Counties in Maryland by average annual temperature

Somerset County had the highest average annual temperature of 24 counties in 2021, at 59.5 °F. Garrett County had the lowest, at 49.9 °F. The median was 57.5 °F and the figure for Maryland was 56.8 °F. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest59.5Somerset County

Lowest49.9Garrett County

Median57.524 counties

Maryland56.8History

Map of counties, 2021

Under 56
56 to 57
57 to 58
58 to 59
59 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.

All 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	Somerset County	59.5	-0.7%
2	Charles County	59.1	-0.2%
3	Worcester County	59	-0.8%
4	Baltimore city	58.9	-0.2%
4	Wicomico County	58.9	-0.8%
6	Dorchester County	58.8	-0.8%
6	St. Mary's County	58.8	-0.5%
8	Anne Arundel County	58.7	-0.5%
9	Calvert County	58.5	-0.5%
10	Prince George's County	58.1	-0.3%
10	Talbot County	58.1	-1.2%
12	Caroline County	57.6	-1.2%
13	Queen Anne's County	57.4	-0.9%
14	Kent County	57.3	-0.7%
15	Montgomery County	56.7	-0.4%
16	Baltimore County	56.5	-0.5%
16	Howard County	56.5	-0.2%
18	Harford County	56.4	-0.5%
19	Cecil County	56.3	-0.9%
20	Frederick County	55.3	-0.5%
21	Carroll County	55	-0.5%
22	Washington County	54.8	-0.7%
23	Allegany County	53.5	-0.6%
24	Garrett County	49.9	-1%

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 Maryland 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 Maryland 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/maryland-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 Maryland 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/maryland-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 Maryland 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/maryland-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest average annual temperature?

Somerset County, with 59.5 °F in 2021, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Garrett County, with 49.9 °F in 2021.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.