Counties in Minnesota by average annual temperature, 2025

Faribault County had the highest average annual temperature of 87 counties in 2025, at 47.3 °F. Cook County had the lowest, at 37 °F. The median was 45.5 °F and the figure for Minnesota was 42.9 °F. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest47.3Faribault County

Lowest37Cook County

Median45.587 counties

Minnesota42.9History

Top 40 counties, 2025

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2025 °F	Change on 2024
1	Faribault County	47.3	-3.9%
1	Martin County	47.3	-3.9%
3	Brown County	47.2	-3.7%
3	Cottonwood County	47.2	-3.3%
3	Nicollet County	47.2	-3.7%
3	Redwood County	47.2	-3.3%
3	Sibley County	47.2	-3.9%
3	Watonwan County	47.2	-3.7%
9	Blue Earth County	47.1	-3.9%
9	Rock County	47.1	-2.9%
11	Houston County	47	-4.9%
11	Jackson County	47	-3.5%
13	Scott County	46.9	-4.9%
14	Le Sueur County	46.8	-4.1%
14	McLeod County	46.8	-4.1%
14	Renville County	46.8	-3.7%
17	Dakota County	46.7	-5.5%
17	Freeborn County	46.7	-3.9%
17	Winona County	46.7	-4.9%
20	Lyon County	46.6	-3.3%
20	Waseca County	46.6	-4.1%
22	Carver County	46.5	-4.7%
22	Nobles County	46.5	-3.3%
22	Ramsey County	46.5	-5.3%
25	Hennepin County	46.4	-5.3%
25	Rice County	46.4	-4.7%
27	Steele County	46.3	-4.5%
27	Yellow Medicine County	46.3	-3.5%
29	Goodhue County	46.2	-5.3%
29	Murray County	46.2	-3.1%
31	Wabasha County	46.1	-6.1%
31	Washington County	46.1	-5.5%
33	Chippewa County	46	-4%
33	Lac qui Parle County	46	-3.8%
35	Dodge County	45.9	-4.8%
35	Fillmore County	45.9	-4.6%
35	Meeker County	45.9	-3.8%
35	Mower County	45.9	-4.8%
35	Olmsted County	45.9	-5.2%
35	Pipestone County	45.9	-2.8%
41	Anoka County	45.7	-5.4%
41	Wright County	45.7	-5.2%
43	Kandiyohi County	45.6	-4%
44	Big Stone County	45.5	-4.4%
45	Lincoln County	45.4	-3%
45	Swift County	45.4	-4.6%
47	Sherburne County	45	-5.9%
48	Isanti County	44.9	-5.7%
48	Stevens County	44.9	-5.1%
50	Chisago County	44.8	-6.1%
50	Traverse County	44.8	-4.9%
52	Stearns County	44.6	-5.3%
53	Pope County	44.4	-5.3%
54	Benton County	44.3	-6.1%
55	Grant County	44.2	-5.4%
56	Morrison County	43.9	-5.8%
57	Mille Lacs County	43.8	-6%
58	Kanabec County	43.7	-6%
58	Wilkin County	43.7	-6.2%
60	Todd County	43.5	-5.8%
61	Douglas County	43.4	-5.9%
62	Crow Wing County	43.1	-6.1%
63	Clay County	42.6	-6.8%
63	Otter Tail County	42.6	-6.4%
63	Wadena County	42.6	-6.4%
66	Pine County	42.3	-7.6%
67	Cass County	42	-6.2%
68	Norman County	41.8	-6.1%
69	Polk County	41.5	-5.5%
70	Aitkin County	41.4	-6.5%
70	Hubbard County	41.4	-6.5%
72	Becker County	41.3	-6.8%
73	Red Lake County	41.1	-4.9%
74	Kittson County	40.9	-6.4%
75	Marshall County	40.8	-5.6%
75	Pennington County	40.8	-4.9%
77	Clearwater County	40.7	-6.2%
78	Beltrami County	40.5	-6.7%
78	Mahnomen County	40.5	-6.9%
80	Carlton County	40.3	-7.8%
81	Itasca County	40.2	-6.7%
82	Roseau County	39.9	-7.2%
83	Lake of the Woods County	39.8	-9.5%
84	St. Louis County	39.2	-7.3%
85	Koochiching County	38.9	-8.3%
86	Lake County	37.7	-7.8%
87	Cook County	37	-8.4%

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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 Minnesota by average annual temperature, 2025) [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 Minnesota by average annual temperature, 2025. 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/minnesota-counties. 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 Minnesota by average annual temperature, 2025. 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/minnesota-counties.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties, Counties in Minnesota by average annual temperature, 2025 [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/minnesota-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{noaa_counties_in_minnesota_by_2025,
  author = {{NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information}},
  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties: Counties in Minnesota by average annual temperature, 2025}},
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  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/minnesota-counties. 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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