Counties in Vermont by average annual temperature

Grand Isle County had the highest average annual temperature of 14 counties in 2014, at 44.6 °F. Essex County had the lowest, at 40 °F. The median was 42.4 °F and the figure for Vermont was 42 °F. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Lowest40Essex County
Median42.414 counties
Vermont42History

Map of counties, 2014

Addison County: 43.2 °FBennington County: 42.2 °FCaledonia County: 40.3 °FChittenden County: 43.7 °FEssex County: 40 °FFranklin County: 43.1 °FGrand Isle County: 44.6 °FLamoille County: 41 °FOrange County: 41.7 °FOrleans County: 40.5 °FRutland County: 42.5 °FWashington County: 40.9 °FWindham County: 43.2 °FWindsor County: 42.5 °F
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°F, 2014. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2014

Grand Isle County: 44.6 °FGrand Isle County44.6Chittenden County: 43.7 °FChittenden County43.7Addison County: 43.2 °FAddison County43.2Windham County: 43.2 °FWindham County43.2Franklin County: 43.1 °FFranklin County43.1Rutland County: 42.5 °FRutland County42.5Windsor County: 42.5 °FWindsor County42.5Bennington County: 42.2 °FBennington County42.2Orange County: 41.7 °FOrange County41.7Lamoille County: 41 °FLamoille County41Washington County: 40.9 °FWashington County40.9Orleans County: 40.5 °FOrleans County40.5Caledonia County: 40.3 °FCaledonia County40.3Essex County: 40 °FEssex County40Grand Isle County: 44.6 °FGrand Isle County44.6Chittenden County: 43.7 °FChittenden County43.7Addison County: 43.2 °FAddison County43.2Windham County: 43.2 °FWindham County43.2Franklin County: 43.1 °FFranklin County43.1Rutland County: 42.5 °FRutland County42.5Windsor County: 42.5 °FWindsor County42.5Bennington County: 42.2 °FBennington County42.2Orange County: 41.7 °FOrange County41.7Lamoille County: 41 °FLamoille County41Washington County: 40.9 °FWashington County40.9Orleans County: 40.5 °FOrleans County40.5Caledonia County: 40.3 °FCaledonia County40.3Essex County: 40 °FEssex County40
°F. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2014
°F
Change on 2013
1Grand Isle County44.6-2%
2Chittenden County43.7-2.2%
3Addison County43.2-3.1%
3Windham County43.2-2.7%
5Franklin County43.1-1.8%
6Rutland County42.5-3.2%
6Windsor County42.5-3.2%
8Bennington County42.2-3.2%
9Orange County41.7-3%
10Lamoille County41-2.4%
11Washington County40.9-3.1%
12Orleans County40.5-3.1%
13Caledonia County40.3-2.9%
14Essex County40-3.1%

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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 National Centers for Environmental Information. (2026). NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties (Counties in Vermont by average annual temperature, 2014) [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 Vermont 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/vermont-counties?period=2014. 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 Vermont by average annual temperature, 2014. 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/vermont-counties?period=2014.

Harvard

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties, Counties in Vermont by average annual temperature, 2014 [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/vermont-counties?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest average annual temperature?

Grand Isle County, with 44.6 °F in 2014, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Which county has the lowest average annual temperature?

Essex County, with 40 °F in 2014.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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