Counties in West Virginia by average annual temperature

Lincoln County had the highest average annual temperature of 55 counties in 2014, at 54.2 °F. Pocahontas County had the lowest, at 45.9 °F. The median was 51.4 °F and the figure for West Virginia was 50.8 °F. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest54.2Lincoln County

Lowest45.9Pocahontas County

Median51.455 counties

West Virginia50.8History

Map of counties, 2014

Under 50
50 to 51
51 to 52
52 to 53
53 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.

All 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	Lincoln County	54.2	-1.8%
1	Mingo County	54.2	-1.6%
3	Wayne County	53.9	-1.8%
4	Logan County	53.8	-1.6%
5	Cabell County	53.7	-1.8%
6	Putnam County	53.6	-1.7%
7	Kanawha County	53.4	-1.8%
8	Boone County	53.2	-1.8%
9	Clay County	52.7	-1.9%
10	Mason County	52.6	-2%
11	Braxton County	52.5	-1.5%
12	Gilmer County	52.4	-1.7%
12	Jackson County	52.4	-1.9%
12	Jefferson County	52.4	-2.1%
15	McDowell County	52.3	-1.5%
15	Roane County	52.3	-1.9%
17	Berkeley County	52.2	-2.1%
17	Calhoun County	52.2	-1.9%
19	Wood County	52.1	-2.1%
20	Lewis County	52	-1.3%
20	Wyoming County	52	-1.9%
22	Pleasants County	51.9	-2.1%
22	Ritchie County	51.9	-2.1%
22	Wirt County	51.9	-2.1%
25	Tyler County	51.6	-2.3%
26	Doddridge County	51.4	-2.5%
26	Morgan County	51.4	-2.1%
26	Summers County	51.4	-1.3%
29	Harrison County	51.2	-2.3%
30	Monroe County	51	-1.2%
31	Mercer County	50.9	-1.2%
32	Fayette County	50.8	-1.6%
33	Marion County	50.7	-2.7%
33	Mineral County	50.7	-2.5%
33	Wetzel County	50.7	-2.7%
36	Hampshire County	50.6	-2.3%
36	Taylor County	50.6	-2.5%
36	Upshur County	50.6	-1%
39	Raleigh County	50.5	-1.6%
40	Nicholas County	50.3	-1.6%
41	Barbour County	50.2	-1.8%
41	Monongalia County	50.2	-2.3%
43	Marshall County	50.1	-2.9%
44	Hardy County	49.8	-2.4%
45	Brooke County	49.5	-3.1%
45	Ohio County	49.5	-3.1%
47	Grant County	49.1	-2%
48	Greenbrier County	48.9	-1.4%
48	Hancock County	48.9	-3%
50	Webster County	48.5	-1.6%
51	Pendleton County	48.2	-2%
52	Preston County	47.7	-2.3%
53	Randolph County	46.5	-1.7%
54	Tucker County	46.3	-2.3%
55	Pocahontas County	45.9	-1.9%

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 West Virginia 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 West Virginia 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/west-virginia-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 West Virginia 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/west-virginia-counties?period=2014.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties, Counties in West Virginia 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/west-virginia-counties?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{noaa_counties_in_west_virginia_2014,
  author = {{NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information}},
  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties: Counties in West Virginia 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/west-virginia-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?

Lincoln County, with 54.2 °F in 2014, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Which county has the lowest average annual temperature?

Pocahontas County, with 45.9 °F in 2014.

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