Counties in Minnesota by average annual temperature

Rock County had the highest average annual temperature of 87 counties in 2014, at 43 °F. Cook County had the lowest, at 33 °F. The median was 40.9 °F and the figure for Minnesota was 38.6 °F. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest43Rock County

Lowest33Cook County

Median40.987 counties

Minnesota38.6History

Top 40 counties, 2014

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2014 °F	Change on 2013
1	Rock County	43	-0.9%
2	Houston County	42.8	-2.7%
3	Blue Earth County	42.7	-2.3%
3	Brown County	42.7	-1.2%
3	Martin County	42.7	-2.5%
3	Redwood County	42.7	-0.5%
3	Watonwan County	42.7	-2.5%
8	Faribault County	42.6	-2.5%
9	Nicollet County	42.5	-1.6%
10	Lyon County	42.3	-0.7%
10	Scott County	42.3	-2.5%
10	Yellow Medicine County	42.3	+0.2%
13	Jackson County	42.2	-2.1%
13	Winona County	42.2	-3%
15	Cottonwood County	42.1	-1.2%
15	Dakota County	42.1	-3%
15	Le Sueur County	42.1	-2.3%
15	Nobles County	42.1	-1.4%
15	Sibley County	42.1	-1.6%
20	Freeborn County	41.9	-3%
20	Lac qui Parle County	41.9	+0.2%
20	Renville County	41.9	-0.5%
23	Carver County	41.8	-2.8%
23	Chippewa County	41.8	0%
23	Pipestone County	41.8	-0.7%
23	Wabasha County	41.8	-3%
27	Murray County	41.7	-1.4%
28	Hennepin County	41.6	-3.3%
28	Waseca County	41.6	-3%
30	Goodhue County	41.5	-2.8%
30	Ramsey County	41.5	-3.7%
30	Rice County	41.5	-3%
33	Big Stone County	41.4	+1%
33	Fillmore County	41.4	-3.3%
33	McLeod County	41.4	-1.9%
36	Mower County	41.3	-3.1%
36	Washington County	41.3	-3.5%
38	Steele County	41.2	-3.3%
39	Lincoln County	41.1	-0.2%
39	Olmsted County	41.1	-3.3%
39	Swift County	41.1	-0.2%
39	Traverse County	41.1	+1.5%
43	Wright County	41	-2.1%
44	Anoka County	40.9	-3.5%
44	Dodge County	40.9	-3.1%
46	Kandiyohi County	40.6	-1%
46	Meeker County	40.6	-1.5%
46	Sherburne County	40.6	-1.9%
49	Stevens County	40.5	+0.5%
50	Chisago County	40.4	-3.3%
51	Isanti County	40.2	-2.9%
51	Wilkin County	40.2	+0.2%
53	Benton County	40.1	-1.2%
54	Grant County	40	+0.3%
55	Stearns County	39.9	-1.5%
56	Pope County	39.7	-1%
57	Clay County	39.4	+0.3%
58	Morrison County	39.3	-1.8%
59	Mille Lacs County	39.1	-2.7%
60	Douglas County	38.9	-1%
60	Kanabec County	38.9	-3%
62	Crow Wing County	38.8	-1.3%
62	Todd County	38.8	-1.8%
64	Otter Tail County	38.7	-1%
65	Norman County	38.5	0%
66	Wadena County	38.2	-1.5%
67	Pine County	38.1	-3.1%
68	Becker County	37.7	-0.8%
68	Cass County	37.7	-1.6%
70	Polk County	37.5	-0.5%
71	Aitkin County	37.3	-1.8%
72	Hubbard County	37.1	-1.6%
72	Mahnomen County	37.1	-1.1%
74	Red Lake County	36.8	-1.1%
75	Carlton County	36.4	-3.2%
75	Marshall County	36.4	-0.5%
75	Pennington County	36.4	-0.8%
78	Itasca County	36.3	-1.9%
79	Clearwater County	36.2	-1.6%
79	Kittson County	36.2	-0.5%
81	Beltrami County	36	-1.4%
82	Lake of the Woods County	35.5	-0.6%
83	Roseau County	35.4	-0.6%
84	Koochiching County	35.3	-1.4%
85	St. Louis County	35.2	-2.8%
86	Lake County	33.9	-3.7%
87	Cook County	33	-5.2%

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.

How to cite

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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

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, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping

MLA 9

NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties, Counties in Minnesota by average annual temperature, 2014. 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?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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, 2014. 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?period=2014.

Harvard

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, 2014 [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?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{noaa_counties_in_minnesota_by_2014,
  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, 2014}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  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?period=2014. 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.},
}

RIS

TY  - DATA
AU  - NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
TI  - NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties: Counties in Minnesota by average annual temperature, 2014
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/06
PB  - NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/minnesota-counties?period=2014
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/minnesota-counties?period=2014.
N1  - 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.
ER  -

Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Embed code

<iframe src="https://invokely.ai/embed/rankings/average-annual-temperature/minnesota-counties?period=2014" width="760" height="500" title="Counties in Minnesota by average annual temperature, 2014, chart from Invokely" loading="lazy" style="border:0;width:100%;max-width:760px" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin"></iframe>

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Counties in Minnesota by average annual temperature using official data, and cite the source.

rank_places {"indicator":"average_temperature_annual","level":"province","within":"Minnesota","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=average_temperature_annual&level=province&within=Minnesota&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which county has the highest average annual temperature?

Rock County, with 43 °F in 2014, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Which county has the lowest average annual temperature?

Cook County, with 33 °F in 2014.

Where does this ranking come from?

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.