

Memphis scores 14 overall (Quiet) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: