# Counties in Minnesota by average annual temperature, 2025

All 87 values come from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_temperature_annual`
- Unit: °F
- Definition: 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.
- Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/noaa-ncei
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/minnesota-counties

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