Brainerd, MN: April

30 April 2026: April 2026 averaged 41.3°F in Brainerd, MN, the coldest April since 2023, 49th coldest of 112.

April 2026

Mean temperature: 41.3°F; Coldest since 2023; 49th coldest of 112
Precipitation: 1.61 in; Driest since 2018; 50th driest of 120

A normal April in Brainerd, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 42.3°F, between 37.2°F and 46.8°F in eight years of ten and 1.53 in of precipitation, between 0.62 in and 3.07 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every April in Brainerd, MN since 1899: 41.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 32°F, in 1950.

Normal range, 37.2 to 46.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every April in Brainerd, MN from 1889 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	41.3	64	52.3	66	30.3	58	1.61	71	0
2025	42.7	46	52.8	60	32.7	29	2.18	43	1
2024	44.9	26	55.2	38	34.5	13	3.47	13	0
2023	38.6	93	48.4	97	28.8	86	2.35	38	0
2022	37	100	45.1	108	28.9	84	2.36	36	0
2021	43.6	35	53.7	50	33.4	21	2.36	36	0
2020	41.9	55	53.7	50	30.1	63	2.11	47	0
2019	42.9	45	53.9	48	31.9	39	2.39	35	2
2018	33.4	109	45.3	107	21.5	114	0.35	116	0
2017	43.7	33	54.5	42	32.8	27	3.04	15	0
2016	42.5	48	52	72	32.9	26	2.56	27	0
2015	44.4	30	56.2	30	32.5	32	0.62	110	0
2014	41.5	61	51.3	76	31.8	40	1.60	72	0
2013	35.4	107	44.1	111	26.6	103	1.15	90	0
2012	46.1	17	57.6	25	34.6	12	3.29	14	0
2011	42.2	51	52.1	70	32.3	36	2.49	31	0
2010	50.5	2	63.7	4	37.4	4	1.20	86	0
2009	43.3	39	54	47	32.5	32	1.19	87	0
2008	40	78	51.2	78	28.9	84	2.25	41	0
2007	41.9	55	54.1	46	29.7	69	1.17	88	0
2006	50.1	4	61.7	9	38.4	3	0.51	112	0
2005	49.6	5	61.8	8	37.4	4	1.83	65	1
2004	43.5	36	56.4	29	30.6	54	1.02	95	1
2003	42.3	50	54.4	44	30.2	60	1.01	96	0
2002	39.4	88	49.3	88	29.4	73	3.01	16	0
2001	43.4	37	53.5	53	33.2	22	1.46	75	0
2000	41.5	61	52.8	60	30.2	60	0.88	103	0
1999	43.3	39	54.3	45	32.4	34	1.13	91	0
1998	46.5	16	59.9	14	33.1	23	1.22	85	0
1997	40.1	75	52.1	70	28.1	90	0.62	110	0
1996	37	100	48.3	99	25.6	106	1.31	80	0
1995	37.2	99	47.1	101	27.2	99	2.02	52	0
1994	41.9	55	53.9	48	29.9	67	4.20	4	0
1993	40.1	75	52.4	63	27.9	92	1.85	63	0
1992	39.6	83	49.8	84	29.4	73	2.11	47	0
1991	45.5	19	58.1	22	33	24	3.69	10	0
1990	42.5	48	54.9	41	30	65	3.64	11	0
1989	40.8	69	51.9	74	29.7	69	1.95	57	0
1988	43.3	39	58.8	19	27.9	92	0.37	115	0
1987	48.1	10	64.7	2	31.8	40	0.16	119	1
1986	45.2	22	56.1	31	34.8	10	6.58	1	1
1985	45.4	20	57.4	26	34.2	14	2.35	38	2
1984			56.6	27			1.63	70	5
1983	38.2	96	49	92	27.6	95	0.29	117	1
1982	36.7	103	48.7	95	24.7	110	2.12	46	0
1981	42.7	46	55.2	38	30.2	60	2.20	42	0
1980	44.7	28	59	18	30.5	55	0.19	118	0
1979					26.7	102	1.01	96	30
1978					25.4	107	1.99	54	30
1977	47.2	12	60.1	13	34.2	14	2.54	30	0
1976	46.7	15	60.4	10	33	24	0.70	107	0
1975	33.2	110	43.4	112	23	112	2.13	45	1
1974	40.4	72	52.4	63	28.4	88	2.97	17	0
1973	41.6	60	52.3	66	30.8	51	1.31	80	0
1972							1.70	67	10
1971	44.1	31	56	32	32.1	38	2.47	33	3
1970			51.8	75			3.72	9	5
1969	44.6	29	55.7	35	33.6	19	1.89	60	3
1968							4.07	5	7
1967	39.5	87	50.1	82	29	80	1.64	69	2
1966	37.3	98	45.8	105	28.8	86	2.56	27	0
1965									11
1964	43.2	43	53.2	56	32.8	27	3.53	12	1
1963	43.7	33	53.6	52	33.8	16	2.63	24	0
1962	38.7	92	49.9	83	27.4	97	1.68	68	0
1961	35.8	105	44.8	110	26.8	101	2.70	22	0
1960	41.1	66	50.8	80	31.2	46	3.73	8	1
1959	41.5	61	53.1	57	30	65	0.80	104	0
1958	45	25	56.5	28	33.5	20	1.38	78	0
1957	41.9	55	53.4	55	30.4	56	2.73	20	3
1956	36.8	102	46.2	104	27.3	98	1.17	88	0
1955	50.5	2	64.3	3	36.6	6	1.27	83	0
1954	41.7	59	53.1	57	30.3	58	2.55	29	0
1953	39.4	88	49	92	29.7	69	3.85	7	0
1952	47.1	13	60.3	12	33.8	16	0.70	107	0
1951	39.6	83	49.8	84	29.3	77	1.85	63	0
1950	32	112	41.1	114	22.8	113	4.00	6	0
1949	44.8	27	60.4	10	29	80	0.51	112	1
1948	45.2	22	58	24	32.4	34	2.40	34	0
1947	39.2	91	49.5	87	29	80	2.59	26	0
1946	47.4	11	59.6	15	34.9	9	0.96	99	1
1945	40.1	75	49.2	91	31	50	1.48	74	0
1944	39.3	90	52.3	66	26.2	105	1.42	76	0
1943	42	54	54.5	42	29.4	73	1.13	91	0
1942	49.5	6	63	6	35.9	8	2.73	20	0
1941	48.5	9	58.1	22	38.8	2	4.66	3	0
1940	39.7	81	50.4	81	29.3	77	1.92	58	1
1939	39.7	81	51.2	78	28.3	89	0.63	109	0
1938	43.4	37	55.5	36	31.4	45	5.34	2	0
1937	39.8	80	48.4	97	31.2	46	2.62	25	0
1936	35.8	105	46.6	103	25.1	108	0.92	102	0
1935	39.6	83	49.3	88	29.8	68	1.80	66	0
1934	42.1	53	52.7	62	31.5	44	1.10	94	0
1933	41	67	52	72	30.1	63	1.49	73	0
1932	42.2	51	53.5	53	30.8	51	1.29	82	0
1931	45.9	18	59.5	16	32.2	37	0.78	105	0
1930	45.1	24	58.6	20	31.6	43	1.12	93	0
1929	43.2	43	56	32	30.4	56	0.94	101	0
1928	35.1	108	45	109	25.1	108	1.86	62	0
1927	40	78	47.8	100	31.7	42	1.99	54	1
1926	39.6	83	52.9	59	26.3	104	0.05	120	0
1925	47.1	13	58.2	21	36.2	7	1.87	61	3
1924	37.5	97	45.7	106	29.3	77	2.14	44	0
1923	38.5	95	48.8	94	28.1	90	1.36	79	0
1922	40.2	74	49.3	88	31.2	46	2.08	50	0
1921	44	32	55.3	37	32.6	31	1.92	58	0
1920	33	111	42.3	113	23.7	111	0.95	100	0
1919	40.6	71	48.5	96	32.7	29	2.01	53	0
1918	41.2	65	55.1	40	27.8	94	1.39	77	1
1917	38.6	93	49.8	84	27.5	96	2.69	23	0
1916	40.3	73	51.3	76	29.4	73	1.97	56	0
1915	52.7	1	65.5	1	39.9	1	2.49	31	0
1914	40.7	70	52.4	63	29	80	2.92	18	0
1913	48.6	8	63.3	5	33.8	16	2.32	40	1
1912	45.4	20	59.5	16	31.2	46	1.25	84	0
1904	36.2	104	47	102	27	100	0.50	114	3
1902	41	67	52.2	69	29.7	69	0.97	98	0
1901							2.11	47	5
1900	48.9	7	62.9	7	34.8	10	0.77	106	0
1899	43.3	39	55.8	34	30.8	51	2.80	19	1
1889							2.06	51	30

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1915	52.7
2010	50.5
1955	50.5
2006	50.1
2005	49.6
1942	49.5
1900	48.9
1913	48.6
1941	48.5
1987	48.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	32
1920	33
1975	33.2
2018	33.4
1928	35.1
2013	35.4
1961	35.8
1936	35.8
1904	36.2
1982	36.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	6.58
1938	5.34
1941	4.66
1994	4.20
1968	4.07
1950	4.00
1953	3.85
1960	3.73
1970	3.72
1991	3.69

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1926	0.05
1987	0.16
1980	0.19
1983	0.29
2018	0.35
1988	0.37
1904	0.50
2006	0.51
1949	0.51
2015	0.62
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 82°F; 22 April 2026
Coldest night: 8°F; 7 April 2026
Wettest day: 0.77 in; 27 April 2026

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April 2026 brought 1.61 in of precipitation in Brainerd, MN, the driest April since 2018, 50th driest of 120.
The hottest day of April 2026 in Brainerd, MN: 82°F on Wednesday 22 April 2026.
The coldest night of April 2026 in Brainerd, MN: a low of 8°F on Tuesday 7 April 2026.
The wettest day of April 2026 in Brainerd, MN: 0.77 in on Monday 27 April 2026.