Counties in Pennsylvania by average annual temperature

Philadelphia County had the highest average annual temperature of 67 counties in 2016, at 57 °F. Potter County had the lowest, at 47.2 °F. The median was 51.1 °F and the figure for Pennsylvania was 50.9 °F. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest57Philadelphia County

Lowest47.2Potter County

Median51.167 counties

Pennsylvania50.9History

Map of counties, 2016

Under 49
49 to 50
50 to 51
51 to 52
52 to 54
54 and over

°F, 2016. 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, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2016 °F	Change on 2015
1	Philadelphia County	57	+1.8%
2	Delaware County	56.5	+1.4%
3	Montgomery County	55.4	+2.4%
4	Chester County	54.6	+1.7%
5	Bucks County	54.5	+2.4%
6	Lancaster County	54.3	+2.3%
7	York County	54.1	+1.9%
8	Adams County	53.8	+1.9%
8	Berks County	53.8	+2.7%
10	Cumberland County	53.6	+1.3%
10	Lehigh County	53.6	+2.9%
12	Allegheny County	53.5	+3.3%
12	Lebanon County	53.5	+2.5%
14	Greene County	53.4	+2.5%
15	Franklin County	53.3	+0.9%
15	Washington County	53.3	+3.3%
17	Dauphin County	53	+1.9%
18	Juniata County	52.9	+2.7%
18	Perry County	52.9	+1.7%
20	Northampton County	52.8	+2.9%
21	Fulton County	52.7	+1.5%
22	Beaver County	52.5	+3.3%
23	Westmoreland County	52.3	+3%
24	Huntingdon County	52.2	+2.4%
24	Mifflin County	52.2	+3%
26	Fayette County	52.1	+2.8%
26	Snyder County	52.1	+3.2%
28	Lawrence County	51.9	+2.6%
29	Montour County	51.8	+3.8%
29	Northumberland County	51.8	+3.6%
31	Bedford County	51.7	+2%
32	Union County	51.6	+3.6%
33	Armstrong County	51.5	+3.4%
34	Butler County	51.1	+2.4%
35	Blair County	51	+2.6%
35	Schuylkill County	51	+2.8%
37	Indiana County	50.8	+2.8%
38	Columbia County	50.7	+3.5%
39	Mercer County	50.6	+3.1%
40	Centre County	50.3	+3.1%
41	Lycoming County	50.2	+4.4%
42	Clarion County	50	+2.5%
42	Erie County	50	+4.6%
42	Venango County	50	+2.9%
45	Crawford County	49.9	+4%
46	Clinton County	49.8	+3.7%
47	Carbon County	49.7	+2.3%
47	Somerset County	49.7	+3.1%
49	Clearfield County	49.6	+2.5%
49	Jefferson County	49.6	+2.5%
49	Monroe County	49.6	+3.1%
52	Luzerne County	49.4	+2.1%
52	Wyoming County	49.4	+3.1%
54	Cambria County	49.3	+2.7%
55	Pike County	49	+3.6%
56	Forest County	48.9	+2.7%
56	Lackawanna County	48.9	+2.5%
58	Bradford County	48.8	+4.5%
59	Elk County	48.7	+3.6%
60	Cameron County	48.4	+3.6%
60	Warren County	48.4	+3.9%
62	Susquehanna County	48.2	+3.7%
63	Wayne County	48	+3.4%
64	Tioga County	47.9	+4.6%
65	McKean County	47.6	+4.2%
66	Sullivan County	47.5	+4.2%
67	Potter County	47.2	+4%

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 Pennsylvania by average annual temperature, 2016) [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 Pennsylvania by average annual temperature, 2016. 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/pennsylvania-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 2026. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Counties in Pennsylvania by average annual temperature, 2016. 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/pennsylvania-counties?period=2016.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties, Counties in Pennsylvania by average annual temperature, 2016 [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/pennsylvania-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{noaa_counties_in_pennsylvania_by_2016,
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  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties: Counties in Pennsylvania by average annual temperature, 2016}},
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