Starkville (MS) Temperature by Month
Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America has an average annual maximum temperature of 24°C (75°F), ranging from 12°C (54°F) in January to 33°C (91°F) in August. Below you'll find a full monthly breakdown and a comparison with cities worldwide.
Starkville Monthly Temperatures
Depending on the time of the year, temperatures range from very warm to mild in Starkville. At night, minimum temperatures range from 21°C (70°F) in August to 0°C (32°F) in January.
The chart below illustrates the average maximum day and minimum night temperatures in Starkville by month:
Temperatures tend to bottom out between 4 AM and 6 AM, then climb to their daily peak around 3 PM.
The chart below shows the average temperature throughout the year:
Temperature: Starkville vs the United States of America
The map below shows the annual temperature across the United States of America. You can also select individual months if you want to compare a specific time of year.
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Starkville vs World: Temperature Compared
Starkville's average annual maximum temperature is 24°C (75°F). To put that in context, here's how it compares to a few well-known destinations:
Barcelona, Spain has an annual average of around 21°C (70°F), with warm summers and mild, fairly short winters.
Toronto, Canada averages 13°C (55°F) annually, with cold snowy winters balanced by genuinely warm summers.
Boston, USA averages 16°C (61°F) annually, with four distinct seasons and cold winters that rival northern Europe.
Melbourne, Australia averages 20°C (68°F) annually — known for unpredictable weather, with four seasons sometimes happening in one day.
Climate temperature data is typically calculated as a 30-year average. This smooths out year-to-year variability and gives a more reliable picture of what a place is actually like, rather than what happened in any single unusual year.
The readings come from a range of sources — land-based weather stations, ocean buoys, ships, and satellites. That data is collected by weather services around the world, then pooled, quality-checked, and averaged to produce the climate records you see here.
For cities and regions with significant elevation, altitude is one of the biggest factors shaping local temperatures. As a rule of thumb, temperatures fall by around 6°C for every 1,000 metres gained — so a city at 2,000 metres will typically be around 12°C cooler than a city at sea level in the same region. Higher ground also tends to see more dramatic day-to-night temperature swings, since thinner air loses heat faster after sunset.
For more on Starkville's weather — including monthly rainfall, sunshine hours, and humidity — visit our Starkville climate page.
