Counties in Alabama by average annual temperature

Baldwin County had the highest average annual temperature of 67 counties in 2016, at 68.9 °F. DeKalb County had the lowest, at 61.8 °F. The median was 65.1 °F and the figure for Alabama was 65.3 °F. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest68.9Baldwin County

Lowest61.8DeKalb County

Median65.167 counties

Alabama65.3History

Map of counties, 2016

Under 63
63 to 64
64 to 65
65 to 66
66 to 67
67 and over

°F, 2016. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2016

°F. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2016 °F	Change on 2015
1	Baldwin County	68.9	+0.3%
2	Mobile County	68.5	+0.3%
3	Houston County	68.2	-0.4%
4	Geneva County	67.9	-0.1%
5	Henry County	67.7	+0.1%
6	Dale County	67.6	+0.1%
6	Escambia County	67.6	+0.3%
8	Montgomery County	67.5	+1%
9	Washington County	67.3	+0.7%
10	Coffee County	67.2	+0.3%
10	Lowndes County	67.2	+0.9%
10	Monroe County	67.2	+0.7%
13	Covington County	67	-0.1%
14	Barbour County	66.9	+0.6%
14	Clarke County	66.9	+0.6%
14	Conecuh County	66.9	+0.3%
17	Bullock County	66.8	+0.9%
17	Wilcox County	66.8	+1.1%
19	Pike County	66.7	+0.8%
20	Butler County	66.5	+0.5%
20	Dallas County	66.5	+1.1%
22	Crenshaw County	66.4	+0.5%
22	Elmore County	66.4	+1.1%
22	Macon County	66.4	+0.8%
25	Choctaw County	66.3	+0.6%
26	Autauga County	66.1	+0.6%
26	Marengo County	66.1	+1.4%
28	Russell County	65.8	+0.3%
29	Sumter County	65.7	+1.1%
30	Greene County	65.6	+1.2%
30	Perry County	65.6	+1.4%
32	Hale County	65.5	+1.1%
33	Pickens County	65.3	+1.7%
34	Tuscaloosa County	65.1	+1.2%
35	Lee County	64.9	+0.6%
36	Bibb County	64.6	+0.9%
36	Jefferson County	64.6	+1.9%
38	Lamar County	64.5	+2.2%
39	Calhoun County	64.4	+1.9%
39	Coosa County	64.4	+1.1%
39	Shelby County	64.4	+1.3%
39	St. Clair County	64.4	+1.9%
39	Talladega County	64.4	+1.4%
39	Tallapoosa County	64.4	+0.9%
45	Fayette County	64.2	+1.7%
46	Chilton County	64.1	0%
46	Etowah County	64.1	+1.9%
48	Blount County	63.9	+2.4%
48	Walker County	63.9	+1.4%
50	Chambers County	63.8	+0.5%
51	Cherokee County	63.5	+1.6%
52	Cleburne County	63.4	+1.8%
53	Clay County	63.3	+1.3%
53	Marshall County	63.3	+2.4%
55	Randolph County	63.2	+0.8%
56	Cullman County	63	+2.1%
56	Madison County	63	+2.3%
58	Limestone County	62.9	+2.6%
58	Morgan County	62.9	+2.1%
60	Marion County	62.8	+2.1%
61	Colbert County	62.4	+1.8%
62	Winston County	62.3	+1.8%
63	Franklin County	62.2	+1.6%
63	Lauderdale County	62.2	+2.1%
63	Lawrence County	62.2	+2%
66	Jackson County	61.9	+1.6%
67	DeKalb County	61.8	+1.6%

Other periods

About this ranking

Mean air temperature from January to December, in degrees Fahrenheit: the average of the 12 monthly mean temperatures. NOAA computes it from its climate divisional dataset (nClimDiv): station readings interpolated onto a 5 km grid and averaged over the area.

Values are area averages, so a county with mountains and valleys has one value for very different local climates. NOAA revises the last two years every month.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. From the NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), doi:10.7289/V5M32STR. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. (2026). NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties (Counties in Alabama by average annual temperature, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping

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NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties, Counties in Alabama by average annual temperature, 2016. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 6 Oct. 2026, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/alabama-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 2026. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Counties in Alabama by average annual temperature, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/alabama-counties?period=2016.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties, Counties in Alabama by average annual temperature, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/alabama-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{noaa_counties_in_alabama_by_2016,
  author = {{NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information}},
  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties: Counties in Alabama by average annual temperature, 2016}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/alabama-counties?period=2016. Publisher attribution: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. From the NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), doi:10.7289/V5M32STR. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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