All-time weather records — Starkville, MS

Record high
111.0°F
July 29, 1930
Record low
-11.9°F
February 13, 1899
Wettest day
8.28 in
February 28, 2009

Climate change signal in Starkville

8.2%

of Starkville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (30 of 366 records since 2015).

1.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (6 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1890s
6
11
1900s
38
25
1910s
53
46
1920s
49
47
1930s
68
11
1940s
15
32
1950s
21
20
1960s
12
28
1970s
15
22
1980s
19
41
1990s
11
41
2000s
20
29
2010s
28
7
2020s
11
6

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1895, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1891-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 99.0°F — Jan 25, 1996 -6.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 5.15 in — Jan 11, 1901
February 88.0°F — Feb 24, 1996 -11.9°F — Feb 13, 1899 8.28 in — Feb 28, 2009
March 93.9°F — Mar 24, 1929 9.0°F — Mar 20, 1996 6.70 in — Mar 28, 1951
April 93.0°F — Apr 22, 1987 19.9°F — Apr 16, 1996 8.05 in — Apr 13, 1979
May 100.0°F — May 29, 1911 30.9°F — May 3, 2004 4.53 in — May 7, 1915
June 105.1°F — Jun 19, 1936 41.0°F — Jun 1, 1984 6.62 in — Jun 2, 1947
July 111.0°F — Jul 29, 1930 52.0°F — Jul 3, 1924 5.50 in — Jul 24, 1931
August 108.0°F — Aug 8, 1930 52.0°F — Aug 13, 2004 6.00 in — Aug 5, 1926
September 109.0°F — Sep 5, 2000 37.0°F — Sep 21, 1927 5.20 in — Sep 30, 1915
October 98.1°F — Oct 4, 1911 21.0°F — Oct 24, 1996 6.00 in — Oct 17, 2006
November 90.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 10.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 4.68 in — Nov 18, 2015
December 82.0°F — Dec 4, 1978 -8.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 5.90 in — Dec 3, 1983

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Starkville.