Counties in Tennessee by average annual temperature

Shelby County had the highest average annual temperature of 95 counties in 2014, at 59.5 °F. Johnson County had the lowest, at 51.1 °F. The median was 56.8 °F and the figure for Tennessee was 56.6 °F. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest59.5Shelby County

Lowest51.1Johnson County

Median56.895 counties

Tennessee56.6History

Map of counties, 2014

Under 56
56 to 57
57 to 58
58 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	Shelby County	59.5	-1.5%
2	Fayette County	58.7	-1.3%
3	Tipton County	58.5	-1.5%
4	Hardeman County	58.2	-1.4%
4	Haywood County	58.2	-1.4%
4	Lauderdale County	58.2	-1.5%
7	Hamilton County	58.1	0%
7	Hardin County	58.1	-0.7%
9	Bradley County	58	-0.2%
9	McNairy County	58	-1.2%
11	Lincoln County	57.8	-0.7%
12	Chester County	57.7	-1.4%
12	Crockett County	57.7	-1.5%
12	Madison County	57.7	-1.4%
15	Decatur County	57.6	-1.2%
15	McMinn County	57.6	-0.3%
15	Meigs County	57.6	-0.2%
18	Moore County	57.5	-0.5%
19	Bedford County	57.4	-0.5%
19	Loudon County	57.4	-0.7%
19	Montgomery County	57.4	+0.3%
22	Davidson County	57.3	-0.9%
22	Dyer County	57.3	-1.7%
22	Trousdale County	57.3	-0.5%
22	Wayne County	57.3	-1.2%
26	Franklin County	57.2	-0.3%
26	Henderson County	57.2	-1.5%
26	Knox County	57.2	-0.7%
29	Gibson County	57.1	-1.6%
29	Perry County	57.1	-1.4%
29	Rutherford County	57.1	-1%
29	Wilson County	57.1	-0.7%
33	Cheatham County	57	-0.7%
33	Giles County	57	-1.2%
33	Lake County	57	-1.7%
33	Roane County	57	-0.7%
33	Smith County	57	-0.9%
38	Jefferson County	56.9	-0.9%
38	Lawrence County	56.9	-1.2%
38	Polk County	56.9	-0.4%
38	Rhea County	56.9	0%
38	Robertson County	56.9	0%
43	Benton County	56.8	-1.6%
43	Carroll County	56.8	-1.6%
43	Marion County	56.8	-0.4%
43	Marshall County	56.8	-0.9%
43	Stewart County	56.8	-0.9%
43	Sumner County	56.8	-0.7%
49	Blount County	56.6	-0.9%
49	Houston County	56.6	-1.2%
51	Coffee County	56.5	-0.7%
51	DeKalb County	56.5	-1.1%
51	Henry County	56.5	-1.4%
51	Humphreys County	56.5	-1.4%
51	Jackson County	56.5	-1.1%
51	Lewis County	56.5	-1.1%
51	Maury County	56.5	-1.2%
51	Monroe County	56.5	-0.5%
51	Weakley County	56.5	-1.6%
60	Cannon County	56.4	-0.9%
60	Hamblen County	56.4	-0.5%
60	Hickman County	56.4	-1.2%
60	Macon County	56.4	-0.7%
64	Obion County	56.3	-1.7%
64	Warren County	56.3	-0.7%
66	Anderson County	56.2	-0.4%
66	Dickson County	56.2	-1.2%
68	Bledsoe County	56.1	+0.4%
68	Clay County	56.1	-1.2%
68	Cocke County	56.1	-0.7%
68	Williamson County	56.1	-1.8%
72	Greene County	56	-0.5%
73	Sequatchie County	55.9	-0.2%
73	White County	55.9	-0.7%
75	Grainger County	55.7	-0.7%
75	Hawkins County	55.7	-0.4%
77	Putnam County	55.6	-0.7%
77	Union County	55.6	-0.5%
79	Pickett County	55.5	0%
79	Van Buren County	55.5	-0.4%
79	Washington County	55.5	-0.5%
82	Overton County	55.4	-0.5%
83	Sevier County	55.1	-1.1%
84	Morgan County	55	0%
84	Sullivan County	55	-0.7%
86	Grundy County	54.9	-0.5%
87	Hancock County	54.7	-0.5%
88	Cumberland County	54.4	0%
88	Fentress County	54.4	+0.6%
90	Campbell County	54.2	-0.7%
91	Claiborne County	54.1	-0.9%
92	Scott County	54	-0.4%
93	Carter County	52.6	-0.4%
94	Unicoi County	52.3	-0.8%
95	Johnson County	51.1	-0.6%

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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 Tennessee 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/tennessee-counties?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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@misc{noaa_counties_in_tennessee_by_2014,
  author = {{NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information}},
  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties: Counties in Tennessee by average annual temperature, 2014}},
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  url = {https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/tennessee-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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Shelby County, with 59.5 °F in 2014, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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