Brainerd, MN: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 6.8°F in Brainerd, MN, the coldest January since 2022, 40th coldest of 102.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 6.8°F; Coldest since 2022; 40th coldest of 102
Precipitation: 0.01 in; Driest since 2007; 4th driest of 118

A normal January in Brainerd, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 10.7°F, between 3.4°F and 17.9°F in eight years of ten and 0.40 in of precipitation, between 0.01 in and 1.21 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Brainerd, MN since 1899: 6.8°F in 2026; the lowest is -7.9°F, in 1982.

Normal range, 3.4 to 17.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January 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	6.8	63	16.3	73	-2.6	54	0.01	113	0
2025	11.2	35	21.5	39	1	37	0.38	72	0
2024	17	11	22.9	29	11	4	0.41	65	0
2023	15.9	17	23.5	24	8.4	8	0.92	22	0
2022	5	73	18	63	-7.8	81	0.03	111	2
2021	18.4	6	26.3	13	10.5	5	0.34	76	0
2020	15.6	18	23.7	22	7.5	10	1.10	16	0
2019	5.3	70	16.4	72	-5.8	73	0.39	71	0
2018	11.1	37	21.8	36	0.5	40	0.05	105	0
2017	13.7	26	22.5	30	4.8	26	0.59	43	0
2016	11.8	31	20.5	44	3.1	30	0.53	53	0
2015	14	24	21.8	36	6.1	20	0.03	111	0
2014					-9.6	87	0.05	105	4
2013	12.8	28	22	33	3.5	29	0.32	78	0
2012	18.5	5	28.2	7	8.7	6	0.23	82	0
2011	5.9	68	14.8	85	-2.9	57	0.07	101	0
2010	9.4	46	19	53	-0.2	43	0.61	41	0
2009	3.1	82	15.3	80	-9	84	0.52	54	0
2008	9	49	19.3	51	-1.4	49	0.13	96	3
2007	15.5	19	24.4	20	7	14	0.01	113	2
2006	25.2	1	32.5	1	17.9	1	0.07	101	0
2005	9.3	47	20.3	45	-1.4	49	0.46	58	1
2004	4.9	74	14	87	-4.3	64	0.15	92	0
2003	10.7	39	20	48	1.4	35	trace	116	0
2002	17.8	9	28.1	8	7.5	10	trace	116	0
2001	17.9	8	28.6	5	7	14	trace	116	1
2000	10.2	41	21.1	42	-0.6	45	0.01	113	0
1999	7.6	56	17.4	69	-2.1	53	0.44	62	0
1998	13.7	26	22	33	5.4	23	0.89	24	0
1997	3.5	80	14.9	84	-7.8	81	2.16	5	0
1996	-1.1	98	12.8	91	-15	102	1.40	12	0
1995	11.2	35	21.3	41	1.1	36	0.96	21	0
1994	-4.1	100	8.3	104	-16.5	105	1.37	13	0
1993	8	54	19.9	49	-3.9	63	1.19	15	0
1992	18	7	27.6	11	7.4	12	0.48	56	1
1991	6.2	67	17.6	67	-5.2	69	0.41	65	0
1990	19.8	4	31	3	8.3	9	0.21	85	1
1989	11.8	31	25.6	17	-2	52	1.01	20	0
1988	3.5	80	17.1	71	-10.2	91	1.10	16	0
1987	14.4	22	26.4	12	2.4	33	0.46	58	0
1986	11.8	31	23.6	23	0.7	39	0.55	50	1
1985			18.1	62			0.10	100	6
1984			19.5	50			0.34	76	4
1983	10.2	41	23.4	26	-2.9	57	0.80	31	2
1982	-7.9	102	8.5	103	-24.3	108	1.33	14	0
1981	10.8	38	26.2	15	-4.6	66	0.04	107	0
1980					-9.2	86	1.74	8	31
1979					-20.6	107	0.78	32	31
1978	-0.9	94	13.8	89	-15.5	103	0.04	107	0
1977	-6	101	7.9	105	-19.9	106	0.58	45	0
1976	2.5	83	17.3	70	-12.2	99	0.85	29	0
1975	8.2	53	21.6	38	-5.1	68	1.93	6	0
1974	4.4	76	17.8	64	-9	84	0.06	103	0
1973	9.8	44	23.5	24	-3.8	60	0.06	103	0
1972							1.04	19	10
1971							0.72	36	13
1970							0.15	92	11
1969							2.31	3	14
1968							0.74	34	13
1967							1.46	11	10
1966							0.36	74	14
1965							0.32	78	12
1964	14.1	23	26	16	2.2	34	0.19	88	1
1963	-0.2	91	9.5	101	-9.8	88	0.13	96	1
1962	5.1	72	15.9	77	-5.7	70	0.56	47	0
1961	7	61	18.5	58	-4.5	65	0.13	96	1
1960	6.6	65	18.2	61	-4.9	67	0.81	30	2
1959	1.6	87	13.9	88	-10.2	91	0.30	81	2
1958			24.7	19			0.36	74	4
1957	0.3	89	12.8	91	-11.2	97	0.11	99	2
1956	7.5	58	18.5	58	-3.6	59	0.40	69	0
1955	10	43	20.6	43	-0.9	47	0.55	50	1
1954	3.7	79	15	82	-7.6	80	0.89	24	0
1953	12.8	28	22	33	3.8	27	1.05	18	1
1952	6.4	66	18.9	54	-6	75	2.22	4	0
1951	5.3	70	16.3	73	-5.8	73	0.44	62	0
1950	-1	95	10.3	97	-12.4	100	2.85	1	0
1949	8	54	18.6	57	-2.7	55	1.60	9	1
1948	4.4	76	16.2	76	-7.4	78	0.48	56	0
1947	16.5	13	27.8	9	4.9	24	0.18	89	1
1946	10.5	40	20.1	47	0.9	38	0.46	58	0
1945	8.8	50	17.5	68	0	41	0.56	47	1
1944	21.6	2	31.6	2	11.7	3	0.38	72	0
1943	2.5	83	13.4	90	-8.4	83	0.67	38	1
1942	17.3	10	27.8	9	6.7	17	0.14	95	0
1941	12.6	30	21.5	39	3.6	28	0.75	33	0
1940	5.4	69	15.9	77	-5.7	70	0.20	86	1
1939	14	24	23.1	27	4.9	24	1.78	7	0
1938	8.6	51	17.7	66	-0.5	44	0.45	61	0
1937	-1	95	11.9	94	-13.9	101	1.49	10	0
1936	-0.4	93	9.9	99	-11.2	97	0.59	43	1
1935	4.3	78	15.1	81	-6.4	77	0.88	26	0
1934	15.2	20	24.3	21	6.1	20	0.56	47	0
1933	16.9	12	28.4	6	5.5	22	0.88	26	0
1932	16.4	15	24.9	18	6.8	16	0.66	39	1
1931	20.9	3	29.9	4	11.8	2	0.04	107	0
1930	1	88	12.1	93	-10.1	90	0.42	64	0
1929	-3.2	99	9.7	100	-16	104	0.92	22	0
1928	9.1	48	18.3	60	-0.1	42	0.40	69	0
1927	7.3	59	15.8	79	-1.3	48	0.50	55	0
1926	9.5	45	19.1	52	-0.7	46	0.58	45	2
1925	7	61	17.8	64	-3.8	60	0.17	90	1
1924	-1	95	8.9	102	-10.8	95	0.04	107	0
1923	11.4	34	20.2	46	2.5	32	0.86	28	0
1922	6.7	64	16.3	73	-2.8	56	0.41	65	2
1921	15.1	21	23	28	6.5	19	0.17	90	1
1920	2.5	83	10.6	96	-6.1	76	0.64	40	1
1919	16.2	16	22.3	31	8.7	6	0.23	82	3
1918	-0.2	91	10.2	98	-10.7	94	0.22	84	0
1917	2.5	83	15	82	-9.9	89	0.61	41	1
1916					-10.2	91	2.40	2	31
1915	8.5	52	18.9	54	-1.8	51	0.54	52	0
1914					7.3	13	0.73	35	4
1913	7.3	59	22.2	32	-7.5	79	0.41	65	0
1906					2.8	31			4
1904	0.2	90	11.6	95	-10.9	96			1
1902							0.69	37	4
1901	7.6	56	18.9	54	-3.8	60	0.15	92	0
1900	16.5	13	26.3	13	6.7	17	0.32	78	0
1899	4.5	75	14.6	86	-5.7	70	0.20	86	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2006	25.2
1944	21.6
1931	20.9
1990	19.8
2012	18.5
2021	18.4
1992	18
2001	17.9
2002	17.8
1942	17.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1982	-7.9
1977	-6
1994	-4.1
1929	-3.2
1996	-1.1
1950	-1
1937	-1
1924	-1
1978	-0.9
1936	-0.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	2.85
1916	2.40
1969	2.31
1952	2.22
1997	2.16
1975	1.93
1939	1.78
1980	1.74
1949	1.60
1937	1.49

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2003	trace
2002	trace
2001	trace
2026	0.01
2007	0.01
2000	0.01
2022	0.03
2015	0.03
1981	0.04
1978	0.04
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 43°F; 12 January 2026
Coldest night: -31°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.01 in; 13 January 2026

Every month, season and year

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Brainerd, MN the day's answers

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 0.01 in of precipitation in Brainerd, MN, the driest January since 2007, tied 4th driest of 118 (with 2007 and 2000).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Brainerd, MN: 43°F on Monday 12 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Brainerd, MN: a low of -31°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Brainerd, MN: 0.01 in on Tuesday 13 January 2026.