West Memphis weather by month
What a typical year looks like in West Memphis, Arkansas: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Memphis International Airport, 22 km from West Memphis; records cover 1875–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 54.9 in1395 mm
- Snow a year
- 2.7 in6.9 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Mar 13
- First fall freeze
- Nov 15
- Heating degree days
- 2,875
- Cooling degree days
- 2,313
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 18°−8° (heating, 99%) and 99°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
West Memphis in January
Highs average 51°11° and lows 33°1°, with 4.1 in105 mm of precipitation and 0.9 in2.3 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1890)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1886)
- Heating degree days
- 710
- Cooling degree days
- 1
West Memphis in February
Highs average 56°13° and lows 37°3°, with 4.6 in116 mm of precipitation and 1 in2.5 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1962)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 532
- Cooling degree days
- 2
West Memphis in March
Highs average 64°18° and lows 44°7°, with 5.7 in146 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1895)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 352
- Cooling degree days
- 18
West Memphis in April
Highs average 73°23° and lows 53°12°, with 5.9 in149 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1987)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1881)
- Heating degree days
- 130
- Cooling degree days
- 76
West Memphis in May
Highs average 82°28° and lows 62°17°, with 5.3 in134 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1977)
- Record low
- 36°2° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 21
- Cooling degree days
- 240
West Memphis in June
Highs average 89°32° and lows 70°21°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1952)
- Record low
- 48°9° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 447
West Memphis in July
Highs average 92°33° and lows 74°23°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1980)
- Record low
- 52°11° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 550
West Memphis in August
Highs average 92°33° and lows 73°23°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 107°42° (2000)
- Record low
- 48°9° (1946)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 528
West Memphis in September
Highs average 86°30° and lows 66°19°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1925)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 7
- Cooling degree days
- 335
West Memphis in OctoberThis month
Highs average 75°24° and lows 54°12°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2019)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 116
- Cooling degree days
- 102
West Memphis in November
Highs average 63°17° and lows 43°6°, with 4.7 in119 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2000)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 379
- Cooling degree days
- 12
West Memphis in December
Highs average 53°12° and lows 36°2°, with 5.5 in139 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1982)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 628
- Cooling degree days
- 2