Counties in Minnesota by average annual temperature

Houston County had the highest average annual temperature of 87 counties in 2023, at 48.5 °F. Cook County had the lowest, at 38.5 °F. The median was 45.7 °F and the figure for Minnesota was 43.8 °F. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest48.5Houston County

Lowest38.5Cook County

Median45.787 counties

Minnesota43.8History

Top 40 counties, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2023 °F	Change on 2022
1	Houston County	48.5	+8.5%
2	Dakota County	48.1	+8.3%
2	Winona County	48.1	+9.1%
4	Ramsey County	47.9	+8.1%
5	Faribault County	47.8	+8.1%
5	Scott County	47.8	+7.9%
7	Hennepin County	47.7	+8.4%
7	Wabasha County	47.7	+9.4%
9	Blue Earth County	47.5	+7.5%
9	Freeborn County	47.5	+8.4%
9	Martin County	47.5	+6.3%
9	Washington County	47.5	+8.4%
13	Carver County	47.4	+8%
13	Goodhue County	47.4	+8.5%
13	Nicollet County	47.4	+7.2%
13	Sibley County	47.4	+7.2%
17	Le Sueur County	47.3	+8.2%
17	Rice County	47.3	+8.5%
19	Brown County	47.2	+5.6%
19	Fillmore County	47.2	+9.3%
19	Jackson County	47.2	+5.4%
19	Mower County	47.2	+8.8%
19	Steele County	47.2	+9%
19	Waseca County	47.2	+8.5%
19	Watonwan County	47.2	+4.9%
26	Cottonwood County	47.1	+5.4%
26	Olmsted County	47.1	+9%
28	Anoka County	47	+8.8%
28	Redwood County	47	+6.1%
30	Dodge County	46.9	+8.6%
30	Rock County	46.9	+4.5%
32	McLeod County	46.8	+7.8%
33	Renville County	46.7	+6.6%
34	Lyon County	46.6	+6.4%
34	Yellow Medicine County	46.6	+6.4%
36	Wright County	46.5	+8.4%
37	Chisago County	46.3	+9.7%
37	Nobles County	46.3	+4.3%
39	Isanti County	46.1	+9.5%
39	Murray County	46.1	+5.7%
39	Sherburne County	46.1	+8.5%
42	Lac qui Parle County	46	+6.2%
43	Chippewa County	45.9	+6%
44	Pipestone County	45.7	+5.1%
45	Lincoln County	45.5	+6.1%
45	Meeker County	45.5	+8.1%
47	Benton County	45.4	+8.6%
47	Swift County	45.4	+6.1%
49	Big Stone County	45.3	+6.1%
49	Kandiyohi County	45.3	+7.1%
51	Stearns County	45.1	+7.9%
52	Stevens County	45	+6.4%
53	Kanabec County	44.9	+10.3%
53	Mille Lacs County	44.9	+10%
53	Morrison County	44.9	+9.8%
56	Pope County	44.8	+7.4%
56	Traverse County	44.8	+6.9%
58	Grant County	44.5	+7.7%
58	Todd County	44.5	+10.7%
60	Douglas County	44.2	+9.1%
60	Pine County	44.2	+10%
62	Wilkin County	44.1	+7.6%
63	Crow Wing County	44	+9.7%
64	Wadena County	43.8	+11.2%
65	Otter Tail County	43.4	+9%
66	Cass County	43.2	+11.9%
67	Clay County	42.9	+8.3%
68	Aitkin County	42.8	+11.2%
68	Hubbard County	42.8	+12.3%
70	Becker County	42.1	+10.2%
70	Carlton County	42.1	+12%
72	Norman County	41.9	+8.5%
73	Itasca County	41.8	+13%
74	Clearwater County	41.6	+12.1%
75	Beltrami County	41.5	+12.5%
75	Polk County	41.5	+9.5%
77	Lake of the Woods County	41.2	+12.3%
77	Mahnomen County	41.2	+10.2%
79	Kittson County	41.1	+9.9%
80	Red Lake County	41	+9.9%
81	Koochiching County	40.9	+12.1%
82	Marshall County	40.7	+10.6%
82	Pennington County	40.7	+10.6%
84	St. Louis County	40.6	+12.5%
85	Roseau County	40.4	+11.6%
86	Lake County	39.3	+11.3%
87	Cook County	38.5	+11%

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 Minnesota by average annual temperature, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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  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, 2023}},
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