Counties in North Carolina by average annual temperature

Carteret County had the highest average annual temperature of 100 counties in 2014, at 63.2 °F. Avery County had the lowest, at 49.2 °F. The median was 58.5 °F and the figure for North Carolina was 58.4 °F. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest63.2Carteret County

Lowest49.2Avery County

Median58.5100 counties

North Carolina58.4History

Map of counties, 2014

Under 55
55 to 58
58 to 60
60 to 61
61 and over

°F, 2014. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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	Carteret County	63.2	0%
2	Pamlico County	62.6	-0.2%
3	Brunswick County	62.4	-0.2%
4	New Hanover County	62.3	-0.6%
5	Hyde County	62	+0.2%
6	Columbus County	61.9	-0.2%
7	Craven County	61.8	-0.3%
8	Onslow County	61.6	-0.5%
8	Robeson County	61.6	0%
10	Pender County	61.4	-0.6%
11	Beaufort County	61.3	-0.3%
12	Anson County	61.2	+0.2%
12	Bladen County	61.2	-0.2%
12	Jones County	61.2	-0.3%
12	Richmond County	61.2	+0.2%
12	Scotland County	61.2	0%
17	Cumberland County	60.9	-0.2%
17	Dare County	60.9	-0.3%
19	Tyrrell County	60.8	-0.2%
20	Hoke County	60.6	0%
21	Lenoir County	60.5	-0.3%
22	Washington County	60.4	-0.2%
23	Duplin County	60.3	-0.5%
23	Montgomery County	60.3	+0.2%
23	Sampson County	60.3	-0.5%
26	Greene County	60.2	-0.3%
26	Moore County	60.2	+0.5%
26	Pitt County	60.2	-0.5%
26	Stanly County	60.2	+0.3%
30	Union County	60.1	0%
30	Wayne County	60.1	-0.5%
32	Harnett County	59.9	-0.3%
33	Chowan County	59.8	-0.5%
34	Martin County	59.7	-0.5%
35	Currituck County	59.6	-0.7%
35	Lee County	59.6	+0.5%
35	Perquimans County	59.6	-0.5%
38	Johnston County	59.5	-0.7%
38	Pasquotank County	59.5	-0.7%
40	Bertie County	59.4	-0.2%
40	Wilson County	59.4	-0.7%
42	Camden County	59.3	-0.7%
42	Mecklenburg County	59.3	-0.2%
44	Cabarrus County	59.1	+0.5%
45	Gaston County	58.9	-0.3%
46	Chatham County	58.8	0%
46	Edgecombe County	58.8	-0.7%
48	Wake County	58.7	-0.5%
49	Gates County	58.6	-0.5%
50	Hertford County	58.5	-0.3%
51	Nash County	58.4	-0.5%
51	Randolph County	58.4	-1.2%
53	Halifax County	58.2	-0.3%
53	Lincoln County	58.2	-0.2%
53	Polk County	58.2	+0.2%
56	Cleveland County	58.1	-0.3%
56	Franklin County	58.1	-0.3%
56	Northampton County	58.1	-0.3%
59	Rowan County	58	0%
59	Rutherford County	58	-0.2%
61	Alamance County	57.9	-0.3%
61	Davidson County	57.9	-0.3%
61	Durham County	57.9	-0.2%
64	Catawba County	57.8	0%
65	Warren County	57.7	-0.5%
66	Guilford County	57.6	-1%
66	Orange County	57.6	0%
68	Granville County	57.4	0%
68	Vance County	57.4	-0.5%
70	Davie County	57.3	-0.5%
70	Iredell County	57.3	-0.5%
72	Caswell County	57.2	-0.3%
73	Person County	57.1	+0.2%
74	Forsyth County	57	-0.7%
75	Alexander County	56.9	0%
75	Rockingham County	56.9	-0.9%
77	Burke County	56.6	-0.2%
78	Yadkin County	56.4	-0.9%
79	Stokes County	56.3	-0.7%
80	Caldwell County	56.2	0%
81	McDowell County	55.8	+0.2%
82	Surry County	55.6	-0.9%
82	Wilkes County	55.6	-0.5%
84	Cherokee County	55	-0.4%
85	Henderson County	54.3	-0.5%
86	Clay County	53.6	-0.7%
87	Madison County	53.4	-0.7%
88	Buncombe County	53.1	-0.4%
89	Transylvania County	53	-0.4%
90	Graham County	52.9	-0.4%
91	Macon County	52.4	-0.8%
92	Jackson County	51.4	-0.4%
93	Alleghany County	51	-0.6%
93	Swain County	51	-0.8%
95	Mitchell County	50.5	0%
96	Yancey County	50.4	+0.2%
97	Haywood County	50	-0.8%
98	Watauga County	49.8	-0.4%
99	Ashe County	49.7	-0.6%
100	Avery County	49.2	0%

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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 Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties, Counties in North Carolina 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/north-carolina-counties?period=2014. 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 North Carolina by average annual temperature, 2014}},
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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/north-carolina-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.},
}

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Which county has the highest average annual temperature?

Carteret County, with 63.2 °F in 2014, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Avery County, with 49.2 °F in 2014.

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