Counties in Alabama by average annual temperature

Baldwin County had the highest average annual temperature of 67 counties in 2021, at 67.9 °F. DeKalb County had the lowest, at 60 °F. The median was 63.9 °F and the figure for Alabama was 64.2 °F. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest67.9Baldwin County

Lowest60DeKalb County

Median63.967 counties

Alabama64.2History

Map of counties, 2021

Under 62
62 to 63
63 to 64
64 to 65
65 to 67
67 and over

°F, 2021. 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, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2021 °F	Change on 2020
1	Baldwin County	67.9	-1.5%
2	Escambia County	67.5	-1%
2	Mobile County	67.5	-1.7%
4	Conecuh County	67.4	-0.9%
5	Houston County	67.3	-1.8%
5	Monroe County	67.3	-0.9%
7	Geneva County	67	-1.8%
8	Covington County	66.8	-1.3%
9	Dale County	66.6	-1.2%
9	Montgomery County	66.6	-0.9%
9	Washington County	66.6	-1.2%
12	Coffee County	66.5	-1.2%
13	Butler County	66.4	-1%
13	Clarke County	66.4	-1%
13	Henry County	66.4	-1.3%
13	Lowndes County	66.4	-1%
17	Wilcox County	66.3	-0.9%
18	Crenshaw County	65.9	-1.1%
19	Dallas County	65.8	-0.8%
20	Pike County	65.7	-1.1%
21	Autauga County	65.6	-0.9%
22	Choctaw County	65.5	-1.2%
23	Elmore County	65.3	-0.9%
24	Barbour County	65.2	-1.4%
24	Bullock County	65.2	-1.1%
26	Marengo County	65.1	-0.9%
27	Macon County	64.7	-1.2%
28	Sumter County	64.6	-1.1%
29	Perry County	64.3	-0.9%
30	Greene County	64.2	-1.1%
30	Russell County	64.2	-2%
32	Hale County	64	-1.1%
33	Chilton County	63.9	-0.8%
33	Pickens County	63.9	-0.6%
35	Bibb County	63.4	-0.9%
35	Tuscaloosa County	63.4	-1.2%
37	Coosa County	63.3	-0.9%
38	Lee County	63.2	-1.7%
39	Jefferson County	63	-1.1%
39	Lamar County	63	-0.8%
39	Shelby County	63	-1.3%
42	Tallapoosa County	62.9	-1.1%
43	Fayette County	62.8	-1.1%
43	Talladega County	62.8	-1.3%
45	St. Clair County	62.6	-0.8%
45	Walker County	62.6	-0.9%
47	Calhoun County	62.5	-1%
48	Blount County	62.4	-0.3%
48	Chambers County	62.4	-1.1%
50	Etowah County	62.1	-0.8%
51	Clay County	61.9	-1%
51	Randolph County	61.9	-0.8%
53	Cherokee County	61.8	-0.8%
53	Colbert County	61.8	-0.2%
53	Cullman County	61.8	-0.6%
53	Marion County	61.8	-0.6%
57	Marshall County	61.7	-0.3%
58	Cleburne County	61.6	-1.1%
59	Franklin County	61.5	0%
60	Morgan County	61.3	-0.8%
61	Lauderdale County	61.1	-0.5%
61	Winston County	61.1	-0.7%
63	Lawrence County	61	-0.3%
64	Madison County	60.8	-0.8%
65	Limestone County	60.7	-0.5%
66	Jackson County	60.4	-0.3%
67	DeKalb County	60	-0.7%

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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{noaa_counties_in_alabama_by_2021,
  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, 2021}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/alabama-counties?period=2021. 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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