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Sun on a roof in Memphis.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Memphis at 1,651 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 0.0 km away. A modeled estimate for a standard setup, not a measurement of any roof.
A year on one roof.
Scroll from January to December: the noon sun over Memphis climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 161, weakest 106: a ratio of 1.52.
How Memphis comparesderived from the figures above
Where Memphis sits.
Memphis ranks 165th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 87th percentile. Its 1,651 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are June, May, July and the weakest are December, November, January; output peaks in June and bottoms out in December. In all, 28.7% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Lakeview, 16 km southwest: 1,676 kWh per kW, 25 more than Memphis.
- Hedley, 19 km northwest: 1,671 kWh per kW, 20 more than Memphis.
- Estelline, 22 km southeast: 1,623 kWh per kW, 28 less than Memphis.
- Wellington, 33 km northeast: 1,676 kWh per kW, 25 more than Memphis.
- Clarendon, 40 km northwest: 1,677 kWh per kW, 26 more than Memphis.
- Childress, 40 km southeast: 1,653 kWh per kW, 2 more than Memphis.
- Howardwick, 47 km northwest: 1,680 kWh per kW, 29 more than Memphis.
- Dodson, 48 km east: 1,647 kWh per kW, 4 less than Memphis.
- Turkey, 50 km southwest: 1,671 kWh per kW, 20 more than Memphis.
Against Fort Worth
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 366 km to the southeast, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Memphis models 116 kWh per kW (7.6%) above it. Memphis lies 1.95 degrees of latitude north of Fort Worth, which on sun angle alone would point the other way, so clouds, haze and the weather station's record carry the difference. The weather station for Memphis is 0.0 km from the modeled point, against 1.5 km for Fort Worth, so part of the gap can come from which station's typical year was used.
The second-nearest large place is Dallas, 410 km southeast, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Memphis runs 151 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Memphis runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, November, December.
Electricity in Hall CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists AEP Texas North in this county. Where Memphis is on AEP Texas North's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Memphis may instead be served by a co-op or utility listed below, which sets its own rates; check your bill. For scale only, the median 2025 average price across the 60 Texas retail providers on this site is 15.32¢ per kWh, which would put the modeled 1,651 kWh at $253 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Southwestern Electric Power Co: 12.6¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 157,119 residential customers across 25 counties.
- South Plains Electric Coop Inc: 11.02¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 58,726 residential customers across 18 counties.
- Lighthouse Electric Coop, Inc: 16.18¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 3,880 residential customers across 12 counties.
- AEP Texas North Company: 5.86¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 158,488 residential customers across 51 counties.
These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of Memphis. They are the largest bundled providers, and the largest delivery-only one, whose EIA service territory lists the county. A county can list several, and which one serves a street depends on the address, so check your bill.
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Size the array, see the kWh.
Scale the Memphis model to another array size, take off extra losses for shade or dirt, and price the energy at any rate. It is arithmetic on the PVWatts output above, nothing more: not a quote, not a savings estimate and not advice.
Starting rate: the Texas residential average of 15.4¢ per kWh. At that rate the modeled output is worth $254 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 601622
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 117.1 |
| February | 117.2 |
| March | 143.2 |
| April | 157.5 |
| May | 160.1 |
| June | 160.9 |
| July | 157.9 |
| August | 155.5 |
| September | 136.8 |
| October | 127.6 |
| November | 111.7 |
| December | 106.0 |
| Year | 1,651 |
Model assumptions
- System size
- 1 kWDC, results scale per kW
- Mount
- fixed roof mount
- Tilt
- 20°
- Azimuth
- 180°due south
- Modules
- standard
- System losses
- 14%
Location 34.73, -100.54 (Memphis, population 2,041). Weather: typical-year data from station 601622, 0.0 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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