Brainerd, MN: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 12.8°F in Brainerd, MN, the coldest December since 2017, tied 42nd coldest of 105 (with 1948).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 12.8°F; Coldest since 2017; 42nd coldest of 105

A normal December in Brainerd, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 18.1°F, between 8.2°F and 23.8°F in eight years of ten and 0.50 in of precipitation, between 0.04 in and 1.06 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Brainerd, MN since 1898: 12.8°F in 2025; the lowest is 1.9°F, in 1985.

Normal range, 8.2 to 23.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Brainerd, MN from 1898 to 2025, 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
2025	12.8	63	22.9	60	2.6	69	trace	113	0
2024	21.5	15	28.2	30	14.8	13	0.58	56	0
2023	30.2	1	36.5	1	23.9	1	4.05	1	0
2022	14.2	53	21.5	71	6.9	48	2.04	5	0
2021	18.6	32	28.3	28	8.9	34	2.34	3	0
2020	19.9	24	28.8	23	11	26			0
2019	17.6	39	27.1	37	8.2	39	2.26	4	0
2018	20.8	20	29.5	17	12.2	22	1.38	12	0
2017	12.4	70	20.4	77	4.3	62	0.47	67	0
2016	15	51	22	69	8.1	40	0.97	29	0
2015	25	6	30.5	10	19.5	2	0.90	34	0
2014	20.7	21	26.5	40	14.9	12	0.19	93	0
2013	4.7	100	14.4	102	-5	101	0.07	107	0
2012	17.3	40	26	43	8.6	35	0.57	58	0
2011	24.2	8	32.9	9	15.5	10	0.24	86	0
2010	13.6	56	20.5	75	6.6	50	0.93	31	2
2009	12.7	65	20.2	79	5.3	56	0.58	56	0
2008	7.1	93	18.5	89	-4.4	99	0.60	55	0
2007	11.2	74	20.5	75	1.8	76	0.62	52	0
2006	25.3	5	33.5	4	17.1	4	0.43	69	0
2005	18.5	34	24.3	53	12.7	19	0.13	98	0
2004	19.4	28	28.3	28	10.5	28	0.13	98	0
2003	22.2	12	29.1	20	15.4	11	0.19	93	0
2002	21	18	28.9	22	13	18	0.05	110	0
2001	22	13	30.3	13	13.7	17	trace	113	0
2000	2.2	104	11	106	-6.6	105	trace	113	0
1999	20	23	28.8	23	11.3	25	0.01	111	1
1998	18.6	32	28.6	26	8.5	36	0.81	38	0
1997	23.7	10	30.5	10	16.9	6	0.23	87	0
1996	8.3	90	16.5	96	0	84	1.03	27	0
1995	12.5	69	20.7	73	4.3	62	1.17	21	0
1994	19.9	24	30.1	15	9.7	30	0.32	81	1
1993	15.9	48	24.1	55	7.6	43	0.66	46	0
1992	13.5	57	22.3	65	4.6	61	0.92	32	0
1991	15.7	49	25.8	44	5.6	54	0.50	65	0
1990	11.5	73	22.6	62	0.5	82	0.80	39	0
1989	5.2	96	14.6	100	-4.2	98	0.20	92	0
1988	13.1	61	25	47	1.1	78	0.97	29	0
1987	20.9	19	29	21	12.7	19	1.71	9	0
1986	18.2	36	29.4	18	7.1	46	0.19	93	0
1985	1.9	105	14.5	101	-10.6	110	0.56	62	0
1984	9.9	82	22.4	63	-1	89	0.91	33	3
1983			10.3	107			0.90	34	5
1982			27.3	35			0.46	68	6
1981	13.5	57	24.7	49	2.4	71	0.57	58	0
1980	12.7	65	24.3	53	0.9	80	0.21	90	1
1979					9	33	0.15	97	31
1978					-6.6	105	0.77	40	31
1977	8	92	19.5	85	-3.4	96	0.76	42	1
1976	4	101	17.3	94	-9.2	109	0.35	77	0
1975	10.6	79	22.3	65	-0.7	88	0.11	103	1
1974	19.8	27	30	16	9.5	31	0.63	51	0
1973	13.3	59	23	58	2.6	69	1.18	20	1
1972	6.6	94	18	92	-4.8	100	1.30	13	0
1971							0.64	48	12
1970							1.27	15	9
1969									10
1968							1.91	6	16
1967									12
1966							0.51	63	14
1965									9
1964							0.82	37	13
1963	5	97	14.7	99	-3.8	97	0.13	98	2
1962	16.7	43	26.4	41	6	52	0.13	98	2
1961	11.2	74	20.4	77	1.9	75	0.90	34	1
1960	13	62	23	58	2.3	72	0.37	75	3
1959	24.2	8	33.5	4	14.8	13	1.12	26	1
1958	8.4	89	18.1	90	-1.2	92	0.06	109	1
1957	17.8	38	27.5	33	8.1	40	0.48	66	2
1956	17.2	41	27	38	7.4	45	0.75	43	1
1955	4.8	99	16.8	95	-7.1	107	1.25	16	3
1954	21.3	17	28.8	23	13.9	16	0.11	103	0
1953	16.5	45	27.5	33	5.5	55	1.21	18	0
1952	21.9	14	29.2	19	14.6	15	0.12	102	0
1951	11	77	20.1	80	2.2	73	1.85	7	1
1950	9	88	18	92	-0.4	87	1.17	21	1
1949	14.4	52	24	56	4.9	58	0.64	48	0
1948	12.8	63	24.4	52	1	79	0.35	77	1
1947	14	54	23.6	57	4.3	62	0.16	96	0
1946	13.9	55	22.9	60	4.9	58	1.23	17	0
1945	11.1	76	18.1	90	4.1	65	0.62	52	0
1944	15.2	50	24.7	49	5.8	53	0.07	107	0
1943	19.1	29	30.4	12	7.8	42	0.01	111	0
1942	9.6	83	19.3	87	-0.1	86	1.29	14	0
1941	21.4	16	30.3	13	12.5	21	0.42	72	0
1940	18.3	35	27.3	35	9.3	32	0.29	83	0
1939	25.9	3	36	3	15.8	8	0.11	103	0
1938	16.7	43	24.9	48	8.5	36	0.62	52	0
1937	12.7	65	22.4	63	3	67	0.33	80	0
1936	17	42	26.9	39	7.1	46	1.85	7	0
1935	13.2	60	21.4	72	5.1	57	0.51	63	0
1934	10.1	81	19.4	86	0.7	81	0.71	45	0
1933	9.5	85	20	81	-1	89	1.17	21	0
1932	12.1	72	22.2	68	2	74	0.26	85	0
1931	25.9	3	33.4	7	18.4	3	0.23	87	0
1930	19.1	29	27.8	31	10.3	29	0.21	90	0
1929	12.6	68	21.6	70	3.6	66	0.43	69	0
1928	19.9	24	28.5	27	11.4	24	1.00	28	0
1927	2.4	103	11.7	105	-7.3	108	1.39	11	1
1926	8.2	91	16.4	97	0	84	0.73	44	0
1925	12.2	71	19.6	84	4.8	60	0.37	75	0
1924	4	101	12.9	104	-5.2	102	0.57	58	3
1923	24.4	7	33.1	8	15.6	9	0.43	69	0
1922	11	77	19	88	3	67	0.22	89	0
1921	16.1	47	24.6	51	6.4	51	0.64	48	1
1920	19.1	29	25.1	46	12	23	0.42	72	1
1919	5.5	95	13.7	103	-2.8	94	0.29	83	0
1918	22.5	11	27.7	32	16.7	7	1.54	10	1
1917	4.9	98	15.2	98	-5.5	104	0.32	81	0
1916	9.1	87	22.3	65	-3.2	95	0.65	47	1
1915					10.8	27	0.39	74	10
1914	9.2	86	20	81	-1.1	91	0.10	106	3
1913	26.6	2	36.3	2	17	5	0.00	116	0
1912	20.1	22	33.5	4	6.8	49	0.77	40	1
1905									23
1903					-5.4	103	1.15	24	7
1902	10.2	80	19.9	83	0.5	82	2.48	2	2
1901					1.4	77	0.57	58	7
1900	16.4	46	25.7	45	7.5	44	1.21	18	3
1899	18.1	37	26.3	42	8.4	38	1.14	25	2
1898	9.6	83	20.7	73	-1.6	93	0.35	77	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	30.2
1913	26.6
1939	25.9
1931	25.9
2006	25.3
2015	25
1923	24.4
2011	24.2
1959	24.2
1997	23.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1985	1.9
2000	2.2
1927	2.4
1976	4
1924	4
2013	4.7
1955	4.8
1917	4.9
1963	5
1989	5.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2023	4.05
1902	2.48
2021	2.34
2019	2.26
2022	2.04
1968	1.91
1951	1.85
1936	1.85
1987	1.71
1918	1.54

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1913	0.00
2025	trace
2001	trace
2000	trace
1999	0.01
1943	0.01
2002	0.05
1958	0.06
2013	0.07
1944	0.07

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 49°F; 16 December 2025
Coldest night: -26°F; 14 December 2025

Every month, season and year

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Every answer in words

The hottest day of December 2025 in Brainerd, MN: 49°F on Tuesday 16 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Brainerd, MN: a low of -26°F on Sunday 14 December 2025.