Counties in Minnesota by average annual temperature

Dakota County had the highest average annual temperature of 87 counties in 2024, at 49.4 °F. Cook County had the lowest, at 40.4 °F. The median was 47.6 °F and the figure for Minnesota was 45.6 °F. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest49.4Dakota County

Lowest40.4Cook County

Median47.687 counties

Minnesota45.6History

Top 40 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	Dakota County	49.4	+2.7%
1	Houston County	49.4	+1.9%
3	Scott County	49.3	+3.1%
4	Faribault County	49.2	+2.9%
4	Martin County	49.2	+3.6%
6	Ramsey County	49.1	+2.5%
6	Sibley County	49.1	+3.6%
6	Wabasha County	49.1	+2.9%
6	Winona County	49.1	+2.1%
10	Blue Earth County	49	+3.2%
10	Brown County	49	+3.8%
10	Hennepin County	49	+2.7%
10	Nicollet County	49	+3.4%
10	Watonwan County	49	+3.8%
15	Carver County	48.8	+3%
15	Cottonwood County	48.8	+3.6%
15	Goodhue County	48.8	+3%
15	Le Sueur County	48.8	+3.2%
15	McLeod County	48.8	+4.3%
15	Redwood County	48.8	+3.8%
15	Washington County	48.8	+2.7%
22	Jackson County	48.7	+3.2%
22	Rice County	48.7	+3%
24	Freeborn County	48.6	+2.3%
24	Renville County	48.6	+4.1%
24	Waseca County	48.6	+3%
27	Rock County	48.5	+3.4%
27	Steele County	48.5	+2.8%
29	Olmsted County	48.4	+2.8%
30	Anoka County	48.3	+2.8%
31	Dodge County	48.2	+2.8%
31	Lyon County	48.2	+3.4%
31	Mower County	48.2	+2.1%
31	Wright County	48.2	+3.7%
35	Fillmore County	48.1	+1.9%
35	Nobles County	48.1	+3.9%
37	Yellow Medicine County	48	+3%
38	Chippewa County	47.9	+4.4%
39	Lac qui Parle County	47.8	+3.9%
39	Sherburne County	47.8	+3.7%
41	Chisago County	47.7	+3%
41	Meeker County	47.7	+4.8%
41	Murray County	47.7	+3.5%
44	Big Stone County	47.6	+5.1%
44	Isanti County	47.6	+3.3%
44	Swift County	47.6	+4.8%
47	Kandiyohi County	47.5	+4.9%
48	Stevens County	47.3	+5.1%
49	Benton County	47.2	+4%
49	Pipestone County	47.2	+3.3%
51	Stearns County	47.1	+4.4%
51	Traverse County	47.1	+5.1%
53	Pope County	46.9	+4.7%
54	Lincoln County	46.8	+2.9%
55	Grant County	46.7	+4.9%
56	Mille Lacs County	46.6	+3.8%
56	Morrison County	46.6	+3.8%
56	Wilkin County	46.6	+5.7%
59	Kanabec County	46.5	+3.6%
60	Todd County	46.2	+3.8%
61	Douglas County	46.1	+4.3%
62	Crow Wing County	45.9	+4.3%
63	Pine County	45.8	+3.6%
64	Clay County	45.7	+6.5%
65	Otter Tail County	45.5	+4.8%
65	Wadena County	45.5	+3.9%
67	Cass County	44.8	+3.7%
68	Norman County	44.5	+6.2%
69	Aitkin County	44.3	+3.5%
69	Becker County	44.3	+5.2%
69	Hubbard County	44.3	+3.5%
72	Lake of the Woods County	44	+6.8%
73	Polk County	43.9	+5.8%
74	Carlton County	43.7	+3.8%
74	Kittson County	43.7	+6.3%
76	Mahnomen County	43.5	+5.6%
77	Beltrami County	43.4	+4.6%
77	Clearwater County	43.4	+4.3%
79	Marshall County	43.2	+6.1%
79	Red Lake County	43.2	+5.4%
81	Itasca County	43.1	+3.1%
82	Roseau County	43	+6.4%
83	Pennington County	42.9	+5.4%
84	Koochiching County	42.4	+3.7%
85	St. Louis County	42.3	+4.2%
86	Lake County	40.9	+4.1%
87	Cook County	40.4	+4.9%

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, 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 Minnesota 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/minnesota-counties?period=2024. 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, 2024}},
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Dakota County, with 49.4 °F in 2024, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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