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DOORS-OFF FORECAST / MEMPHIS, TN

Doors off in
Memphis.

Memphis averages 113 doors-off days a year. Here's which months deliver, which don't and why, from 10 years of daily weather. Plus this week's call.

113
Doors-off days a year

#22 of 56 US metros. See the ranking →

May–Jun, Sep–Oct
Prime season

Months that average doors-off weather on at least half their days.

Sep
Best month

22 doors-off days on average, feels-like high 89°F.

This week in Memphis

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Scored with our fair-weather defaults (68–100°F feels-like, wind under 18 mph, low rain odds). Forecast from Open-Meteo.

Month by month

Doors-off days in Memphis, by month

MonthDoors-off daysFeels-like highWet days
Jan044°F9.9
Feb0.950°F11
Mar3.860°F14
Apr9.469°F11
May1783°F12
Jun1794°F9.4
Jul9.499°F12
Aug1496°F11
Sep2289°F6.8
Oct1674°F6.9
Nov3.458°F8.2
Dec0.750°F11

Averages per month over 2015–2024. Highlighted rows are prime months.

When to take it off in Memphis

Prime season in Memphis runs May–Jun, Sep–Oct: those months average doors-off weather on at least half their days.

January, February, March, November and December are the cold side: the average feels-like high sits under 68°F. April hovers just over the 68°F floor (average feels-like high 69°F), so plenty of days still come up short. July and August run hot: the average feels-like high is 96°F or more, close enough to the 100°F ceiling that a lot of days go over.

Your limits aren't ours. If you run doors-off at 55°F in a hoodie, or bail the second it hits 85, set your own thresholds in the forecast tool and it'll call each day for Memphis against them.

Weather is half of it

Doors off in Tennessee: read the fine print first

The TN mirror and fender rules, in plain English with the statute cited.

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STRAIGHT ANSWERS

Memphis doors-off FAQ.

When is doors-off season in Memphis?
Prime season in Memphis runs May–Jun, Sep–Oct: those months average doors-off weather on at least half their days. Counted from 10 years (2015–2024) of daily weather, where a doors-off day means a feels-like high between 68 and 100°F, wind under 18 mph and no real rain.
How many doors-off days does Memphis get a year?
About 113 on average, which ranks #22 of the 56 US metros we track. The best month, September, averages 22 doors-off days.
What's the best month to run doors-off in Memphis?
September, then June and May, by average doors-off days. Check this week's forecast before you pull them; averages don't drive.
Is it legal to drive with the doors off in Tennessee?
Read the fine print first. The full Tennessee mirror and fender rules, cited to the statute, are on our Tennessee doors-off law page.

How we count: daily weather for Memphis (35.1495, -90.049) from the Open-Meteo historical archive (ERA5 reanalysis, a gridded model of past weather, not a single airport station), 2015–2024. A doors-off day has a feels-like high of 68–100°F, max wind of 18 mph or less and under 0.04 in of rain. Those are the same fair-weather limits the forecast tool starts with. Averages smooth out good and bad years; the forecast is what you drive on.