Implementations described herein relate to host device initiated low temperature thermal throttling. A memory device may receive, from a host device, a low temperature thermal throttling command that indicates for the memory device to initiate a thermal throttling operation based on a temperature of the memory device not satisfying a temperature threshold. The low temperature thermal throttling command may indicate an amount of dummy data to be moved from the host device to a particular location of the memory device associated with the thermal throttling operation. The memory device may perform the thermal throttling operation based on moving the dummy data from the host device to the particular location of the memory device. The memory device may complete the thermal throttling operation based on moving the amount of data from the host device to the particular location of the memory device.