Brainerd, MN: 2026

10 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 47.4°F in Brainerd, MN, the warmest 1 January to 10 October since 2025, 15th warmest of 98.

2026 so far, to 10 October 2026

Mean temperature: 47.4°F; Warmest since 2025; 15th warmest of 98

A normal 1 January to 10 October in Brainerd, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 45.8°F, between 44.2°F and 48.6°F in eight years of ten and 21.90 in of precipitation, between 12.42 in and 30.48 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 10 October in Brainerd, MN since 1899: 47.4°F in 2026; the highest is 50.7°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 44.2 to 48.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 10 October in Brainerd, MN from 1899 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	47.4	15	58.5	20	36.3	17	12.31	108	0
2025	47.5	13	58.5	20	36.4	15	21.47	60	1
2024	50.2	2	60.7	5	39.7	1	24.44	30	0
2023	47.5	13	58.6	18	36.4	15	17.39	90	0
2022	45.4	50	56.4	57	34.2	48	18.49	80	2
2021	49.3	5	60.7	5	37.9	5	16.77	95	0
2020	48	11	58.9	12	37	11	18.39	81	0
2019	44.7	62	55.6	67	33.9	57	30.41	8	3
2018	45.4	50	56.5	55	34.4	41	21.50	59	0
2017	46.6	26	57.1	43	36.1	19	29.02	11	0
2016	47.6	12	57.6	31	37.7	7	32.85	3	0
2015	46.2	30	57	45	35.3	26	12.44	106	0
2014	44.3	69	54.9	78	33.7	58	22.30	51	4
2013	45.5	48	56.1	61	34.9	33	24.24	35	3
2012	50.7	1	61.9	2	39.4	3	31.47	6	1
2011	46	37	56.7	51	35.4	25	21.16	62	0
2010	48.3	9	59.4	9	37.3	10	24.37	33	2
2009	44.5	65	55.6	67	33.3	67	24.83	28	0
2008	44.6	64	55.7	66	33.6	62	24.29	34	5
2007	48.6	8	59.5	8	37.4	9	17.49	89	2
2006	50.2	2	60.9	4	39.5	2	11.51	110	1
2005	48.3	9	58.8	16	37.6	8	19.18	76	9
2004	44.3	69	55	76	33.7	58	18.90	77	5
2003	45.3	54	57.1	43	33.5	63	12.28	109	0
2002	45.7	42	56.2	59	35.2	28	26.74	21	4
2001	45.9	38	57.2	41	34.4	41	10.68	112	5
2000	45.8	40	57.3	37	34.2	48	16.98	93	0
1999	46.4	28	56.8	49	35.9	21	27.84	14	2
1998	48.7	7	59.3	10	37.9	5	20.55	66	3
1997	44.3	69	55.9	64	32.7	75	20.05	71	0
1996	41.7	93	53.8	87	29.8	94	17.62	88	1
1995	45.2	56	56.3	58	34	56	31.07	7	1
1994	43.4	80	54.9	78	31.9	83	25.66	23	2
1993	43	87	54.2	85	31.8	84	26.92	17	1
1992	45.7	42	56.7	51	34.5	39	21.36	61	2
1991	46.8	22	58.5	20	35.2	28	26.81	19	1
1990	46.9	20	58.9	12	34.9	33	23.37	43	2
1989									33
1988	46.2	30	59.6	7	32.6	76	19.88	72	3
1987	49.1	6	62.1	1	36.2	18	14.77	102	5
1986	45.4	50	56.6	53	34.3	45	35.79	1	6
1985	45.3	54	56	63	33.2	69	26.89	18	22
1984	46.5	27	57	45	35.3	26	17.66	87	28
1983	45.6	45	56.9	47	34.2	48	16.66	96	13
1982	40.4	97	53.3	91	27.4	101	27.05	16	7
1981	44.9	60	58.2	25	31.6	85	24.46	29	0
1980					28.5	98	19.67	73	52
1979					27.3	102	20.78	64	283
1978					26.1	103	23.66	40	209
1977	44.1	76	57.4	34	30.7	92	30.03	9	1
1976	44.4	68	59.1	11	29.6	96	12.56	105	3
1975	41.9	92	55	76	28.9	97	25.15	27	2
1974	41.3	95	54.3	84	28.3	99	20.99	63	1
1973					33.5	63	24.24	35	43
1972							23.62	41	95
1971							22.72	48	80
1970							18.83	78	60
1969							20.06	70	73
1968							23.33	44	73
1967							15.93	99	55
1966							23.13	45	93
1965							24.41	31	99
1964							24.22	37	48
1963	45.1	57	55.5	70	34.6	37	26.25	22	7
1962	43.1	84	53.1	93	33.2	69	25.46	24	6
1961	46.1	34	57.2	41	35.2	28	16.98	93	3
1960	44.3	69	55.6	67	33	72	22.32	50	8
1959	44.5	65	56.2	59	32.9	73	23.43	42	15
1958	45.9	38	57.5	32	34.3	45	20.56	65	11
1957									40
1956	42.6	88	53.9	86	31.4	89	17.26	91	7
1955	46.8	22	58.8	16	34.6	37	22.64	49	8
1954	45.1	57	56.1	61	34.3	45	18.64	79	5
1953	46.4	28	57.3	37	35.5	23	31.98	4	6
1952	46.1	34	58.1	26	34.5	39	25.24	26	4
1951	43.2	82	53.7	89	32.8	74	29.05	10	3
1950	39.5	98	51.2	98	28.1	100	22.00	54	15
1949	45.6	45	57.7	29	33.5	63	21.51	58	3
1948	44.5	65	57.5	32	31.6	85	20.25	68	0
1947	45.6	45	56.9	47	34.2	48	17.23	92	1
1946	46.2	30	57.4	34	35.1	31	21.86	56	2
1945	44.3	69	54.8	80	33.7	58	18.21	83	2
1944	45.5	48	56.6	53	34.4	41	32.94	2	0
1943	43.8	77	55.9	64	31.5	87	24.40	32	1
1942	47.1	16	57.7	29	36.5	13	23.81	39	1
1941	47.1	16	57.4	34	36.8	12	27.13	15	0
1940	44.9	60	55.5	70	34.1	54	16.26	98	2
1939	45.4	50	56.8	49	34.1	54	20.12	69	2
1938	47.1	16	57.8	27	36.5	13	28.77	12	0
1937	43.1	84	53.8	87	33.2	69	19.19	75	12
1936	43.5	79	54.8	80	32	82	12.33	107	1
1935	44.7	62	54.4	83	34.9	33	22.19	52	0
1934	46.2	30	57.3	37	35	32	14.08	103	0
1933	46.9	20	58.3	23	35.5	23	20.32	67	0
1932	46.1	34	57.8	27	34.2	48	15.73	100	1
1931	50.1	4	61.4	3	38.7	4	19.42	74	1
1930	46.8	22	58.9	12	34.7	36	16.58	97	0
1929	43.1	84	55.5	70	30.7	92	13.81	104	0
1928	43.4	80	54.5	82	32.4	79	22.18	53	0
1927	42.5	89	51.5	97	33.5	63	17.74	86	2
1926	43.2	82	53.4	90	32.6	76	22.76	47	3
1925	45	59	55.5	70	34.2	48	17.86	85	6
1924									35
1923	42.1	91	53	95	31.1	91	18.00	84	1
1922									33
1921	46.7	25	57.3	37	36	20	21.89	55	1
1920	42.5	89	53.3	91	31.5	87	21.55	57	1
1919	44.2	75	52.1	96	35.9	21	22.81	46	4
1918	43.7	78	55.2	74	32.2	80	11.27	111	2
1917	40.7	96	55.1	75	25.2	104	15.71	101	7
1916					31.3	90	27.87	13	67
1915					33.7	58	26.77	20	64
1914	47	19	58.9	12	34.4	41	25.34	25	7
1913	45.7	42	58.6	18	32.5	78	23.85	38	2
1912									64
1906									225
1905									222
1904									50
1903									273
1902									45
1901	44.3	69	56.5	55	32.2	80	18.33	82	22
1900	45.8	40	58.3	23	33.3	67			22
1899	41.6	94	53.1	93	29.7	95	31.68	5	16

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	50.7
2024	50.2
2006	50.2
1931	50.1
2021	49.3
1987	49.1
1998	48.7
2007	48.6
2010	48.3
2005	48.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	39.5
1982	40.4
1917	40.7
1974	41.3
1899	41.6
1996	41.7
1975	41.9
1923	42.1
1927	42.5
1920	42.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	35.79
1944	32.94
2016	32.85
1953	31.98
1899	31.68
2012	31.47
1995	31.07
2019	30.41
1977	30.03
1951	29.05

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2001	10.68
1918	11.27
2006	11.51
2003	12.28
2026	12.31
1936	12.33
2015	12.44
1976	12.56
1929	13.81
1934	14.08

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 26 July 2026
Coldest night: -31°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.16 in; 8 September 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	6.8°F 40th coldest of 102	0.01 in 4th driest of 118
February	20.9°F 16th warmest of 104	0.37 in 50th driest of 118
March	31.5°F 23rd warmest of 110	0.42 in 19th driest of 120
April	41.3°F 49th coldest of 112	1.61 in 50th driest of 120
May	53.8°F 40th coldest of 109	0.52 in 5th driest of 120
June	65.2°F 38th warmest of 102
July	74°F 6th warmest of 104	1.26 in 9th driest of 117
August	67.9°F 40th warmest of 108	2.15 in 41st driest of 119
September	61.2°F 17th warmest of 108	3.06 in 39th wettest of 117
October so far	54.9°F 23rd warmest of 109	0.07 in 25th driest of 122

Hot days and freezes

Brainerd, MN has had 8 days at 90°F or above in 2026 through 10 October, the most by that date since 2023, tied 35th most of 98 (with 2022, 2011, 1991 and 5 other years).
Brainerd, MN has had 107 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2026 through 10 October, the most by that date since 2023, tied 75th most of 104 (with 2021, 2019 and 1901).
The last freeze of spring 2026 in Brainerd, MN came on Wednesday 20 May 2026, the latest since 2025, tied 57th latest of 105 (with 2018, 2015, 1981 and 1 other year).

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
10 October	Warmest day	89°F	85°F 1928	Confirmed
25 March	Warmest day	68°F	67°F 1968, 1963	Provisional
21 March	Warmest day	70°F	69°F 1938	Provisional
14 February	Warmest day	50°F	45°F 2002, 1967	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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The hottest day of 2026 so far in Brainerd, MN: 97°F on Sunday 26 July 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in Brainerd, MN: a low of -31°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in Brainerd, MN: 1.16 in on Tuesday 8 September 2026.