Counties in Maryland by average annual temperature

Charles County had the highest average annual temperature of 24 counties in 2024, at 59.6 °F. Garrett County had the lowest, at 51.5 °F. The median was 58.3 °F and the figure for Maryland was 57.5 °F. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest59.6Charles County

Lowest51.5Garrett County

Median58.324 counties

Maryland57.5History

Map of counties, 2024

Under 57
57 to 58
58 to 59
59 and over

°F, 2024. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2024

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2024 °F	Change on 2023
1	Charles County	59.6	+0.5%
1	Somerset County	59.6	-0.8%
3	Anne Arundel County	59.4	+0.5%
4	Dorchester County	59.3	-0.3%
4	St. Mary's County	59.3	-0.7%
6	Baltimore city	59.2	-0.3%
6	Calvert County	59.2	+0.2%
6	Talbot County	59.2	+1%
9	Worcester County	58.9	-1%
10	Prince George's County	58.8	+0.9%
10	Wicomico County	58.8	-1%
12	Queen Anne's County	58.3	+0.5%
13	Caroline County	58.2	+0.3%
14	Kent County	58.1	+0.5%
15	Montgomery County	57.5	+0.5%
16	Baltimore County	57.1	0%
16	Harford County	57.1	+0.7%
18	Howard County	57	+0.2%
19	Cecil County	56.8	+0.4%
20	Frederick County	56.3	+0.7%
21	Carroll County	55.8	+0.5%
22	Washington County	55.7	+1.1%
23	Allegany County	54.7	+1.7%
24	Garrett County	51.5	+2.8%

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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

Harvard

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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/maryland-counties?period=2024. 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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Which county has the highest average annual temperature?

Charles County, with 59.6 °F in 2024, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Garrett County, with 51.5 °F in 2024.

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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.