# Counties in North Carolina by average annual temperature, 2025

All 100 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/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | °F |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Brunswick County | 63.3 |
| 1 | Robeson County | 63.3 |
| 3 | Columbus County | 63.2 |
| 3 | New Hanover County | 63.2 |
| 5 | Scotland County | 63 |
| 6 | Bladen County | 62.9 |
| 7 | Carteret County | 62.8 |
| 8 | Pamlico County | 62.7 |
| 8 | Pender County | 62.7 |
| 10 | Cumberland County | 62.6 |
| 11 | Hoke County | 62.5 |
| 11 | Richmond County | 62.5 |
| 13 | Onslow County | 62.4 |
| 14 | Anson County | 62.3 |
| 15 | Dare County | 62.2 |
| 15 | Hyde County | 62.2 |
| 15 | Sampson County | 62.2 |
| 18 | Craven County | 62.1 |
| 19 | Harnett County | 61.9 |
| 19 | Moore County | 61.9 |
| 19 | Tyrrell County | 61.9 |
| 22 | Duplin County | 61.8 |
| 23 | Jones County | 61.7 |
| 23 | Montgomery County | 61.7 |
| 25 | Johnston County | 61.6 |
| 25 | Lee County | 61.6 |
| 25 | Union County | 61.6 |
| 25 | Wayne County | 61.6 |
| 29 | Beaufort County | 61.5 |
| 29 | Wilson County | 61.5 |
| 31 | Pitt County | 61.4 |
| 31 | Stanly County | 61.4 |
| 33 | Chowan County | 61.3 |
| 33 | Greene County | 61.3 |
| 33 | Washington County | 61.3 |
| 36 | Martin County | 61.2 |
| 37 | Bertie County | 61.1 |
| 37 | Currituck County | 61.1 |
| 37 | Lenoir County | 61.1 |
| 37 | Mecklenburg County | 61.1 |
| 37 | Perquimans County | 61.1 |
| 42 | Pasquotank County | 61 |
| 43 | Camden County | 60.9 |
| 43 | Wake County | 60.9 |
| 45 | Chatham County | 60.8 |
| 45 | Edgecombe County | 60.8 |
| 45 | Gaston County | 60.8 |
| 45 | Hertford County | 60.8 |
| 49 | Gates County | 60.6 |
| 50 | Nash County | 60.4 |
| 51 | Durham County | 60.2 |
| 52 | Cabarrus County | 60.1 |
| 52 | Lincoln County | 60.1 |
| 52 | Northampton County | 60.1 |
| 52 | Randolph County | 60.1 |
| 56 | Franklin County | 60 |
| 56 | Halifax County | 60 |
| 58 | Catawba County | 59.8 |
| 58 | Cleveland County | 59.8 |
| 60 | Davidson County | 59.7 |
| 60 | Rowan County | 59.7 |
| 62 | Alamance County | 59.6 |
| 62 | Granville County | 59.6 |
| 62 | Orange County | 59.6 |
| 62 | Rutherford County | 59.6 |
| 66 | Vance County | 59.5 |
| 66 | Warren County | 59.5 |
| 68 | Iredell County | 59.4 |
| 68 | Polk County | 59.4 |
| 70 | Guilford County | 59.3 |
| 71 | Davie County | 59.2 |
| 72 | Alexander County | 59.1 |
| 72 | Person County | 59.1 |
| 74 | Caswell County | 59 |
| 74 | Rockingham County | 59 |
| 76 | Forsyth County | 58.7 |
| 77 | Burke County | 58.4 |
| 78 | Yadkin County | 58.2 |
| 79 | Stokes County | 57.9 |
| 79 | Wilkes County | 57.9 |
| 81 | Caldwell County | 57.8 |
| 82 | McDowell County | 57.5 |
| 83 | Surry County | 57.4 |
| 84 | Cherokee County | 56.5 |
| 85 | Clay County | 55.7 |
| 85 | Henderson County | 55.7 |
| 85 | Madison County | 55.7 |
| 88 | Transylvania County | 55 |
| 89 | Buncombe County | 54.9 |
| 90 | Macon County | 54.8 |
| 91 | Graham County | 54.6 |
| 92 | Jackson County | 53.4 |
| 93 | Alleghany County | 53.3 |
| 94 | Swain County | 52.6 |
| 95 | Yancey County | 52.1 |
| 96 | Mitchell County | 52 |
| 97 | Ashe County | 51.8 |
| 98 | Haywood County | 51.7 |
| 99 | Watauga County | 51.6 |
| 100 | Avery County | 50.3 |