Counties in Indiana by average annual temperature

Vanderburgh County had the highest average annual temperature of 92 counties in 2015, at 57.2 °F. Steuben County had the lowest, at 48.5 °F. The median was 52 °F and the figure for Indiana was 52.3 °F. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Lowest48.5Steuben County
Median5292 counties
Indiana52.3History

Map of counties, 2015

Adams County: 50.6 °FAllen County: 50.1 °FBartholomew County: 53.9 °FBenton County: 50.7 °FBlackford County: 51.1 °FBoone County: 51 °FBrown County: 53.1 °FCarroll County: 51 °FCass County: 50.8 °FClark County: 55.8 °FClay County: 53.3 °FClinton County: 51 °FCrawford County: 55.5 °FDaviess County: 54.7 °FDearborn County: 54 °FDecatur County: 53.2 °FDeKalb County: 49.3 °FDelaware County: 51.5 °FDubois County: 55.4 °FElkhart County: 49.3 °FFayette County: 52.4 °FFloyd County: 56.1 °FFountain County: 51.8 °FFranklin County: 53.2 °FFulton County: 50.2 °FGibson County: 56.3 °FGrant County: 50.8 °FGreene County: 53.7 °FHamilton County: 51.6 °FHancock County: 52.2 °FHarrison County: 56.2 °FHendricks County: 51.4 °FHenry County: 51.3 °FHoward County: 50.9 °FHuntington County: 50.1 °FJackson County: 54.3 °FJasper County: 50.5 °FJay County: 51.1 °FJefferson County: 54.8 °FJennings County: 54.3 °FJohnson County: 52.7 °FKnox County: 55.2 °FKosciusko County: 49.5 °FLaGrange County: 49 °FLake County: 50.1 °FLaPorte County: 49.5 °FLawrence County: 53.8 °FMadison County: 51.7 °FMarion County: 52.2 °FMarshall County: 49.5 °FMartin County: 54.3 °FMiami County: 50.9 °FMonroe County: 52.9 °FMontgomery County: 51.3 °FMorgan County: 52.5 °FNewton County: 50.7 °FNoble County: 49.1 °FOhio County: 54.6 °FOrange County: 54.6 °FOwen County: 52.9 °FParke County: 52.6 °FPerry County: 56.5 °FPike County: 55.5 °FPorter County: 49.7 °FPosey County: 57.1 °FPulaski County: 50.2 °FPutnam County: 51.8 °FRandolph County: 51.2 °FRipley County: 53.5 °FRush County: 52.4 °FSt. Joseph County: 49.3 °FScott County: 55.1 °FShelby County: 53.2 °FSpencer County: 56.8 °FStarke County: 49.7 °FSteuben County: 48.5 °FSullivan County: 54.4 °FSwitzerland County: 54.9 °FTippecanoe County: 51.1 °FTipton County: 51.2 °FUnion County: 52.5 °FVanderburgh County: 57.2 °FVermillion County: 52.8 °FVigo County: 53.8 °FWabash County: 50.5 °FWarren County: 51.3 °FWarrick County: 56.6 °FWashington County: 54.6 °FWayne County: 51.6 °FWells County: 50.4 °FWhite County: 50.7 °FWhitley County: 49.3 °F
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  • 55 and over
°F, 2015. 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, 2015

Vanderburgh County: 57.2 °FVanderburgh County57.2Posey County: 57.1 °FPosey County57.1Spencer County: 56.8 °FSpencer County56.8Warrick County: 56.6 °FWarrick County56.6Perry County: 56.5 °FPerry County56.5Gibson County: 56.3 °FGibson County56.3Harrison County: 56.2 °FHarrison County56.2Floyd County: 56.1 °FFloyd County56.1Clark County: 55.8 °FClark County55.8Crawford County: 55.5 °FCrawford County55.5Pike County: 55.5 °FPike County55.5Dubois County: 55.4 °FDubois County55.4Knox County: 55.2 °FKnox County55.2Scott County: 55.1 °FScott County55.1Switzerland County: 54.9 °FSwitzerland County54.9Jefferson County: 54.8 °FJefferson County54.8Daviess County: 54.7 °FDaviess County54.7Ohio County: 54.6 °FOhio County54.6Orange County: 54.6 °FOrange County54.6Washington County: 54.6 °FWashington County54.6Sullivan County: 54.4 °FSullivan County54.4Jackson County: 54.3 °FJackson County54.3Jennings County: 54.3 °FJennings County54.3Martin County: 54.3 °FMartin County54.3Dearborn County: 54 °FDearborn County54Bartholomew County: 53.9 °FBartholomew County53.9Lawrence County: 53.8 °FLawrence County53.8Vigo County: 53.8 °FVigo County53.8Greene County: 53.7 °FGreene County53.7Ripley County: 53.5 °FRipley County53.5Clay County: 53.3 °FClay County53.3Decatur County: 53.2 °FDecatur County53.2Franklin County: 53.2 °FFranklin County53.2Shelby County: 53.2 °FShelby County53.2Brown County: 53.1 °FBrown County53.1Monroe County: 52.9 °FMonroe County52.9Owen County: 52.9 °FOwen County52.9Vermillion County: 52.8 °FVermillion County52.8Johnson County: 52.7 °FJohnson County52.7Parke County: 52.6 °FParke County52.6Vanderburgh County: 57.2 °FVanderburgh County57.2Posey County: 57.1 °FPosey County57.1Spencer County: 56.8 °FSpencer County56.8Warrick County: 56.6 °FWarrick County56.6Perry County: 56.5 °FPerry County56.5Gibson County: 56.3 °FGibson County56.3Harrison County: 56.2 °FHarrison County56.2Floyd County: 56.1 °FFloyd County56.1Clark County: 55.8 °FClark County55.8Crawford County: 55.5 °FCrawford County55.5Pike County: 55.5 °FPike County55.5Dubois County: 55.4 °FDubois County55.4Knox County: 55.2 °FKnox County55.2Scott County: 55.1 °FScott County55.1Switzerland County: 54.9 °FSwitzerland County54.9Jefferson County: 54.8 °FJefferson County54.8Daviess County: 54.7 °FDaviess County54.7Ohio County: 54.6 °FOhio County54.6Orange County: 54.6 °FOrange County54.6Washington County: 54.6 °FWashington County54.6Sullivan County: 54.4 °FSullivan County54.4Jackson County: 54.3 °FJackson County54.3Jennings County: 54.3 °FJennings County54.3Martin County: 54.3 °FMartin County54.3Dearborn County: 54 °FDearborn County54Bartholomew County: 53.9 °FBartholomew County53.9Lawrence County: 53.8 °FLawrence County53.8Vigo County: 53.8 °FVigo County53.8Greene County: 53.7 °FGreene County53.7Ripley County: 53.5 °FRipley County53.5Clay County: 53.3 °FClay County53.3Decatur County: 53.2 °FDecatur County53.2Franklin County: 53.2 °FFranklin County53.2Shelby County: 53.2 °FShelby County53.2Brown County: 53.1 °FBrown County53.1Monroe County: 52.9 °FMonroe County52.9Owen County: 52.9 °FOwen County52.9Vermillion County: 52.8 °FVermillion County52.8Johnson County: 52.7 °FJohnson County52.7Parke County: 52.6 °FParke County52.6
°F. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2015
°F
Change on 2014
1Vanderburgh County57.2+4.8%
2Posey County57.1+5%
3Spencer County56.8+4.6%
4Warrick County56.6+4.6%
5Perry County56.5+5%
6Gibson County56.3+5.2%
7Harrison County56.2+4.7%
8Floyd County56.1+4.3%
9Clark County55.8+4.1%
10Crawford County55.5+4.9%
10Pike County55.5+5.1%
12Dubois County55.4+5.1%
13Knox County55.2+5.5%
14Scott County55.1+4.8%
15Switzerland County54.9+4.6%
16Jefferson County54.8+4.6%
17Daviess County54.7+5.2%
18Ohio County54.6+4.6%
18Orange County54.6+4.8%
18Washington County54.6+4.6%
21Sullivan County54.4+6%
22Jackson County54.3+5%
22Jennings County54.3+5%
22Martin County54.3+5%
25Dearborn County54+5.3%
26Bartholomew County53.9+5.5%
27Lawrence County53.8+5.1%
27Vigo County53.8+6.1%
29Greene County53.7+5.5%
30Ripley County53.5+5.5%
31Clay County53.3+5.8%
32Decatur County53.2+6%
32Franklin County53.2+6%
32Shelby County53.2+5.8%
35Brown County53.1+5.6%
36Monroe County52.9+5.4%
36Owen County52.9+5.4%
38Vermillion County52.8+6.7%
39Johnson County52.7+6%
40Parke County52.6+6.5%
41Morgan County52.5+5.8%
41Union County52.5+5.6%
43Fayette County52.4+5.6%
43Rush County52.4+5.4%
45Hancock County52.2+5.9%
45Marion County52.2+6.3%
47Fountain County51.8+6.8%
47Putnam County51.8+6.1%
49Madison County51.7+5.9%
50Hamilton County51.6+6.2%
50Wayne County51.6+5.5%
52Delaware County51.5+6%
53Hendricks County51.4+6.4%
54Henry County51.3+5.6%
54Montgomery County51.3+6.9%
54Warren County51.3+6.7%
57Randolph County51.2+6%
57Tipton County51.2+6.4%
59Blackford County51.1+6%
59Jay County51.1+6%
59Tippecanoe County51.1+6.9%
62Boone County51+6.3%
62Carroll County51+6.7%
62Clinton County51+6.7%
65Howard County50.9+6.5%
65Miami County50.9+6.7%
67Cass County50.8+6.7%
67Grant County50.8+6.1%
69Benton County50.7+6.7%
69Newton County50.7+6.7%
69White County50.7+6.5%
72Adams County50.6+6.1%
73Jasper County50.5+6.3%
73Wabash County50.5+6.5%
75Wells County50.4+5.9%
76Fulton County50.2+6.8%
76Pulaski County50.2+6.6%
78Allen County50.1+6.4%
78Huntington County50.1+5.9%
78Lake County50.1+7.1%
81Porter County49.7+7.1%
81Starke County49.7+6.7%
83Kosciusko County49.5+6%
83LaPorte County49.5+6.9%
83Marshall County49.5+6.5%
86DeKalb County49.3+6.5%
86Elkhart County49.3+5.8%
86St. Joseph County49.3+6.2%
86Whitley County49.3+6%
90Noble County49.1+6%
91LaGrange County49+6.3%
92Steuben County48.5+6.6%

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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.

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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 Indiana by average annual temperature, 2015) [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 Indiana by average annual temperature, 2015. 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/indiana-counties?period=2015. 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 Indiana by average annual temperature, 2015. 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/indiana-counties?period=2015.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties, Counties in Indiana by average annual temperature, 2015 [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/indiana-counties?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties: Counties in Indiana by average annual temperature, 2015}},
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Which county has the highest average annual temperature?

Vanderburgh County, with 57.2 °F in 2015, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Steuben County, with 48.5 °F in 2015.

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