Counties in West Virginia by average annual temperature

Lincoln County had the highest average annual temperature of 55 counties in 2021, at 56.5 °F. Pocahontas County had the lowest, at 48.6 °F. The median was 54.1 °F and the figure for West Virginia was 53.6 °F. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest56.5Lincoln County

Lowest48.6Pocahontas County

Median54.155 counties

West Virginia53.6History

Map of counties, 2021

Under 53
53 to 54
54 to 55
55 and over

°F, 2021. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2021 °F	Change on 2020
1	Lincoln County	56.5	-1.2%
1	Wayne County	56.5	-0.9%
3	Cabell County	56.4	-0.5%
4	Mingo County	56.3	-1.4%
5	Putnam County	56.1	-0.9%
6	Kanawha County	55.9	-0.9%
7	Logan County	55.8	-1.4%
8	Wood County	55.5	-0.2%
9	Boone County	55.4	-1.2%
9	Clay County	55.4	-0.5%
9	Jackson County	55.4	-0.7%
9	Jefferson County	55.4	-0.7%
13	Braxton County	55.3	-0.2%
14	Gilmer County	55.2	-0.2%
14	Roane County	55.2	-0.5%
16	Wirt County	55.1	-0.4%
17	Berkeley County	55	-0.5%
17	Calhoun County	55	-0.4%
17	Lewis County	55	-0.2%
17	Mason County	55	-0.5%
21	Ritchie County	54.9	0%
22	Doddridge County	54.7	0%
22	Harrison County	54.7	-0.4%
22	Pleasants County	54.7	0%
25	Morgan County	54.4	-0.5%
26	McDowell County	54.3	-0.7%
26	Tyler County	54.3	0%
28	Hampshire County	54.1	-0.2%
28	Mineral County	54.1	-0.6%
30	Wyoming County	54	-1.1%
31	Summers County	53.9	-0.4%
31	Taylor County	53.9	-0.9%
33	Marion County	53.7	-0.6%
33	Monroe County	53.7	-0.2%
35	Barbour County	53.6	-0.9%
35	Hardy County	53.6	0%
37	Fayette County	53.5	-0.6%
37	Upshur County	53.5	-0.6%
39	Wetzel County	53.4	-0.2%
40	Brooke County	53.2	+0.4%
40	Monongalia County	53.2	-0.4%
40	Ohio County	53.2	+0.2%
43	Marshall County	53	+0.2%
43	Nicholas County	53	-0.6%
45	Raleigh County	52.8	-1.1%
46	Mercer County	52.5	-0.2%
47	Grant County	52.4	-0.9%
48	Hancock County	52.3	0%
49	Greenbrier County	51.6	-0.6%
49	Webster County	51.6	+0.2%
51	Pendleton County	51.5	-1.2%
51	Preston County	51.5	-0.8%
53	Tucker County	49.9	-1.2%
54	Randolph County	49.7	-0.8%
55	Pocahontas County	48.6	-0.6%

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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 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 West Virginia by average annual temperature, 2021}},
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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/west-virginia-counties?period=2021. 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 56.5 °F in 2021, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Which county has the lowest average annual temperature?

Pocahontas County, with 48.6 °F in 2021.

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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.