Brainerd, MN: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 20.9°F in Brainerd, MN, the warmest February since 2024, 16th warmest of 104.

February 2026

Mean temperature: 20.9°F; Warmest since 2024; 16th warmest of 104
Precipitation: 0.37 in; Driest since 2022; 50th driest of 118

A normal February in Brainerd, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 14.7°F, between 7.1°F and 23.6°F in eight years of ten and 0.27 in of precipitation, between 0.03 in and 0.96 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Brainerd, MN since 1899: 20.9°F in 2026; the highest is 29.4°F, in 1998.

Normal range, 7.1 to 23.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February 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	20.9	16	30.6	20	11.3	15	0.37	68	0
2025	11.5	61	22.5	66	0.5	55	0.93	26	0
2024	28	2	37.8	2	18.2	2	1.04	21	0
2023	15.5	33	27.3	32	3.8	37	1.28	14	0
2022	6.8	87	20.1	86	-6.6	91	0.15	94	0
2021	6.1	92	16	99	-3.8	74	0.10	103	0
2020	15.6	31	27.9	28	3.3	39	0.03	111	0
2019	7.3	83	18.2	94	-3.7	73	1.54	11	0
2018	8.4	78	21.4	76	-4.6	81	0.92	27	0
2017	22.8	10	32.7	9	12.9	11	0.96	24	0
2016	19.3	20	28.5	24	10	18			0
2015	6.1	92	16.1	98	-3.9	77	0.14	98	0
2014	7.1	86	18.8	91	-4.6	81	0.11	101	0
2013	14.5	45	24.6	53	4.3	35	0.13	99	0
2012	24.1	7	32.5	13	15.8	5	0.34	71	1
2011	13.9	47	25	50	2.9	43	0.75	34	0
2010	15	40	28.1	27	1.9	46	0.27	76	0
2009	15.3	36	26	43	4.6	33	0.72	36	0
2008	9.7	68	20.5	84	-1.1	64	0.19	84	1
2007	9.6	69	19.3	88	0	58	0.19	84	0
2006	12.2	55	23.5	60	0.9	52	0.01	113	0
2005	22.3	12	31.9	15	12.6	12	0.15	94	0
2004	17.7	24	26.7	35	8.7	22	0.09	105	0
2003	9.9	67	21.4	76	-1.6	68	trace	116	0
2002	24.4	6	34.2	7	14.6	7	0.40	66	0
2001	5.2	95	17	96	-6.6	91	0.16	92	2
2000	21.4	15	32.6	10	10.3	16	0.62	44	0
1999	23.5	8	32.9	8	13.5	10	0.01	113	1
1998	29.4	1	36.4	5	22.4	1	0.96	24	0
1997	14.8	41	26.4	37	3.3	39	0.10	103	0
1996	10.1	66	23.1	61	-2.9	72	0.67	40	0
1995	9.3	72	23.1	61	-4.1	78	0.75	34	1
1994	6.7	88	19.6	87	-6.1	87	0.65	42	0
1993	12.5	53	24.1	56	1	51	0.11	101	0
1992	23.2	9	30.6	20	15.7	6	0.42	63	0
1991	20.2	19	32.6	10	7.8	25	1.11	20	0
1990	15.1	38	28.5	24	1.6	47	0.70	37	0
1989	0.8	103	15.9	100	-14.2	106	0.47	57	0
1988	6.6	89	21	81	-7.8	97	0.01	113	1
1987	26.3	5	38	1	14.6	7	0.03	111	1
1986	10.4	64	22	72	-1.5	67	0.64	43	1
1985			21.9	74			0.21	83	4
1984			34.4	6			0.83	30	4
1983	18.9	21	27.9	28	9.1	21	0.05	107	2
1982	7.3	83	22.1	71	-7.8	97	0.17	90	2
1981	16.8	26	30.1	22	3.4	38	1.88	3	0
1980					-7.5	96	0.53	54	20
1979					-12.8	105	1.55	10	28
1978	2.9	101	21.3	78	-15.6	107	0.19	84	1
1977	15.4	34	28.5	24	2.3	45	1.25	15	1
1976	18.7	22	32.6	10	4.9	32	0.47	57	0
1975	8.1	80	22.5	66	-6.2	89	0.37	68	0
1974	8.6	76	25.5	44	-8.4	99	0.59	47	0
1973	13.3	51	26.4	37	0.2	56	trace	116	0
1972							0.57	48	11
1971							1.58	9	11
1970							0.23	79	12
1969							0.60	46	9
1968							0.04	110	14
1967							0.22	82	12
1966							1.16	18	14
1965							0.57	48	14
1964	15.4	34	30	23	1.1	50	0.05	107	2
1963	6.3	90	18.6	92	-6.1	87	0.47	57	1
1962	9.1	73	20.3	85	-2.1	69	1.63	8	0
1961	20.6	18	31.4	17	9.9	19	0.15	94	0
1960	12.5	53	25.1	49	-0.1	60	0.15	94	2
1959	7.4	82	21.8	75	-6.9	93	0.45	61	0
1958	9.6	69	23	64	-3.8	74	trace	116	1
1957	11.9	56	24.1	56	-0.2	62	0.62	44	0
1956	8.6	76	22.2	70	-5	83	0.13	99	0
1955	10.6	62	23.8	58	-2.5	71	1.75	6	0
1954	27.6	4	37.1	4	18	3	0.68	38	0
1953	15.1	38	26.2	41	4	36	1.32	13	0
1952	20.7	17	31.1	18	10.3	16	0.67	40	0
1951	14.4	46	24.5	54	4.4	34	1.80	4	0
1950	11.8	58	24.9	52	-1.3	65	0.18	88	0
1949	7.5	81	21.1	79	-6.2	89	0.19	84	1
1948	9.1	73	22	72	-3.8	74	1.40	12	0
1947	10.4	64	21.1	79	-0.3	63	0.23	79	0
1946	11.6	60	22.5	66	0.6	54	0.53	54	0
1945	11.9	56	25.2	47	-1.4	66	0.90	28	0
1944	13.4	49	26.8	34	-0.1	60	0.46	60	0
1943	13.7	48	27.5	31	0	58	0.80	32	0
1942	16	30	25.4	46	6.7	26	0.30	72	0
1941	11.8	58	23	64	0.7	53	0.54	52	0
1940	17.3	25	26.3	39	8.2	23	0.98	23	0
1939	4.1	97	17.8	95	-9.6	102	1.71	7	0
1938	16.8	26	27.3	32	6.4	28	0.45	61	0
1937	9	75	20.6	83	-2.1	69	1.00	22	1
1936	-4.3	104	8	106	-16.5	108	1.16	18	0
1935	22.7	11	31.1	18	14.4	9	0.17	90	0
1934	13.4	49	23.6	59	3.3	39	0.16	92	0
1933	7.3	83	18.9	90	-4.3	80	0.56	50	0
1932	14.6	42	26.3	39	2.8	44	0.24	78	0
1931	27.7	3	37.8	2	17.7	4	0.42	63	1
1930	21.7	14	31.6	16	11.8	14	1.80	4	0
1929	6.2	91	18.4	93	-6	86	0.23	79	0
1928	15.3	36	25	50	5.6	31	0.18	88	0
1927	14.6	42	23.1	61	6.1	29	0.87	29	0
1926	16.2	29	24.4	55	8	24	0.78	33	1
1925	15.6	31	25.2	47	6.1	29	0.50	56	0
1924	16.5	28	26.5	36	6.6	27	0.05	107	0
1923	3.9	98	14.8	103	-7	94	0.54	52	0
1922	3.2	100	15.3	102	-9	100	4.65	1	0
1921	18.4	23	27.6	30	9.3	20	2.53	2	0
1920	10.6	62	20.9	82	0.2	56	0.30	72	0
1919	8.3	79	15.4	101	1.2	48	0.81	31	0
1918	13.3	51	25.5	44	1.2	48	0.07	106	0
1917					-11.6	104	0.68	38	6
1916					-5.6	85	0.41	65	29
1915	22	13	32.2	14	12.1	13	1.19	17	1
1914	4.5	96	19.1	89	-11.1	103	0.56	50	1
1913	9.6	69	22.3	69	-4.1	78	0.28	75	1
1905									9
1904			6.5	107	-16.9	109	1.20	16	3
1902	14.6	42	26.1	42	3.1	42	0.36	70	0
1901	5.8	94	16.8	97	-5.2	84	0.27	76	0
1900	2.3	102	13.9	104	-9.3	101	0.30	72	1
1899	3.8	99	13.3	105	-7	94	0.39	67	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1998	29.4
2024	28
1931	27.7
1954	27.6
1987	26.3
2002	24.4
2012	24.1
1999	23.5
1992	23.2
2017	22.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1936	-4.3
1989	0.8
1900	2.3
1978	2.9
1922	3.2
1899	3.8
1923	3.9
1939	4.1
1914	4.5
2001	5.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1922	4.65
1921	2.53
1981	1.88
1951	1.80
1930	1.80
1955	1.75
1939	1.71
1962	1.63
1971	1.58
1979	1.55

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2003	trace
1973	trace
1958	trace
2006	0.01
1999	0.01
1988	0.01
2020	0.03
1987	0.03
1968	0.04
1983	0.05
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 50°F; 14 February 2026
Coldest night: -17°F; 3 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.28 in; 18 February 2026

Every month, season and year

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Every answer in words

February 2026 brought 0.37 in of precipitation in Brainerd, MN, the driest February since 2022, tied 50th driest of 118 (with 1975).
The hottest day of February 2026 in Brainerd, MN: 50°F on Saturday 14 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Brainerd, MN: a low of -17°F on Tuesday 3 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Brainerd, MN: 0.28 in on Wednesday 18 February 2026.