What is the weather like in Memphis? (house, live)

[Uncas]

Thanks for giving me all of that information, My_home_town. I'll be arriving on a Thursday so I may checkout that restaurant and take a tour of Graceland. I'll see what the weather is like the closer I get to Memphis and will plan my trip accordingly.

[knucklehead_vol]

Originally Posted by BradfromNO

I was looking at those clouds with hungry promise this morning , but looks like all hope for a Friday
Rain are just some Dave Brown wishes and Austin Onek dreams. Me want SMOKIES....

It's cloudy over Crosstown.

[knucklehead_vol]

Originally Posted by Uncas

Thanks for giving me all of that information, My_home_town. I'll be arriving on a Thursday so I may checkout that restaurant and take a tour of Graceland. I'll see what the weather is like the closer I get to Memphis and will plan my trip accordingly.

Go to Sun Studio and Stax also.

[Cosmicstargoat]

Originally Posted by tw1554

What is the weather/climate really like? .

Thanks

Ignore all the other messages.

Memphis Weather

Ah, yes, Memphis weather. Memphis, TN hosts some of the most miserable weather on the planet.

SPRING- Yes, Spring. The glorious Spring where the cherry trees bloom, bees buzz and those lovely buttercups have long sprouted in their glory......NO. Chances are you will at some point be huddled in an interior closet with your precious Budgee and cat, praying to every god that you do not believe in, that the impending tornadoes and severe thunderstorms will hit some obscure trailer-park in Frayser or Wynne Ark., instead of your beloved home. You have been listening to Dave Brown for 8 hours instead of watching Jerry and Oprah, and your nerves are already shredded. Welcome to Memphis in Spring, every year, without fail. If that is not enough, Spring also brings copious amount of pollen and other nasal challenges, plus the extra bonus of having your automobile, driveway, and everything else coated with that lovely green oak pollen. Finally, early Spring gives way to May, Memphis in May, where you can expect downpours of Gilgamesh proportions, drowning Tom Lee Park and all of the participants. Some years mother nature decides to just put the entire park under water when the mighty Mississippi spills over its banks, driving the BBQ participants, fleeing for their lives, to the safer confines of Tiger Lane.


SUMMER- The violent Spring gives way to summer and the summers in Memphis are torrid, monotnous and unforgiving. The summers are so hot and humid that Memphis would need an Ice Age to make it habitable during this time of year. The summers have become epic, straining and breaking A/C units that must run continuously to combat the furnace like heat. Even nightfall brings no solace and temperatures remain miserable and humidty levels soar. The heat rises off the baked earth like swarms of germs and these environmental conditions give rise to the second worst challenge for allergy sufferers, the dreaded mold spores, a Memphis specialty. Every day the forecast is the same, until at some point Mother Nature has had enough, boils over like an unattended witch's cauldron, and we have a summer Derecho like Hurricane Elvis, that topples whatever trees were left standing by the Spring debacle of storms and tornadoes. Summer lingers, and lingers, and lingers, but take hope, glorious FALL is right around the corner!


FALL- Fall is widely anticipated as by the 4th of July everyone is already sick of the torrid Memhis summer. Yes, lower humidity, cooler nights, azure skies are things that those weary of heat and humidity dream about, a Memphis Fall. You love and anticipate Fall and Football, but as you are sweltering at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium at noon, watching Ole Miss demolish the hapless Memphis team, you notice that the temperature is 99° with a heat index of 115° and it is...just like Summer . Summer gives way grudgingly, and more often that not nowdays, NOT AT ALL, and Fall is just a cruel extension of summer. When Fall finally does arrive in Memphis, High School football is already finished and you are eating Thanksgiving turkey leftovers.

WINTER- Winter in Memphis usually comes suddenly, after a failed Fall. Memphis is located at the northern boundary of the humid subtropical climate zone, so winters in Memphis are often cold, damp, cloudy and miserable. It snows a lot in Memphis, but the snow is cleverly disgused as rain, much to the consternation of the TV weather amateurs and hysterial school children and their hysterical parents. Bread and milk are stripped from retail stores at even a mention of frozen precipitation. No matter that the low is going to be 39° or higher on a warm ground (see:Fall), they mentioned snow! Memphis has a cool season maximum of precipitation, so count on plenty of clammy, drizzly days during the winter. When frozen precipitation DOES actually grace the Memphis area, it often comes in the form of freezing rain, which means you get all the misery, but none of the beauty of a nice snowfall. Temperatures can swing wildly in winter in Memphis, confusing plant and animal life, so if you see mosquitoes in January, don't be surprised, you're in Memphis.

[jabogitlu]

Hopefully that was in jest? I was in Memphis in March and it was really nice. Memphis in June was hot, but considering it was almost 100 here in Appalachia today, it can't be much worse than what we have too.

[DubbleT]

Originally Posted by jabogitlu

Hopefully that was in jest? I was in Memphis in March and it was really nice. Memphis in June was hot, but considering it was almost 100 here in Appalachia today, it can't be much worse than what we have too.

Not kidding by much.
Do you remember how hot and sweltering it was in the tri last weekend, and how it didn't cool down much in the evening like it usually does? Memphis feels like that or worse pretty much from mid may until around Thanksgiving, give or take a few weeks. I think the biggest adjustment you'll have to make for summer is that it does not noticeably cool off overnight and mornings start off muggy.

[Cosmicstargoat]

Originally Posted by jabogitlu

Hopefully that was in jest? I was in Memphis in March and it was really nice. Memphis in June was hot, but considering it was almost 100 here in Appalachia today, it can't be much worse than what we have too.

No, it is not in jest. I made the message readable with my writing style, but no one who has lived in Memphis for any period of time can disagree with the content.

[knucklehead_vol]

Originally Posted by Cosmicstargoat

Ignore all the other messages.

Memphis Weather

Ah, yes, Memphis weather. Memphis, TN hosts some of the most miserable weather on the planet.

SPRING- Yes, Spring. The glorious Spring where the cherry trees bloom, bees buzz and those lovely buttercups have long sprouted in their glory......NO. Chances are you will at some point be huddled in an interior closet with your precious Budgee and cat, praying to every god that you do not believe in, that the impending tornadoes and severe thunderstorms will hit some obscure trailer-park in Frayser or Wynne Ark., instead of your beloved home. You have been listening to Dave Brown for 8 hours instead of watching Jerry and Oprah, and your nerves are already shredded. Welcome to Memphis in Spring, every year, without fail. If that is not enough, Spring also brings copious amount of pollen and other nasal challenges, plus the extra bonus of having your automobile, driveway, and everything else coated with that lovely green oak pollen. Finally, early Spring gives way to May, Memphis in May, where you can expect downpours of Gilgamesh proportions, drowning Tom Lee Park and all of the participants. Some years mother nature decides to just put the entire park under water when the mighty Mississippi spills over its banks, driving the BBQ participants, fleeing for their lives, to the safer confines of Tiger Lane.


SUMMER- The violent Spring gives way to summer and the summers in Memphis are torrid, monotnous and unforgiving. The summers are so hot and humid that Memphis would need an Ice Age to make it habitable during this time of year. The summers have become epic, straining and breaking A/C units that must run continuously to combat the furnace like heat. Even nightfall brings no solace and temperatures remain miserable and humidty levels soar. The heat rises off the baked earth like swarms of germs and these environmental conditions give rise to the second worst challenge for allergy sufferers, the dreaded mold spores, a Memphis specialty. Every day the forecast is the same, until at some point Mother Nature has had enough, boils over like an unattended witch's cauldron, and we have a summer Derecho like Hurricane Elvis, that topples whatever trees were left standing by the Spring debacle of storms and tornadoes. Summer lingers, and lingers, and lingers, but take hope, glorious FALL is right around the corner!


FALL- Fall is widely anticipated as by the 4th of July everyone is already sick of the torrid Memhis summer. Yes, lower humidity, cooler nights, azure skies are things that those weary of heat and humidity dream about, a Memphis Fall. You love and anticipate Fall and Football, but as you are sweltering at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium at noon, watching Ole Miss demolish the hapless Memphis team, you notice that the temperature is 99° with a heat index of 115° and it is...just like Summer . Summer gives way grudgingly, and more often that not nowdays, NOT AT ALL, and Fall is just a cruel extension of summer. When Fall finally does arrive in Memphis, High School football is already finished and you are eating Thanksgiving turkey leftovers.

WINTER- Winter in Memphis usually comes suddenly, after a failed Fall. Memphis is located at the northern boundary of the humid subtropical climate zone, so winters in Memphis are often cold, damp, cloudy and miserable. It snows a lot in Memphis, but the snow is cleverly disgused as rain, much to the consternation of the TV weather amateurs and hysterial school children and their hysterical parents. Bread and milk are stripped from retail stores at even a mention of frozen precipitation. No matter that the low is going to be 39° or higher on a warm ground (see:Fall), they mentioned snow! Memphis has a cool season maximum of precipitation, so count on plenty of clammy, drizzly days during the winter. When frozen precipitation DOES actually grace the Memphis area, it often comes in the form of freezing rain, which means you get all the misery, but none of the beauty of a nice snowfall. Temperatures can swing wildly in winter in Memphis, confusing plant and animal life, so if you see mosquitoes in January, don't be surprised, you're in Memphis.

Better than Chicago where there is no spring or summer I guess. But you are being a little dramatic.

[knucklehead_vol]

Originally Posted by DubbleT

Not kidding by much.
Do you remember how hot and sweltering it was in the tri last weekend, and how it didn't cool down much in the evening like it usually does? Memphis feels like that or worse pretty much from mid may until around Thanksgiving, give or take a few weeks. I think the biggest adjustment you'll have to make for summer is that it does not noticeably cool off overnight and mornings start off muggy.

We just turned our A/C on in May for the first time. It's hot from mid July through late August. And Winters are USUALLY easy. But either way, Heat, humidity, or cold doesn't slow us down.

But I will say if you don't like the heat, then Memphis isn't the place for you.

[knucklehead_vol]

Originally Posted by jabogitlu

Hopefully that was in jest? I was in Memphis in March and it was really nice. Memphis in June was hot, but considering it was almost 100 here in Appalachia today, it can't be much worse than what we have too.

It's hot everywhere...

Cold front forecast, but blistering heat lingers in several states - CNN.com

Perfect weather is in San Diego, but they have those wildfires every year in CA.