What is the hottest month in Starkville?

July is the warmest month in Starkville, with an average high of 91.7°F.

What is the coldest month in Starkville?

January is the coldest month in Starkville, with an average low of 33.2°F.

What month does Starkville get the most rain?

February is typically the wettest month in Starkville, with about 6.18 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Starkville in?

Starkville is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 8b, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Starkville changed recently?

8.2% of Starkville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Starkville, MS

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from STATE UNIV, MS US.

Cfa Humid subtropical climate 8b USDA hardiness Zone 8b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Starkville has an annual average temperature of 63.6°F with about 58 inches of precipitation per year and 0.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 91.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 33.2°F). February is typically the wettest month (6.18 in) and September the driest (3.74 in). Snow typically falls from January through February.

Pleasant months

2 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

38.3°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

2,445

HDD/yr

Cooling need

1,935

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

30 of 366 (8.2%) of Starkville's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1890s		6
1900s		38
1910s		53
1920s		49
1930s		68
1940s		15
1950s		21
1960s		12
1970s		15
1980s		19
1990s		11
2000s		20
2010s		28
2020s		11

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month	Avg High	Avg Low	Avg Temp	Precipitation	Snow	Rainy days
January	54.1°F	33.2°F	43.7°F	5.48 in	0.3 in	11
February	58.6°F	36.2°F	47.4°F	6.18 in	0.2 in	11
March	66.8°F	43.3°F	55.1°F	5.37 in	—	10
April	75.0°F	51.3°F	63.2°F	6.07 in	—	9
May	82.5°F	61.0°F	71.8°F	4.23 in	—	10
June	88.8°F	69.0°F	78.9°F	4.59 in	—	11
July	91.7°F	72.2°F	82.0°F	4.51 in	—	10
August	91.7°F	70.7°F	81.2°F	4.21 in	—	10
September	86.8°F	64.3°F	75.6°F	3.74 in	—	7
October	77.0°F	51.7°F	64.3°F	3.86 in	—	7
November	65.4°F	41.5°F	53.4°F	4.42 in	—	9
December	56.9°F	35.9°F	46.4°F	5.32 in	—	10